Tag Archives: Red Hook

A Stand Up Performance, by Kimberly Gail Price

Anybody up for a good penis joke? In a fast paced play, Marc Spitz’s Up For Anything creates up the scenario in the opening moments to set up two hours of back to back zingers aimed at Walter Dabney, a … Continue reading

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BASIS School to open in Red Hook this fall, by George Fiala

The BASIS Independent School received permission to run a Red Hook School at a March 25 hearing of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The school, which will be located at 556 Columbia Street, is located in an IBZ … Continue reading

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March Happenings, by Kimberly Gail Price

Monday, March 10 A new Red Hook Writer’s group will meet for a Literary Open Mike night from 5:30-7:30 pm. Group will share and discuss readings. Writers and non-writers encouraged to attend. Submit 1-8 pages to Maria at maria.redhookpoetsandwriters@gmail.com. Star … Continue reading

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Red Hook to vote on PB projects, by Kimberly Gail Price

Forty-six proposals in District 38 have been submitted for 2014 Participatory Budgeting Process (PBP) season. Ten of those projects are in Red Hook. PBP is a process that enables community members to submit ideas for projects in their district to … Continue reading

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CB 6 Committee hears of plans for an upscale detox center on Beard Street, by George Fiala

A few weeks ago, this appeared on the calendar of Community Board 6, posted onto their website: CB6 Youth/Human Service/Education Committee Meeting, at Vistation Church, December 18th, 6:30 Presentation and review of a proposal by Urban Recovery House to establish … Continue reading

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Kimberly’s words on Sandy, One Year On

Fifty two Mondays of braving another week of survival and progress. Three hundred sixty-five pull-your-hair-out, fingernails-on-a-chalkboard days of frustration, obstacles and heartache. This ride through the heart of hell lingers on. So much healing remains undone. In lower Manhattan, shadows … Continue reading

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Understanding FEMA’s new flood maps, by Stacie Nieves

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released new maps on its website this month, revealing more New Yorkers are at risk of flood than previously thought. The maps add to the accumulating pile of confusing and often frightening information Red Hook … Continue reading

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Ray Hall speaking at the most recent CAG meeting

Ray Hall falsely telling the Gowanus CAG that all residents of the Red Hook Houses are in favor of the Red Hook Option, mainly the burying of toxic sludge in a Confined Disposal Facility, giving almost a half a million … Continue reading

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