The Bay News
The Bay News – News Corporation (formerly Courier Life Publications)
The Bay News Brooklyn is a newspaper in New York City, New York, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The Bay News is the largest circulation newspaper of the Courier Life Publications. The publications cover the Brooklyn area and include the following newspapers; Kings Courier, Bay Ridge Courier, Park Slope Courier, Green Point Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, Williamsburg Courier, Flatbush Life, Canarsie Digest, Brooklyn Graphic, Carroll Cobble Courier, and Greene Clinton Courier.
86th Street in Parking Daze
By Craig McGuire
The debate over “No Parking” signs on 86th Street is beginning all over again. Community Biard 11 is forming a task force to revisit a thorny issue that was the subject of intense debate two years ago concerning 86th Street, the major commercial artery that slices through the confines of the community board … (Click Here to Read More)
Blanketing the Littlest Victims of AIDS With Love
By Craig McGuire
A group of Flatlands students have joined a national movement comforting the most tragic victims of the AIDS epidemic: babies infected with the HIV virus. “Kids With Kids For Kids” at Public School 203, Avenue and East 51st Street, is a small branch of “ABC Quilts” (At-Risk Babies Crib Quilts), in which thousands of Americans nationwide have … (Click Here to Read More)
AIDS Quilt Brings Tragedy Home to Brooklyn (Continuing Coverage in AIDS Series)
By Craig McGuire
By the end of 1993 more than 200,000 Americans will have died from complications arising from the AIDS virus. Bringing the tragedy home to Brooklyn, the Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibition on display at Kingsborough Community College last week gave hundreds a look at some of the people behind those statistics … (Click Here to Read More)
A Renaissance in the Making at Automotive High School
By Craig McGuire
An innovative scholarship program which has motivated students across the country is achieving results at a Brooklyn high school. The Renaissance Education Foundation, a national non-profit service foundation that assists educators in building relationships with local business, has been successfully implemented … (Click Here to Read More)
A Brooklyn “Knight” Drops in on His Hometown
By Craig McGuire
What would possess a sane, intelligent man to launch himself from a perfectly sound airplane and hurtle towards the earth at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour, day in and day out? “I had to try it, and once I did I was hooked,” said Brooklyn’s own Staff Sergeant John Dennis, who’s being all he can be as a member of the United States Army Parachute Team, the “Gold Knights” … (Click Here to Read More)
Bringing the Brighter Side of Brooklyn to the Small Screen
By Craig McGuire
Contrary to what most of the outside world may think, Brooklyn is not the filthy, drug-ravaged, Mafia-controlled gangland portrayed in the media and popular films. Bruce Friedman and Albert Ritondo, producers of “That’s Brooklyn,” are on a mission to dispel these misconceptions, and they’re using public access television to do it … (Click Here to Read More)
BUG Leads the Way in Utilizing Alternative Fuels
By Craig McGuire
Brooklyn Union Gas, pursuing the quickly growing natural gas vehicle development market in the Northeast, is lighting the way for area businesses and residents. In 1990, the federal government enacted Clean Air Act amendments which identified geographical areas, including New York City, that do not meet air-quality standards … (Click Here to Read More)
Proposed Cuts to Coney Island Hospital Drug Treatment Program Spark Outrage
By Craig McGuire
A proposed staff cut to a longstanding drug abuse treatment program at Coney Island Hospital led to a protest outside the hospital. Approximately 75 Comprehensive Drug Abuse Treatment Program (CDATP) clients, counselors, and supporters protested that the cut will decimate the program, which has aided drug addicts for 21 years … (Click Here to Read More)
Chancellor Cortines Reaches Out to Community School Board 22
By Craig McGuire
New York City Schools Chancellor Ramon Cortines is continuing to bring his message on the road, as parents, teachers, administrators, and residents in Community School Board 22 found out. A recent open forum held at Junior High School 240, 2500 Nostrand Avenue, was dominated by discussion on the impending budget crunch and … (Click Here to Read More)
DoS Lets Resident Dump All Over Them
By Craig McGuire
Brooklyn residents should be aware that the Department of Sanitation provides curbside removal of large non-commercial “bulk” items from residential buildings. “The Department of Sanitation provides this service for residents to discard large appliances, such as refrigerators and stoves, furtinture, likecouhes and tables, and … (Click Here to Read More)
The Right Rx for Brooklyn Gardeners
By Craig McGuire
As the weather grows warmer, Gerald Lordahl, from the New York City Council on Environment, has some valuable advice for veteran Brooklyn gardeners and budding horticulturalists venturing into their gardens following an especially bitter winter … (Click Here to Read More)
