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BY THEODORE GENERAL
BY THEODORE GENERAL
Local education council
leader Windsor retires
New school to host rst council meeting
commemoration of the
start of the Civil War this
past Sunday with a posse
of mounted cavalry, foot soldiers
with muskets, bayonets,
swords, sabers, color guards,
drummers and ladies in Civil
W a r - e r a
dress.
We tagged along for
the grand procession that
passed throughout the cemetery
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES
and by candlelit graves of
fallen soldiers from both sides
of the conflict. As we trekked
through the pathways, there
were uniformed re-enactors
-- soldiers standing guard,
musicians and singers performing
Civil War songs.
The event drew thousands
of relatives, Civil War buffs,
amateur historians and
genealogists, local residents
and hundreds of out-oftowners.
According
to cemetery historian,
author
and attorney
J e f f r e y
Richman,
4,600 Civil
War veterans
are
buried in
Green-Wood,
making it the
largest Civil
War burial site in
the north, even surpassing
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Also as part of the commemoration
there were
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our good friend, Green-Wood
Cemetery honcho Richard
Moylan.
On Memorial Day, the
cemetery hosted its 13th
annual free concert with
the ISO Symphonic Band
led by founder and director,
Bay Ridge Maestro Brian
Worsdale. Several members
of the band are current and
former graduates of Fort
Hamilton High School.
Dayton Manor Housing Complex on Fort Hamilton Parkway.
•••
Michael Connors,
founding partner and
president of the Connors
and Sullivan law firm, is
the new Kings County commander
of the Catholic War
Veterans. Last year, Connors
received the “Veteran of
the BROOKLYN Year” Award MEDIA from
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State
division Tom Kane’s of the CWV.parents
holding
The the Kings new County
sign.
Chapter is holding
its annual
dinner dance on
Thursday evening,
June 2, at
7:30 p.m., at the
Polonaise Terrace,
150 Greenpoint
Avenue.
This year, the group
will be honoring its
National Commander
Fred Schwally,
New York State
Commander
BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photos by Ted General
J o h n
Keyes and
the past
National
Chaplain,
F a t h e r
Anthony
Dell’Anno.
Tickets are
$75 per person.
•••
Congressmember Michael
Grimm will be the guest
speaker at the next meeting
of St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, on
school auditorium. Also congratulations
to St. Patrick’s
Pastor, Monsignor Joseph
Nagle, who just marked his
40th anniversary as a member
of the clergy.
•••
The Fort Hamilton High
School Alumni Association
held its recent pre-show
annual dinner at Chadwick’s
Restaurant, 8822 Third
Avenue. The dinner was hosted
by Dr. Alice Farkouh,
the past principal of FHHS
and the current president
of the Alumni Association.
Farkouh is
the Principal of
the A. Fantis parochial school
on Schermerhorn Street in
Downtown Brooklyn.
Among the attendees were
two past FHHS Assistant
Principals David Whitebook
and Tom Greene. Both are
former presidents of the Bay
Ridge Community Council,
and Whitebook serves as a
t r u s t e e and scholarship
Muffin’s
Pet Connection
email: judespets@aol.com
By JUDE LASSOW
BY THODORE GENERAL
Single decked headline
Green-Wood Cemetery
kicked off its sesquicentennial
commemoration of the
start of the Civil War this
past Sunday with a posse
of mounted cavalry, foot soldiers
with muskets, bayonets,
swords, sabers, color guards,
drummers and ladies in Civil
W a r - e r a
dress.
We tagged along for
the grand procession that
passed throughout the cemetery
and by candlelit graves of
fallen soldiers from both sides
of the conflict. As we trekked
through the pathways, there
were uniformed re-enactors
-- soldiers standing guard,
musicians and singers performing
Civil War songs.
The event drew thousands
of relatives, Civil War buffs,
amateur historians and
genealogists, local residents
and hundreds of out-oftowners.
According
to cemetery historian,
author
and attorney
J e f f r e y
Richman,
4,600 Civil
War veterans
are
buried in
Green-Wood,
making it the
largest Civil
War burial site in
the north, even surpassing
Gettysburg,Pennsylvania.
Also as part of the commemoration
there were
encampments of Union and
our good friend, Green-Wood
Cemetery honcho Richard
Moylan.
On Memorial Day, the
cemetery hosted its 13th
annual free concert with
the ISO Symphonic Band
led by founder and director,
Bay Ridge Maestro Brian
Worsdale. Several members
of the band are current and
former graduates of Fort
Hamilton High School.
