Day: March 10, 2017

Carlos Menchaca, Community Organizations, Garbage, Manufacturing, Red Hook Manufacturing

Trash Talk at She-Weld, by Noah Phillips

Marsha Trattner unveiled ten new garbage cans for Red Hook Tuesday morning at a press conference held by Councilman Carlos Menchaca and the South Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC). The cans were handmade by Trattner to Department of Sanitation specifications, and will replace garbage cans along Van Brunt Street that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The City Council has pool […]

Religious News

Confrontation at Visitation Church, by Emily Kluver

According to Diana Ortiz, a long-time Red Hook resident and active volunteer with Visitation Church, Father Claudio Antecini announced on Sunday, January 29 that the archdiocese had given him a second six-year assignment at the Red Hook church. However, a group of unhappy parishioners tells a different story. “I haven’t heard if he was offered another six years,” explained Michael […]