Good morning. Today is the 321st day of they year. It is the anniversary of the 1734 arrest of John Peter Zenger, colonial printer and journalist who established the New York Weekly Journal. Zenger was charged with libel against the colonial governor. His acquittal in August of the following year was an important early step in establishing freedom of the press in America.
Well-known people who were born today include director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, The Color of Money, Raging Bull, Goodfellas), singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot (“Early Morning Rain,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”), former Vermont governor Howard Dean and Hall of Fame baseball great Tom Seaver.
ST. FRANCIS LITERARY PRIZE Winner To Read at College Tomorrow.
Aleksandar Hemon, the winner of the first-ever St. Francis College literary prize, will return to the college today to read from his winning collection of short stories, Love and Obstacles.
Hemon, who grew up in Sarajevo, will read at 3 p.m. at the college, 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights.
Love and Obstacles tells the story of a young man coming of age and about to leave post-communist Sarajevo as the city is reeling from war.
Hemon also was awarded a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation.
84th PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL To Meet Tonight.
The 84th Precinct Community Council will hold its next monthly meeting tonight at 45 Main St., DUMBO.
Capt. Mark DiPaolo will give the Precinct Crime Review.
Also on the agenda will be the Cop of the Month Award and a Transit Police Report.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Transportation will be provided to and from the meeting. For more information, call (718) 875-6850.
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE To Host Management Roundtable Breakfast.
St. Joseph’s College will welcome Judith Lovell as the guest speaker for its fall management Roundtable Breakfast this Friday at Tuohy Hall, 245 Clinton Ave., from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
The topic of this discussion will be “Stress and the Workplace and How To Compete,” and will discuss strategies to ease workplace tension amongst staff to create a more harmonious and pleasant working environment.
Human resources professionals will be able to use the session to accrue hours toward recertification.
Judith Lovell’s professional career path began 30 years ago at MTA New York City Transit. She has expanded her areas of expertise by working in the fields of statistics, human resources, labor relations and corporate communications.
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