•••
Michael Connors,
founding partner and
president of the Connors
and Sullivan law firm, is
the new Kings County commander
of the Catholic War
Veterans. Last year, Connors
received the “Veteran of
the Year” Award from
the New York State
division of the CWV.
The Kings County
Chapter is holding
its annual
dinner dance on
Thursday evening,
June 2, at
7:30 p.m., at the
Polonaise Terrace,
150 Greenpoint
Avenue.
This year, the group
will be honoring its
National Commander
Fred Schwally,
New York State
Commander
J o h n
Keyes and
the past
National
Chaplain,
F a t h e r
Anthony
Dell’Anno.
Tickets are
$75 per person.
•••
Congressmember Michael
Grimm will be the guest
speaker at the next meeting
of St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, on
Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m.,
school auditorium. Also congratulations
to St.Patrick’s
Pastor, Monsignor Joseph
Nagle, who just marked his
40th anniversary as a member
of the clergy.
•••
The Fort Hamilton High
School Alumni Association
held its recent pre-show
annual dinner at Chadwick’s
Restaurant, 8822 Third
Avenue. The dinner was hosted
by Dr. Alice Farkouh,
the past principal of FHHS
and the current president
of the Alumni Association.
Farkouh is
the Principal of
the A. Fantis parochial school
on Schermerhorn Street in
Downtown Brooklyn.
Among the attendees were
two past FHHS Assistant
Principals David Whitebook
and Tom Greene. Both are
former presidents of the Bay
Ridge Community Council,
and Whitebook serves as a
t r u s t e e and scholarship
Muffin’s
Pet Connection
email: judespets@aol.com
By JUDE LASSOW
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BY THODORE GENERAL
Single decked headline
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The group’s mission is to help furry companion for your family animal they rescue fi nd the forever The group’s foster home network fully familiar with each of dogs and helps ensure the best adoptive families. Zani’s Furry of the Mayor’s Alliance and with the Animal Care & Control There are Cat and Dog Adoptions Petco, 1280 Lexington Avenue,and East 87th Streets in Manhattan 5:30pm. Hope to see you soon. Community Education Council 20, which is
headed by Laurie Windsor, will be highlighting
its June monthly meeting agenda with a
special salute to the PTA/PAs that serve all
the public schools in District 20. The laudatory
session will take place on Wednesday, June
11, at 7 p.m., at P.S./I.S. 30, 7001 Fourth Avenue.
It will also be an opportunity for parents
from other schools to see the interior of
the district's newest school that was
built on the former site of the Bay
Ridge United Methodist Church
(aka the Green Church).
* * *
What an absolute terrific
turnout for the street
co-naming ceremonies in
honor of the late, great
Tom Kane. The block that
Kane grew up on 88th
street near Colonial Road
was formally dedicated
Tom Kane Way and was
even blessed by Reverend
Gerard Sauer, the pastor of
St. Mel's Church, a former associate
pastor at Bay Ridge's St.
Patrick's Church and a personal
friend.
A host of dignitaries were on hand to join
Kane's family, friends and associates on this
auspicious occasion. City Councilmember
Vinnie Gentile -- who ensured the full Council
approved the co-naming, wrote in the program,
"A lifelong Bay Ridge resident, Tom's
tremendous contributions and achievements
left an indelible mark on the community he
loved so much."
Close friend Frankie Marra sang and
played "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan. Kane
was a big, big Dylan fan!
* * *
Among the marching groups in the recent
147th annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade
was the Society of Old Brookynites. The
civic organization has been marching in every
Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade since its
founding in 1880.
Its fi rst march was led by former Brooklyn
Mayor John Ward Hunter, and the 2014
march was led by Society President and
Brooklyn historian Ronald Schweiger.
On Sunday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m., the society
will be celebrating its 134th anniversary
at the Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76th Street.
The keynoter for the occasion will be society
member and New York State Supreme Court
Justice Arthur Schack who will be
talking about the history of the
Boy Scouts, prominent Eagle
Scouts, and since he was a
former attorney for Major
League Baseball, a few
hits, runs and strikes.
Also on the program
will be former
Brooklyn Borough President
Marty Markowitz
discussing his new role
as vice president of borough
promotion and engagement
for NYC and
Co.
