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(From left) Jackie Tepedino; Alec Brook-Kransky; Fran Vella-Marrone; and Laurie Windsor. Photos: Arthur DeGaeta/Brooklyn Eagle

Dyker Heights Civic Association dinner honors two in education field

November 2, 2023

Full slideshow below The annual dinner for the Dyker Heights Civic Association, held at Sirico’s this past Thursday, October 26, paid homage to two individuals that are “similar, yet different, but unique in their own ways,” according to Fran Vella-Marrone, who is the association’s president, in addition to the chairwoman of Brooklyn’s Conservative Party of Kings County. The figurative spotlight

Census concerns lead Board 11 leader to take action

January 13, 2020

BENSONHURST— As the U.S. Census gets closer, concerns are mounting among Southwest Brooklyn officials over the possibility that its citizens will be undercounted in the

Board 11 asks DOT to expand Vision Zero banner program

June 14, 2019

Community Board 11, which is grappling with a shocking spate of pedestrian deaths on its streets in recent months, is asking for help from the

Pedestrian deaths raise alarm bells for Bensonhurst officials

June 12, 2019

It’s getting dangerous out there. The death of a 64-year-old man who was struck by a car on Cropsey Avenue on June 9 is raising

Board 11 seeks to put brakes on Shore Parkway bike lane

May 14, 2019

A plan by the New York City Department of Transportation to install a bike lane on Shore Parkway in the Bensonhurst-Gravesend area is raising a

Generally Speaking: Metro Chamber Orchestra in concert

July 28, 2017

The Brooklyn-based Metro Chamber Orchestra recently held a fabulous free concert in the Post Theater at Fort Hamilton Army Base. Led by maestro and artistic director Philip

Demolition slated to begin for future Ridge pre-k site

August 24, 2016

A little more relief is on its way for Bay Ridge’s crowded schools. The School Construction Authority is moving forward with the demolition of two

Plans moving along for new Sunset school despite traffic concerns

January 28, 2016

If it’s built, will they come? For years, Sunset Park parents have voiced their concern over school overcrowding in the neighborhood, and it appears that help may be on the

District 20 surpasses itself, rest of city in standardized test scores

August 25, 2015

Despite an ongoing battle with overcrowding, District 20 elementary and middle schools have out-scored the city on the 2015 Common Core-aligned State English Language Arts (ELA) and math exams, according

Generally Speaking: Laurie Windsor wins another 2-year term at CEC 20

July 17, 2015

Laurie Windsor who has been consistently re-elected as a board member of School District 20’s Community Education Council since 2005, has been tapped for a sixth two-year term as president of the 2015-2017 Council.

Bay Ridge parent leads charge for half-day pre-k funding

April 8, 2015

The glass is only half-full when it comes to universal pre-k, according to one Bay Ridge parent who penned an online petition asking the mayor’s office to give half-day pre-k

Proposed pre-school near Prince Hotel raises hackles

February 27, 2015

Ridge residents were up in arms on Wednesday, February 25 at a Community Board 10 hearing held just blocks away from 369 93rd Street – a neighbor to the controversial

Generally Speaking: Bay Ridge Community Council Treasure Awards

February 19, 2015

The Bay Ridge Community Council founded in 1951 and representing dozens of area professional, religious, fraternal, school, merchant, senior citizen, veteran, medical centers, performing arts, youth and sports organizations will

More elementary school seats coming in Dyker

February 6, 2015

As the Department of Education’s 2009-2014 Five Year Capital Plan winds down, the Bensonhurst-Dyker Heights area – an infamously overcrowded slice of Southwest Brooklyn’s District 20 – is getting a

Ridgeites react to school-wide cellphone ban lift

January 15, 2015

After last week’s announcement of the controversial school-wide cellphone ban lift, Ridgeites are weighing in on what it means for their children’s safety, what other options schools might consider, and

Toasting community stalwarts at the GEC Wine Pairing Dinner

July 31, 2014

Matching different types of wines with a four-course meal, the Guild for Exceptional Children hosted a wine pairing dinner at Gargiulos Restaurant, 2911 West 15^th Street on Wednesday, July 23.

Around 70 people attended the fundraising event where Andrew and Laurie Windsor were …

Toasting community stalwarts at the GEC Wine Pairing Dinner

July 31, 2014

Matching different types of wines with a four-course meal, the Guild for Exceptional Children hosted a wine pairing dinner at Gargiulos Restaurant, 2911 West 15^th Street on Wednesday, July 23.

Around 70 people attended the fundraising event where Andrew and Laurie Windsor were …

Brooklyn School District 20 has among the worst pre-K matching rates

June 18, 2014

Brooklyn School District 20 had the third-worst public school pre-kindergarten matching rate in the city, with 62 percent of eligible students1,187 studentsleft unmatched and only 734 students assigned a seat for the 2014-2015 school year.

