District 15 elementary schools will be rezoned for kindergarten starting in the 2022-2023 school year. All Red Hook families will be zoned for PS 15 (The Patrick Daly School) kindergarten. PS 676 will not have its kindergarten anymore due to its transitioning into the Harbor Middle School. 676 will add a sixth grade in 2022-2023, which means it will serve […]
Day: May 15, 2022
Marie’s Craft Corner, by Marie Hueston
Turn clear iced tea and coffee cups into pretty gift containers. The shape of clear plastic cups makes them perfect receptacles for numerous things: fresh flowers, candies, or colored pencils to name a few. Using simple decorations like fabric, ribbon, and paint, you can turn these cups into gift holders just in time for Mother’s Day. Fabric Flowerpot What you’ll […]
Papi’s Home: Mark Borino’s Music With Drake, with Roderick Thomas
How do you go from delivering pizzas to working with the biggest musicians on the planet? Mark Borino, a talented producer, and singer-songwriter did exactly that. His career transformed dramatically after one of the world’s most popular musicians recorded a song to his production. Here’s what you should know about Mark Borino and his life changing work with Drake, and […]
The Erasmus program furthers Europe’s integration
There’s one thing in Europe that has been able to unite people across the countries in the old continent in a much more effective way than the political union has ever done. That’s Erasmus, a student exchange program that allows university students to spend a long period in a foreign country’s Athenaeum, partially financed by the European Union. Born in […]
Star-Revue honored for Best News Story
Gus Semon, owner of Trumbull Printing, Star-Revue printer since 2012, stands with George Fiala, Star-Revue Publisher, holding the first place plaque. The Red Hook Star-Revue, founded in 2010, was accepted as a member of the New York State Press Association in 2012. The Press Association is the statewide trade organization for NY’s community newspapers. In addition for lobbying for […]
PS 676 Health Fair, by Nathan Weiser
PS 676 hosted a community health fair in the school yard on April 29 and many different organizations came to the event. There was an obstacle course for the kids, a raffle with kids and adult prizes, the PS 676 dance team performed and Cora Dance taught a dance routine that the kids learned in 10 minutes. They had a […]
It’s complicated: Dirty Development in Gowanus, by Sean Gurl
Christos Tsiamis, Chief Engineer of Gowanus Superfund project. Despite the strong opposition of New York City, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local Councilman Bill deBlasio, the Gowanus Canal, called one of the most polluted waterways in the world, was finally declared an EPA Federal Superfund site in 2010. This meant that the canal would be subject to federal jurisdiction when […]
ALBERT KING COMES TO RED HOOK’S MICCIO CENTER
The Brooklyn Nets held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Red Hook’s Miccio Community Center on May 4th to celebrate renovations, including new gym equipment they donated, after the center’s fitness room was damaged by Hurricane Ida in 2021. The Nets worked together with Good Shepherd Services, which runs the Miccio Center. The work was done as part of the NBA’s 75th […]
The Modern Caravan: Stories of Love, Beauty, and Adventure on the Open Road Review by Marie Hueston
Summer is around the corner, and for many people the thought of traveling cross country in a motor home seems like an ideal vacation. Then there are those for whom a vacation is not enough: The lure of the open road inspires some to refurbish vintage Airstreams, camper vans, and even school buses into full-time residences. In the new book […]
WIGGLY AIR – Kurt Gottschalk’s monthly music notes
Résistance and futility. Ultravox! is remembered, and rightly so, as a progenitor of synthpop, but what gets missed out in that compact musicological truism is their remarkable 1977 debut. The band’s early incarnation—with singer and principal songwriter John Foxx and with the exclamation point in the name—was a remarkable amalgam of glam and bits of Brit blues revivalism with punk […]