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There has been a major shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Red Hook’s RETI Center has been doing all it can to contribute. RETI, which stands for Resilience, Education, Training and Innovation, has created an initiative called Rapid Resilience, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, in an effort […]
Like all schools in New York City, Red Hook’s PS 676 has been closed since March 16, but the teachers are doing all they can to be there for the students virtually and to help the greater community get PPE. Science teacher Fred Nouvertne took home the 3D printers from the school’s STEAM lab and is making masks for institutions […]
New York City is the epicenter of the devastation caused by COVID-19, and Paul Bamba, a former Marine who owns the Trifecta Strong gym in SoHo, is doing what he can to help out. Bamba will be taking on an inspiring challenge where he will run 72 miles in 72 hours, starting April 10 at 8 pm, in an effort […]
After undefeated regular season, Summit Academy Charter School’s boys basketball team easily won their first two playoff games, both of which took place at home in Red Hook, and notched an impressive victory against South Bronx Preparatory. The Eagles were on a roll – until the coronavirus canceled the final games of the postseason. In their first playoff game, Summit […]
The coronavirus has changed everything in New York City. The Red Hook Community Justice Center and the court system are one example. The city has asked the staff at the Red Hook Community Justice Center to vacate their building at 88 Visitation Place, which it will utilize for emergency court operations, according to Red Hook Community Justice Center Project Director […]
Mayor de Blasio along with Dr. Oxiris Barbot (Commissioner of Health of City of New York), Raul Perea-Henze (Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services) and Marco Carrion (Commissioner of the Community Affairs Unit) held a press conference and Q&A on March 11 for community media on the emerging coronavirus. They emphasized that anyone who asks for health care and […]
The first day that you can fill out the Census is on March 12. It is very important that every single person completes the Census and is counted, and it does not matter your age or living situation. From March 12 until mid-May, the census will be primarily conducted online and via phone, and all New Yorkers are very strongly […]
Kiana Brereton and Sky Castro, who are both 6’2″, are the second and third female Summit Academy Charter School athletes to receive Division One basketball scholarships. Castro, who started at Summit in the eighth grade, will be attending St. Peter’s College in Jersey City. Brereton, whose first year at Summit was when she was a freshman, will be going to […]
The event was called The Church: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Kids and adults were involved, and there were three different acts with music (guitar, drums and piano) in between and during each one. “It was more or less looking at the church, what used to happen, comparing it to today, and thinking about how it can be better for the […]
Lerthon Theuma, who lives in Brooklyn, works in advertising at McCann and as a passion project recently did a portrait, with Joan Heo, of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. After the tragic helicopter crash involving Bryant, his daughter and the seven others, they decided they wanted to do a drawing to honor them. They posted it online two days […]