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Op Ed: It’s time to join the Climate Justice Movemen, t by Corbin Laedlein

On September 23rd, heads of state are convening in New York City for a United Nations Climate Summit, where they will be expected to make pledges to curb climate change. The UN Secretary General’s goal is to “build political momentum” ahead of the 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris, France, where member nations will meet to negotiate the first ever […]

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Editorial: Staying vigilant on community issues

There are three neighborhood institutions in peril. One, the Long Island College Hospital is on life support, and only a miracle will save it now. Barring a major miracle, LICH is gone. The second is the Red Hook library. There is a plan to subdivide the library to provide rehearsal space for city artists. The third is our working waterfront […]

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Editorial: The Red Hook Library and colonialism

The dictionary definition of colonialism is: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. In thinking about the pros and cons of the library/Spaceworks partnership that was presented before us at the Red Hook library this week, we have come to the conclusion that colonialism is an […]

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Editorial – Red Hook needs its own mayor

In this month’s story about the Red Hook Coalition, we describe the genesis of the Coalition as being a $100,000 grant offered by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, following Sandy. Some quick thinking community minded Red Hookers got together and formed an entity to accept the money and pass it on to businesses in need. Last month we spoke of the […]

Editorials, Kimberly Gail Price

Star-Revue wins prestigious statewide award

The annual convention of the NYS Press Association (NYPA) was held this past weekend. NYPA is the trade association for community newspapers, and around 500 reporters, photographers, editors and publishers from over 150 different papers, attended the event. The Red Hook Star-Revue received an award in the Better Newspaper Contest, consisting of an Honorable Mention in the category of Best […]

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Editorial: Coalition needs even more presence

A few weeks ago we were contacted by the Red Hook Coalition. Nahisha McCoy sent an email inviting us to their first community input meeting. We are happy that this Coalition, bearing the name of our community, has finally come out of the shadows and introduced itself. While their existence was not exactly a secret before this, many residents we […]

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Editorial: Calling for a stronger Civic Association

Last Friday, Public Advocate Leticia James named Carlos Menchaca the Red Hook representative to oversee the Request for Proposal procedures regarding the Long Island College Hospital (LICH). He joins the Cobble Hill Association, the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Boerum Hill Association, Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, Riverside Tenants’ Association and the Wyckoff Gardens Association, Inc. Throughout the yearlong ordeal to prevent […]