PROTECTION OF WORLD’S OCEANS
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Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biodiversity.
BLESSING OF THE FLEET
Sunday, June 24, 2012 @ 1:00 pm
ON WATER ONLY
No fee to participate
Multi-denominational clergy will bless vessels from the dock of Fenton’s Marine in City Island Harbor with support and cooperation of The City Island Sail & Power Squadron and the Leonard Hawkins American Legion Post.
Rendezvous:
Boats are to assemble in City Island Harbor by the Ferry Dock on Hart Island
at 12:30 pm
Communications:
VHF Channel #71 beginning at 12:30 pm
For information:
please call Dennis at (718) 652-3056.
FLEET WEEK
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Fleet Week 2012 events are scheduled from today, 5/22/12 through Wednesday, 5/30/12.
These events will include military aircraft flyovers, aerial demonstrations, and static/stationary exhibitions throughout the NYC area.
More event-specific information may be issued as it becomes available.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
8 am-5 pm
Free Ship Tours
Where: Pier 90 & 92, 51st St/West Side Highway
Where: Stapleton Pier, SI
9 am
U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard Air & Water Demonstrations
NYC WINNER$
New York City's top four historic sites are the proud winners of an online competition for grants of up to $250,000.
The Brooklyn Public Library, Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, NY Botanical Gardens and Bartow-Pell Mansion were all named winners of the Partners in Preservation Grant.
Ellen Bruzelius, Executive Director of Bartow-Pell Mansion tells City Island Images that she is very excited and now looks forward to beginning that long awauted garden renovation project.
New Mobile Science Carts
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NYC Council Member James Vacca welcomed two new mobile science lab carts to Van Nest Academy this morning.
These new carts, which can be transferred to each classroom throughout the school, were made possible through a $60,000 grant that Vacca secured through the City Council.
BRONX GRANTS WINNERS
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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is congratulating New York Botanical Garden and Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens for being among the top four popular vote winners in the 2012 Partners in Preservation Initiative, co-sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The New York Botanical Garden received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore its rock garden. The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens also received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $155,000 to restore areas within the museum’s gardens.
5/22/12 News & Information Service 24/7
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UN ALLOWED TO PROBE IRAN'S. Suspected Nuclear Arms.
NEW ERA IN SPACEFLIGHT. Private 1K Lbs. Cargo Launch.
YEMEN PREPARES FOR HOLIDAY. After aL-Qaida Attack.
LOSING FACE. Stock Value Down 11% Following IPO.
US SENATE HEARINGS. Wall Street $2 Billion Loss.
Crowley Seeks Burma Sanctions
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US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), has just announced that he reintroduced legislation to renew sanctions on Burma's military regime. House Joint Resolution 109 will continue the ban on all imports from Burma as part of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act.
Obama at NALEO Conference
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) has just announced that President Barack Obama will address the nation’s Latino leadership at the organization’s 29th Annual Conference on Friday, June 22, in Orlando, Florida.
Artists on the Cutting Edge
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Jesús Papoleto Meléndez is one such artist on the cutting edge. He is the proud recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. JPM is also one of the original founders of the Nuyorican poets' movement.