Updated 5/15: Driver Arrested in Bay Ridge
Today 5/15: Another driver was arrested.
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From 5/14
Hopefully the 68th Precinct will continue to monitor the streets.
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May 14, 2019Cheer Camp in Bay Ridge
Cheer camp is from Monday July 29th to Friday August 2nd.
Sign up here
E-mail: [email protected]
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May 14, 2019Viking Fest in Bay Ridge – Saturday May 18th
Their flyer below is beautiful! You can tell they really planned out a fantastic day!
Viking Village at Owls Head Parl on 68th Street & Touched By the Vikings 2019 – Cost $5.00
10:00 – 11:45 – Viking Village – Society for Creative Anachronism, Historic Arms & Medieval Scenarios & Recreations, and NYC Heathens.
Scavenger Hunt – get questions from the SECM table
11:45 – 12:00 – Pas D’Armes – Procession of our Re-enactors
12:00 – 12:15 – Ritual NYC Heathens – “It will be a brief ceremony noting the springtime, where we will honor our ancestors, the land spirits, and then honor the god Týr – God of justice and assembly – so that he may bless those in attendance with peace and kinship.”
12:15 – 1:00 – Ellen Lindstrom, Swedish Meatball on Accordion
1:00 – 1:15 – Game with Crazy Carlsen – Carlsen’s Candy Shoppe
1:15 – 1:45 – DJ Sean Le Fleur – Scandinavian Melodies from the Ancient to the Present
1:45 – 2:00 – Game with Crazy Carlsen – Attack from Behind
2:00 – 2:15 – NYC Heathens – They will also provide a “Heathenry 101 Workshop”, which will talk about the ancient European pagan beliefs and how it transformed into modern practice through the study of the Eddas and sagas. We will also discuss the different Heathen traditions, elements, and core beliefs in modern practice; including virtues, fate, and (if there’s time) cosmology.”
2:00 – 2:20 – Clann Eireann Pipers
2:20 – 2:50 – Donny Golden School of Irish Dance
3:00 – 3:30 – Reel Celtic
3:30 – 3:45 – Best Viking Style Festooned Facial Hair Contest
3:45 – 4:00 – Game with Crazy Carlsem – Attack the Viking
4:00 – 4:30 – YDIR – Young Dancers in Repertory – Ethnic dances, including the Swedish Maypole Dance they choreographed for the SECM to a tune by local musician and composer Walter Ericsson.
4:30 – 4:45 – Frozen Sing-Along with Sean La Fleur
4:45- 5:00 – Game with Crazy Carlsen – Bestemor’s Closet
The Norwegian Parade is on Sunday May 19th at 1:30 beginning at 80th Street and 3rd Avenue and heading north to Leif Ericson Park on 66th Street.
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May 14, 2019Fifth Avenue Fair in Park Slope – 5/19
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May 14, 2019Kickin’ It Old Skool at the Pour House 5/19
This is interesting and definitely worth a stop – even to watch!
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May 14, 2019Lion King Jr. at IS 30 on 5/30 & 5/31
As I was passing IS 30 yesterday, I saw they had a sign out for their play, Lion King Jr. which students will perform on May 30th and 31st.
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May 13, 2019Bishop Kearney is Closing
Bishop Kearney High School is closing on August 31, 2019.
This sad news was announced at the school to the students today and the parents had a meeting this evening at 5:00 pm with Dr. Minson. Parents asked if the current students could be phased out, but Dr. Minson said that was not an option. The girls may be transferred to Fontbonne High School and other Catholic High Schools.
The news must have come unexpectedly to the school, as they accepted students and offered scholarships to the incoming class. How awful it must be for the current students to be losing their school….especially the current juniors who spent three years there!
From Kearney:
Also there is a FAQ about the closing here
The changing demographics of the area, rising cost of running a school and Xaverian High School accepting girls must have affected the enrollment at Kearney.
There is a universal Pre-K occupying a wing of Bishop Kearney’s building which had to bring in money, but not enough. They would not consider going co-ed to save the school.
It was an amazing school to attend! Maybe someone with a lot of money will save it. I imagine some Kearney girls will try to rally to save it….if the costs aren’t too high. The school will no longer hold reunions and hopes that the graduates continue to hold reunions.
Alumni keep in contact on here – great pics and stories.
If you need a transcript request one here.
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If you went there, you know…..once a Kearney girl, always a Kearney girl!!
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May 13, 2019Go to Atlantic City with St. Ephrem’s 5/22
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May 13, 2019Makerspace Opening at Bklyn Army Terminal
A Makerspace is opening in Sunset Park! See here
The logo looks like the Staten Island Makerspace so they must have expanded….which is good because they know what they are doing.
Lee and I have took a laser cutting class over there and it was fantastic!
A place to build and create items out of wood, metal and other materials.
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May 13, 2019Craft Sale in Bay Ridge 6/15
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May 12, 2019Senator Gounardes is Making Improvements
No bells sound for big events in life, but they should! If they did, they would be ringing for Senator Andrew Gounardes this weekend!
On Saturday, Gounardes sponsored an Iftar Dinner in Bay Ridge. Other years, there have been smaller-scale Iftar dinners hosted by a Bay Ridge business (see here or here), but this was a ‘Bay Ridge Community Dinner’ at Owls Head Park. Gounardes served his constituents as they broke fast on May 11th. We’ve had a large Muslim population in Bay Ridge for a long time….Why did it take so long to have an Iftar dinner for them? I’m glad we have the right person as our Senator. Both Councilman Brannan and Senator Gounardes were thanked for the dinner – see here
On Sunday, May 12th Gournardes was with Governor Cuomo because Cuomo was signing Gournardes’ bill to put speed cameras by many schools. Senator Gounardes promised to make NYC streets safer when he campaigned in the Fall.
Hear Senator Gounardes speak about the bill here. Gounardes’ credited the Advocates for Safe Streets for their work.
It was also Mother’s Day and you can see his Mom couldn’t be more proud. I mean what else can you ask for than for your son to be an honest politician doing the right thing for his community and NYC? That’s pretty rare.
Gounardes has only been in office for four months – can’t wait to see what he will tackle next!
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May 12, 2019Missing Black Cat in Gravesend-East 2nd Street
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