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Lt. Joel Ashcroft (center) and Austin Chung of the Bay Ridge Salvation Army Corps were presented with dozens of canned goods donated by Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn students as part of the academy’s annual holiday food drive. Also pictured are Adelphi’s Academic Coordinator/Guidance Counselor Patrizia Vicino, Director of Academy Operations Albert C. Corhan and Head of School Iphigenia Romanos (left to right).

Adelphi Academy students give back for the holidays

Volunteers from Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn recently turned into Santa’s helpers for a good cause. … Full Article
 
Students at St. Peter Catholic Academy take turns saying what they are thankful for. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

St. Peter Academy students organize Thanksgiving prayer service

Thanksgiving weekend got off to a prayerful start at Saint Peter Catholic Academy in Bensonhurst as students from kindergarten to eighth grade took part in a church service Wednesday morning to express their gratitude for the good things in their lives. … Full Article
 
Petri Plumbing and Heating Inc. in Bay Ridge got behind the Go Gold Bay Ridge Campaign in a big way. They donated over $600 to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer. Photo courtesy Petri Plumbing and Heating

Bay Ridge plumbers pipe money into cancer research

A group of plumbers wants to flush out cancer. Petri Plumbing and Heating, Inc. in Bay Ridge is donating $625 to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to fight pediatric cancer. … Full Article
 
Xaverian High School seniors Anthony Scotti, Rob Amatoand Nick Meola (left to right) will be playing baseball in college playing next year. Photo courtesy of Brendan Moloney Photography

Xaverian baseball stars select colleges they will attend

It's cold outside, but at Xaverian High School, the thoughts are of springtime, when the crack of the bat signals the start of baseball season. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey (center) joins dog owner Rick Gimeranez, Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny, Councilmember Vincent Gentile, Brook-Krasny’s chief of staff Kate Cucco, and Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann (left to right) at the ribbon cutting. Eagle photos by Paula Katinas

City hosts grand re-opening of Dyker Beach Dog Run

Every dog has its day – especially in the Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights area, where a newly renovated park just for pets was officially dedicated on Tuesday. … Full Article
 
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis (second from left) encourages shoppers to patronize mom and pop stores on Small Business Saturday. Also pictured are Bay Ridge business leaders Patrick Condren and Bob Howe and Book Mark Shoppe owner Christine Freglette (left to right). Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Malliotakis promotes Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday is taking place Nov. 29 and a Bay Ridge lawmaker is urging residents to do their holiday shopping in neighborhood mom and pop stores to promote economic growth. … Full Article
 
Architect Krista Demirdache presents her revised design for 295-299 Hicks Street to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Landmarks Preservation Commission says yes to Hicks Street development

Thanksgiving came early for developer Lou Greco. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission gave him the go-ahead on Tuesday to build three townhouses on a Brooklyn Heights parking lot at 295-299 Hicks St. … Full Article
 
Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Rotary Club of Verrazano, Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club offer turkeys to soldiers at Ft. Hamilton

Members of the Rotary Club of Verrazano, along with the Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club, donated fifty 20-pound turkeys to soldiers at Fort Hamilton on Monday. … Full Article
 
Sister Delores F. Crepeau, (far left) principal of Our Lady of Guadalupe School, congratulates student poets whose work appears in a new book, “Accolades.” Photo courtesy Our Lady of Guadalupe School

Student poets get their verses published

Our Lady of Guadalupe School has several talented poets in its student body. Fourteen of the Catholic school’s students can boast that they are now published poets. … Full Article
 
Students and staff members at Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn sported all sorts of interesting headgear for Crazy Hat Day.

Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn celebrates Crazy Hat Day

Students at Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn came to school on a recent Friday wearing all sorts of crazy things on their heads, everything from balloons to buttons. And their teachers didn’t mind a bit. They were wearing strange headgear too! … Full Article
 

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