Perpetual Candles in Churches for Family
I have received a lot of questions about perpetual candles.
If you are old skool, you will remember your grandmother purchasing a candle that stays lit at a church for a year. My grandmother used to purchase them for families when one of her friends passed. Some churches still have these or other things to purchase in someone’s name.
Saint Athanasius has the perpetual candle – it’s $150 a year. 6120 Bay Parkway 718-236-4791
Saint Ephrem allows you to dedicated the bread and wine to a loved one. 7415 Fort Hamilton Pkwy 718-833-1440
Saint Ephrem also allows people to purchase Memorial Pavers for $350.00:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 7201 15th Avenue
Saint Finbar 138 Bay 20th Street 718-236-3312
Saint Finbar also has weekly memorials:
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June 24, 2018Aqua Zumba at the Army Base
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June 24, 2018Eid Ul Fitr Free Celebration – 6/27
RSVP: 212-482-4122
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June 23, 2018Malliotakis Takes Credit for Steve Matteo’s Work
When Mayor de Blasio announced the property tax commission at the end of May, City Councilman Steven Matteo objected because a Staten Island resident was not on the commission. Yesterday one was added to the commission. It wasn’t the one Matteo recommended, but Matteo was satisfied with the appointment.
Then Nicole Malliotakis took credit for it. Malliotakis is having a rally today – three weeks after a Staten Islander wasn’t added to the commission. She didn’t rally that weekend or the next one. Update: You can see today’s date on this article, so you can tell Nicole Malliotakis is rallying AFTER a Staten Island resident was added to the commission (meaning: Mayor de Blasio heard Matteo and put a Staten Islander on the commission)
If you have followed me for awhile, you will know I know who my property tax politicians. Councilman Joe Borelli, Matteo and Jim Oddo presented a tax plan months ago. For a long time we have seen Malliotakis issue press releases and do nothing. Malliotakis ran for Mayor in the Fall. She was aware of the property tax issued and did nothing about it this year.
Nicole Malliotakis is a lawmaker and failed to pass a law to alleviate the property tax for home owners or business owners in Brooklyn and Staten Island. We all know property tax is tied to the state and not just the city. Nicole and Marty Golden rallied about online sales paying tax, but did nothing for this community.
Malliotakis is angry she lost the mayoral race to deBlasio – she could have passed a bill and beat him at his own game. That would have taken work. Malliotakis likes to sit on social media critiquing the Mayor, but no one is listening to her. (Matteo tweeted about tax exemptions – if you want to know what’s going on in Staten Island – follow him) If she was going to have a real rally, there would be signs up all over the place – there are none in Brooklyn.
Can you imagine having to work with Malliotakis when she is busy taking credit for other people’s work? I have seen this happen before see here.
Update: The politicians who are running for office + Sal Albanese spoke at the rally. It was political grandstanding as usual. Half of those people know the rally was a farce and half don’t know what’s going on so they thought it was real. How do we know it was nonsense? Dan Donovan spoke about property taxes – he never has before. Also City Councilmen Borelli and Matteo and Jim Oddo were not present. Nicole didn’t even mention Matteo. Nicole had a realtor speak at the rally because sellers are buying homes with lower property taxes (strangely the realtor spoke before the home owners).
Mike Grimm was given a chance to speak – Grimm wouldn’t have been asked to speak if his voice didn’t matter to Staten Island. He was announced and handed the microphone at the beginning of the rally. At the end of the rally, Fran Vella-Marrone, president of the Dyker Heights Civic Association spoke about the high cost of property taxes in Dyker Heights (she was the only Brooklyn speaker).
See the video here.
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June 22, 2018Atlantic City Trip from Bklyn – July 12th
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June 22, 2018Saint A’s Food Pantry Needs Your Help
Saint Athanasius Church 2154 61 Street
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June 21, 2018Nicole Malliotakis Voted Against Speed Cameras
If you are in Bay Ridge and represented by Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, you need to know that Malliotakis voted against the speed cameras.
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill was in Bay Ridge and .urged Albany politicians to vote in favor of the speed camera bill.
Does this mean Nicole Malliotakis hates the police because she won’t listen to the Commissioner? I laughed when I wrote that because the Republicans on Twitter are actually saying stupid things like that when someone says there is a problem with policing.
The bill passed in the Assembly still because luckily there are enough people with common sense,
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June 21, 2018Marty Golden Failed to Protect Children
Did anyone ACTUALLY believe Senator Golden was going to get the speed camera bill passed?
We didn’t. There was nothing in the bill for Senator Golden so he wasn’t going to work to hard. And we could all see that.
At the end of July all the existing speed cameras in NY will be turned off. That will benefit Marty Golden. Here’s why.
Golden is full of empty promises to this community and deals for his cronies. Several years ago, Senator Golden pulled a bill to give tax breaks to developers in Manhattan (with nothing for Bay Ridge residents). The community called on Golden to be a champion and he failed.
In November, it’s time to move on from Golden and get a real representative for Bay Ridge.
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June 21, 2018Rock the Block – Free Event 6/23
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June 20, 2018Trump Showed Us that Dan Donovan is a Republican Robot
Those who crossed the border aren’t here legally because the system is messed up. While some think it is fine to be mean to any person who illegally crossed our border, many Americans spoke out.
Congressman Donovan did not do anything to help the children or call for a evaluation of the current plan. Sometimes plans need to be evaluated.
Most people in this district are Conservative and they don’t want children harmed. Why are these politicians so different from us? Even Trump changed when he heard America stand up. Dan Donovan was too worried about going against Trump. Instead Trump stepped away from Dan and other Republican Robots and spoke out BECAUSE EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS WRONG.
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June 20, 2018Fire in Bensonhurst – 2022 Bay Ridge Parkway
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June 20, 2018Saint A’s Blessing of the Bikes – June 24th
Saint Athanasius is having the Blessing of the Bikes on Sunday, June 24, 2018. It’s cool that a church reaches out and does things like this. This event is for regular bicycles that children and adults ride, as well as moped and motorcycles.
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