Mayor Giuliani Crosses Over Party Lines
By Craig McGuire
Fortifying an identity for his administration as a fusion between the Democratic and Republican parties, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani recently attended the Kings Highway Democratic Club’s annual dinner. Michael Geller, Democratic leader for the 45th Assembly District, said Giuliani’s appearance was the fulfillment of … (Click Here to Read More)
Ways to Remove Household Waste Safely
By Craig McGuire
With the advent of recycling, most New Yorkers have become more conscious of the practice and procedure of disposing of their trash. But when it comes to their household hazardous waste, you can never be too careful … (Click Here to Read More)
Holocaust Support Group Gathers to Remember the “Six Million”
By Craig McGuire
During Yom Hashoah, the solemn week of Holocaust remembrance, Brooklynites came together in Kensington to honor the memory of the millions who were killed, and to reach out to those who survived. Selfhelp Community Services, an organization dedicated to assisting Holocaust survivors, held a ceremony marked by … (Click Here to Read More)
Jerusalem Mayor Speaks to Kids in Brooklyn
By Craig McGuire
Ehud Olmert, the Mayor of Jerusalem, breathed a bit of inspiration into the lessons of students at the Shulamith School for Girls, 1277 East 14th Street, when he spoke recently to faculty and pupils of the all-girls school. The packed auditorium remained hushed when … (Click Here to Read More)
Rudy’s Library Budget Ax Draws Officials’ Ire
By Craig McGuire
Outraged officials from the Brooklyn Public Library system and Borough President Howard Golden are denouncing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s proposed reduction in funding to Brooklyn libraries. While budget cuts will hit all three of the library systems in New York City, Brooklyn will … (Click Here to Read More)
Merchants Want their Moneys’ Worth Out of Beat Cops
By Craig McGuire
Merchants voiced their dissatisfaction with community policing when high-ranking representatives from the New York City Police Department joined the Joint Council of Kings County Board of Trade at its monthly dinner meeting … (Click Here to Read More)
New Investigation Division Created to Root Out Corruption
By Craig McGuire
Targeting corrupt public employees of New York City and State working in Brooklyn, Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes has created a Corruption Investigation Division. Led by Deputy District Attorney Dennis Hawkins, the division, which sprang into action on November 1, is comprised of … (Click Here to Read More)
No Honeymoon for Hevesi
By Craig McGuire
Two months after assuming office, New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi has his hands full restructuring his office, while gearing up for the impending budget wars. At a recent breakfast hoisted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the former Queens Assemblyman offered and assemblage of Brooklyn businessmen … (Click Here to Read More)
Brooklyn Postmaster Cometh With a Mixed Bag for Businesses
By Craig McGuire
Brooklyn Postmaster Robert Daruk delivered some good news, and some bad news, to Brooklyn business people at a recent legislative breakfast hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Prominent among the tidings brought by Daruk, a native of Williamsburg … (Click Here to Read More)
Lax Recyclers Beware – Sanitation Fines Coming
By Craig McGuire
While no date has been set on when the Department of Sanitation will officially begin issuing summonses to New Yorkers for improper recycling, it may be safe to say that the honeymoon is drawing to a close. Each sanitation district receives a … (Click Here to Read More)
Single Payer Healthcare Plan Makes Sense to Brooklyn Group
By Craig McGuire
Hundreds of supporters of a single-payer national healthcare plan attended a rally on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall to commend the si Brooklyn Congress members who support the plan … (Click Here to Read More)
Stellar High School Student Doesn’t Make Principal’s Grade
By Craig McGuire
Being at the head of the class is not all that it’s cracked up to be, as Bishop Kearney High School Junior Amanda Jordan is finding out. Jordan is not being allowed to participate in any senior activities because … (Click Here to Read More)
A Special Visit for Special Kids
By Craig McGuire
New York City Schools Chancellor Ramon Cortines was the guest of honor when School Board 21 welcomed him to P.S. 238, 1633 East 8th Street. The event focused on getting parents to… (Click Here to Read More)
Volunteers Make Thanksgiving Special for Poor
By Craig McGuire
Take one generous helping of dedication, combine the donations of a concerned community, and stir in hundreds of hours of community service, simmer and serve hot. What you have is the recipe that brought Thanksgiving into the homes of hundreds of needy Brooklynites this year … (Click Here to Read More)
Underground Blast Kos Area Phone Service
By Craig McGuire
More than 7,000 Midwood residents found themselves without phone service last week following an underground explosion. … (Click Here to Read More)
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