At a recent meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Hon. Matthew D’Emic delivered a compelling address on the pressing need to close Rikers Island. His lecture, “Rikers Island: To Be or Not To Be? The Quest to Close New York City’s Jail,” highlighted the facility’s troubling history and the urgent […]
DYKER HEIGHTS — THE MISS NORWAY PAGEANT, a 66-year-old tradition, took place on March 23 with the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center in Dyker Heights again hosting the event. Five young ladies of Norwegian descent — Katherine Chuliver, Amanda Luzniak, Kirstin Elise Nilsen, Grace Reinertsen, and Baylyn Shankman — competed for the title during the […]
DYKER HEIGHTS — The Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center (NCHHC) once again played host to the Miss Norway of Greater New York pageant in its Arthur Nilsen Banquet Hall Saturday afternoon to a group of approximately 50 spectators. The event consisted of five ladies of Norwegian descent — Katherine Chuliver, Amanda Luzniak, Kirstin Elise […]