The event is open
to the public. Reservations
are only $46 which includes
a full sit-down dinner. Contact
Sherman Silverman at 718-748-
3165 or send him a check payable to the
Society of Old Brooklynites, 340 Marine Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11209.
* * *
Former Science Assistant Principal and a
past Bay Ridge Community Council President,
Tom Greene was back at Denyse Wharf
and the adjoining small beach under the
shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for
his group's 25th Bi-Annual Wharf and Beach
Cleanup. This year, he was joined by 75 high
school and grade school volunteers.
Greene continues to press efforts to establish
a Marine Environmental Science Lab at
the site. He is also currently a professor at
Kingsborough College.
Maria Makrinos, the new president of the
Fort Hamilton High School Alumni Association,
stopped, by bringing free doughnuts for
all the volunteers.
* * *
The Kings County Republican Party is
holding its 2014 Lincoln Day Reception and
Dinner on Sunday, June 22, from noon to 3
p.m., at Gargiulo’s in Coney Island. Among
the honored guests will be Westchester County
Laurie Windsor, the longtime
president of Community Education
Council 20 which includes
pre-K, grammar and intermediate
public schools in Bay Ridge, parts of
Sunset Park and Bensonhurst, did not
run for re-election in the recent school
council elections.
Windsor has been an elected member
of the council for 12 years, and has
been serving as president for the past
nine years. Positions on the council are
voluntary and non-salaried.
She has been quoted as saying, "All
good things must come to an end. And
this has been a very good run." Windsor
took over the reins of leadership
from attorney Carlo Scissura when
he was appointed as chief of staff for
former Brooklyn Borough President
Marty Markowitz.
* * *
One of the other hats I wear is as communications
director for the Brooklyn
Consumer Federation, where former
NYPD officer and now realtor James
Clark is the president and retired
NYPD Detective Peter Killen is the former
executive director. All three of us
are members of the advisory board for
the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention
Center on 29th Street in Sunset Park.
However, Killen continues to serve as
one of the directors.
We learned from the warden, at a
recent board meeting, that this facility
is the largest federal detention center
in the country, and has an average
prison population of 1,800. Both men
and women are incarcerated in this
facility.
The four buildings that make up the
Dayton Manor housing complex in Bay
Ridge on Fort Hamilton Parkway are
administered by the leadership at the
detention center. Prison staff have been
working with vendors to improve the
buildings and landscape surrounding
the structures.
Brooklyn Metropolitan
Detention Center in Sunset
Park.
Laurie Windsor, president
of Community Education
Council 20.
JULY 22 8:00 PM
SWINGIN’ AND STOMPIN’
SWINGADELIC
Featuring Swing Dancers from The Rhythm Stompers
“Good-time, feelin’-fi ne jazz played with serious profi ciency.”
– Jazz Inside Magazine
At Kingsborough’s Lighthouse Bandshell (indoors in case of rain)
Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY
www.OnStageAtKingsborough.org ( 718) 368-5596
The Rockaway Theatre Company, Inc
Invites you to the continuing celebration of our 20th year of
“Bringing Broadway to Rockaway”
Presenting
OUR SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER MUSICAL
Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan Music + Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Director- John Gilleece Music Director- Richard Louis-Pierre
July 21, 22, 27, 28, & 29, Aug. 4, 5 at 8:00PM
Matinees: July 23, 30*, Aug 6 at 2:00PM
*Special 13th annual Carol Jasper Memorial Benefit performance: Sunday, July 30, @ 2 P.M.
A “Must Attend” for all animal lovers! Proceeds from ticket + merchandise sales for this performance will
be donated to :
Come and meet the healthy, adorable, adoptable puppies, kittens and adult pets that will be
waiting in the parking lot adjoining the theater to find loving forever homes.
Bring home a special new addition to your family.
*Everyone interested in adopting a pet is welcome to come down and check out the fabulous, furry
friends in the North Shore mobile adoption unit which will be parked outside Bldg T4 in Fort Tilden on
July 30th at 12PM. Adoptions are available to those who can provide good homes for homeless dogs
or cats. A nominal adoption fee helps NSAL continue its vital work saving homeless pets.
You are not required to see the show in order to adopt.
Ticket Prices: Adults-$20.00 Sr./Child- $15.00
visit us at: www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org
For info or reservations: Call RTC Hotline: 718-374-6400 or email: rockawaytheatre@verizon.net
Rockaway Times- Ten Best Things to do in Rockaway --- Queens Courier-2013 + 2017 Best Local Live Theatre
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs + the City Council.