Brooklyn Eagle publisher wins Pioneer Award from Bay Ridge biz group
Dozier Hasty, publisher of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the only major daily newspaper focusing solely on the borough, has been named one of the winners of the Merchants of Third Avenue Pioneer Civic Service Awards for 2014. The announcement was made at the Merchants meeting Monday night in Bay Ridge.
Hasty and his fellow honorees will receive their awards at a cocktail reception on Monday, Oct. 27, at the Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76th St., at 7 p.m.
The Pioneer Award is given to individuals who have been at the vanguard of business achievement and who have worked tirelessly to promote Third Avenue, according to leaders of the Merchants. The organization represents some 300 store owners on Third Avenue from 69th Street to 97th Street.