This was the complete reverse of the citywide …

Generally Speaking: New School to host first Council Meeting

June 6, 2014

Community Education Council 20, which is headed by Laurie Windsor

Generally Speaking: New School to host first Council Meeting

June 6, 2014

Community Education Council 20, which is headed by Laurie Windsor

Welcome to Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge schools offer diverse learning opportunities

January 9, 2014

Morning commutes in Bay Ridge are not only filled with people on their way to work, but also with hundreds of students on their way to school at one of the neighborhoods many public and private schools.

Welcome to Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge schools offer diverse learning opportunities

January 9, 2014

Horrendous Bay 16th Street pedestrian bridge will get a makeover

October 23, 2013

Good news, Bath Beach residents.

The Bay 16^th Street pedestrian bridge over the Belt Parkway is slated to get a makeover.

Laurie Windsor, chair of Community Board 11s Traffic and Transportation Committee, gave a presentation provided by the Department of Transportation at …

Cavallaro to Coney Island Prep: “Build your own school”

October 22, 2013

Cries of “Go home!” “Build your own school!” and “No co-location!” were heard loud and clear as parents, teachers and students at I.S. 281 Joseph B. Cavallaro Junior High School

Bensonhurst says loud and clear: No-co-lo at Seth Low

October 1, 2013

Chants of No co-location at Seth Low and How do you spell success? S-E-T-H L-O-W! could be heard from blocks away as parents, teachers, students and concerned residents rallied before a public hearing regarding the proposed co-location of Success Academy at I.S. 96 Seth Low Junior High Sc …

OLSATs no longer used in District 20 middle school placements

September 25, 2013

Theres going to be a change in the way gifted and talented students will be placed into middle school in District 20, beginning with current fifth graders who would be advancing in September, 2014.

Going forward, OLSAT test scores for the past several years a component of assessing whe …

Generally Speaking: Windsor re-elected to helm of area education council

July 18, 2013

Laurie Windsor — who recently won re-election to School District 20’s Community Education Council — was unanimouslytapped by her fellow council members to serve another two-year term as president of the council.

Prior to the in-house election of District 20 officers held …

Generally Speaking: Borough history chief elected society president

May 8, 2013

Brooklyn’s official historian Ronald Schweiger was just elected as the 48th

president of the Society of Old Brooklynites, which dates back to when Brooklyn was an independent city and the third largest in the nation.

Schweiger, who is also the president of the Brook …

Generally Speaking: New York FBI director leads Greek Independence Day Parade

April 11, 2013

Opa! What a fantastic 82nd annual Greek Independence Day Parade, this past Sunday in Manhattan, along Fifth Avenue from 64th to 79th Street.This year, past parade Chairperson and current GOP mayoral contender John Catsimatidis passed the parade baton to Dino Rallis

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District 20 starved for Pre-K seats

March 20, 2013

District 20 has the greatest deficit of seats for pre-kindergarteners in the city, according to a report released earlier this month by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Applications for Pre-K seats in city schools outweigh the number of seats in every borough, at a rate of four to one in Br …

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Bensonhurst participatory budgeting expo

March 5, 2013

Councilmember David Greenfield hosted a participatory budgeting expo at P.S. 205 on Wednesday, February 27.

Greenfield is allocating $1 million of his discretionary budget to projects that those in his district would like to see come to fruition one in each of the three neighborhoods hi …

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Generally Speaking: HeartShare CEO receives Brotherhood Award

February 21, 2013

Civic and business leader William Guarinello was tapped by the Parent Teacher Association of Public School 104, located at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street, as its recipient of the 2013 International Brotherhood Tea Award.

Guarinello, who in addition to being the president and …

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Generally Speaking: Week of January 3

January 3, 2013

Bay Ridgeite does sold-out Sandy benefit show at Carnegie Hall

When he is not out on tour, our good friend and neighbor around the corner New York tenor Danny Rodriguez
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All aboard the District 20 schools tour

November 26, 2012

Councilmember Vincent Gentile, District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino, District 20 Community Education Council President Laurie Windsor and CEC members embarked on a five-hour tour of new school buildings in the district on Tuesday, November 13.

First stop was P.S./I.S. 163, The Bath …

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Generally Speaking: Week of November 22

November 20, 2012

Ragamuffin President Colleen Golden re-elected

While her spouse recently won re-election for another two-year term to the New York Senate. Colleen Golden
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New year, new digs

September 6, 2012

After waiting for two years, two District 20 schools are starting the 2012-2013 school year in their newly designed buildings.

The Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts, P.S. 264, which houses kindergarten through fifth grade, has been operating out of the Community Education Council Di …

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