Proposed School Closures by DOE
NYC Department of Education wants to shut down 12 schools, including a scandalized South Bronx high school that’s under investigation for fudging course credits.
Funding for Hunts Point Market
US Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) applauded the announcement by Governor Cuomo that Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative (also called the Hunts Point Market) will receive $29.5 million to modernize its facility through the New York City Regional Council’s plan to grow the economy and create jobs in New York City. An advocate for Hunts Point Market, Crowley recently called on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood to swiftly approve a critical transportation infrastructure grant for the Market.
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Weekend
Music for St. Nicholas Concerts
Saturday, December 10
1 and 3 p.m.
Sunday, December 11
1 and 3 p.m.
The Bronx Arts Ensemble and Singers present a wonderful holiday concert of Music
for St. Nicholas in the grand double parlors at Bartow-Pell.
The concert is free, but space is limited and tickets are required.
Cost free Tickets required 718.601.7399
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Holiday Candlelight Tour
Saturday, December 10
6-8 p.m.
Experience the magic of the mansion by candlelight, fully decorated for the holidays!
BRONX CHRISTMAS
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. lit The Bronx’s official Christmas tree for 2011 in front of the Bronx County Building on the Grand Concourse. The annual tree lighting ceremony featured Christmas carols by Cardinal Spellman High school’s ‘Gospel Sensations’ and The M.S. 390 Chorus.
Borough President Diaz celebrated the tree lighting along with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Feliz Navidad, Santa!
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Headlines 12/9/11
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EUROZONE. New Treaty?
VIRGINA TECH. Shootings.
DECISION. Cremation vs Burial.
YANKEE STADIUM. Football Venue.
OCCUPY TV PROGRAM. Law and Order.
44 YEARS AGO TODAY
Back 1967 Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the story, Billy Shears, who now heads the Lonely Hearts Club Band, is the grandson of the famous Sergeant Pepper.
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the most influential albums of our time. In the history of popular music, there is “Before Sgt. Pepper” and “After Sgt. Pepper.” Rolling Stone described it as “the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time.”
PROTECTING WORLD’S DISPLACED
UN refugee chief wants the international community to assume its shared duty to protect and assist millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people around the world, as he opened the largest-ever conference on the issue in Geneva.
The two-day forum, organized by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), brings together government officials from almost 150 countries and marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
The Orchard Beach Pavilion
Please click on the link below to see an article by Deborah Wye that appeared in Urban Omnibus, the website for the Architectural League of New York. Deborah is a Friends of Pelham Bay Park member and curator of the current Orchard Beach Pavilion exhibition at the City Island Nautical Museum.
Curator Deborah Wye explains how the Orchard Beach Pavilion inspired her to research and present the building’s history, to advocate for its preservation and to explore the city through some of its neglected civic architecture.