Celebrating Community
Since March, healthcare workers have come face-to-face with the coronavirus disease that has taken the lives of too many New Yorkers. This is the story of the Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) – a free, community-run ambulance service that serves Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. The organization has been working tirelessly during the pandemic to help not […]
Teachers were thrown for an unprecedented loop last month when they were given just days’ notice to adjust their teaching methods and lesson plans in response to the escalation of COVID-19. On March 15, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City schools would be temporarily closed from March 16 to April 19, resulting in a move to a […]
Bride-to-be Tanya Gonzalez put the two pairs of custom Converse sneakers, which she and her fiancé Michael Sanchez designed together months ago, back in their boxes. The shoes were supposed to be worn at their wedding reception on May 15. But due to the coronavirus outbreak in New York City last month, their plans came to a sudden halt, leaving […]
When Urban Recovery at 411 Van Brunt Street first opened its doors on January 7, 2019 nobody really knew what to expect. Rumors swirled and critics, well, were critics. Now after a little over year of operation, it’s time to review Urban Recovery. I have a special relationship with UR. since I was a patient there for 5 weeks in […]
“I want an uplifting story this time!” George bellowed. “None of that death and gloom you usually dish out. We got enough of that these days.” My mind raced. Uplifting? Hmmm…“How about a nice local story about bridges that lift up over a little stream?” George chomped on his cigar and muttered, “OK, but make sure those bridges don’t blow […]
Human trafficking is the criminal practice of buying and selling coerced or kidnapped individuals for the purpose of sexual slavery, involuntary labor, child soldiery, or another form of exploitation. Audrey Moore, CEO of Lift Up the Vulnerable (LUV), is committed to fighting against human trafficking. Moore’s discovery of the human trafficking market began in the early 2000s as a recent […]
In 2018, Andrew Gillum was the handsome, 38-year-old runner-up in Florida’s gubernatorial race. Gillum, the state’s first Black nominee for governor, lost by fewer than 35,000 votes. Despite his loss, Gillum’s political capital was rising on the national stage. Rumors of a vice-presidential nomination spread. In March 2020, on Friday the 13th, Gillum, now 40, was found in a heavily […]
Q: I’m 70 and I’m starting to see a blurred area in the middle of my vision. Any ideas? Have this checked immediately by an eye care practitioner. What you describe is a symptom of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 years of age and older. The macula is at the center of […]
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 […]