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Dime Savings Bank donates money to St. Jude

Vincent Palagiano, chairperson of Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburg; Terence Mitchell, chief retail officer; and Larry Kinitsky, chief marketing officer, present the proceeds of the Dime’s 2013 Halloween Pin Up Drive to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Accepting the check for St. …

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Brave little “Butterfly Child”

Twelve-year-old Joseph Parrelli is a normal seventh grader at P.S. 229. He enjoys going fishing, gardening and playing video games with his younger sister, Giavanna in their Dyker Heights home. Parrelli also suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a genetic skin condition that one of 50,000 bab …

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Sunset Park to celebrate Dia de los Muertos

Although the celebration will be a week late, thanks to Hurricane Sandy, La Casita/Trinity Center for the Arts, Education and Social Justice is hosting the second annual Dia de los Muertos Brooklyn exhibit.

Although the first event was held in Williamsburg, community activist David Galarza …

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Second shot at Halloween!

Halloween Walk at Owls Head Park becomes a drop off location for donations

Mission accomplished. Actors who populated the Haunted Walk at Owls Head Park on Saturday, November 3 did a great job of scaring the little and not-so-little ones who walked through it and came out …

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HALLOWEEN CONTEST WINNERS: Cute as can be!

Every photo of adorable children garbed in creative costumessent to The Home Reporter and Brooklyn Spectatorwas a winner!

However, the winners of tickets to the Alpine Cinemas are: AdeleGiambrone, who submitted a photo of her five-month-oldgranddaughter, Gianna; Lorraine …

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P.S. 186 goes happy haunting for a good cause

You won’t see any tricks here — these kids are all about givingtreats.

Students at P.S. 186, located at 19th Avenue and 77th Street inBensonhurst, dressed up in their costumed best for the school’sfourth annual Halloween Parade on Monday, October 31. The day wasnot just about getting cand …

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Halloween art brightens local storefronts

What does Halloween look like to you?

To Lucia Alleca, a fifth grader at Visitation Academy, it lookslike a little girl dressed as a fairy-witch perched atop a giantpumpkin. To eighth grader Brianna Curulli, also from Visitation, itlooks like a skyline of silhouetted buildings against the …

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