The Democratic National Committee is sponsoring a video contest asking citizens to create a 30 second video that best makes the case for passing health care reform this year.
Cobble Hillbilly Jonah Eller-Isaacs, who is currently battling melanoma, has submitted an entry telling his story in a clip written and directed by Katharine Heller. Eller-Isaacs chronicles his illness, treatment and financial challenges at Groinstrong. com .
Our citizen journalist in Brooklyn Heights, Karl Junkersfeld, asked the folks at Hibino for a photograph of Mayor Bloomberg at the restaurant on Wednesday night… and they sent one!
Postponed until 10/24 due to rain: The Cobble Hill Association is hosting a free book swap tomorrow, October 17, at the Long Island College Hospital Sitting Park (at Henry and Pacific Streets) from 11 am to 3 pm. To get a book, all you have to do is bring a book (books will also be available for purchase for $1 or less). LICH staff members will also conduct free blood pressure screening and be available at an asthma information table at the park. In the case of rain, the book swap will be held the following Saturday, October 24. To check on rain status that day contact CHA@cobblehillassociation.org. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Margaret Ablon or Judi Francis at 718-855-3982.
This in from a CHB tipster:
Mayor Bloomberg dined at Hibino on Henry Street last night, with local neighborhood small business owners including the operators of the Stinky Brooklyn micro-empire. Apparently the mayor called the meeting himself. And we applaud the choice of Hibino, which quietly might be the best restaurant in the neighborhood, but doesn’t get much fuss since it’s off the Smith/Court axis.
And Brooklyn Heights Blog commenter/video auteur Karl Junkersfeld confirms the sighting:
Was at Hibino restaurant (Pacific and Henry), last night Wednesday, and in came Bloomberg and his posse. Nice to see the mayor in Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill area.
Tomorrow, October 16, is PS 29′s Harvest Day Celebration, celebrating local farmers and locally grown food. There will be events going on (weather permitting) from 8:40 am – 3:00 pm at the school at 425 Henry Street. For further information, please contact Emily Freund, PS 29 Garden/Food and Farming Coordinator, at PS29Garden@gmail.com or Melanie Renari Woods, Principal, at 718.330.9277.
We have a wonderful array of special activities planned for our community including outdoor activity stations (weather permitting); a fabulous fall lunch menu that includes fresh produce from Greenmarket and hand-picked fresh lettuce and basil by our students, from our own PS 29 Children’s Garden; a presentation by farmer and land steward Scott Chaskey of the Peconic Land Trust’s Quail Hill organic community farm; followed by Tom Chapin, Grammy Award-winning musician, entertainer, singer, songwriter and storyteller. Tom Chapin is best known for his children’s music, which he will perform for our PS 29 community. In his set is his brand- new, unreleased, song entitled, Locally Grown, Locally Eaten!
Community Board 6, which represents Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook, came in second to Community Board 10 (Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights) for recycling. The statistics released by the Department of Sanitation state that 59% of CB10′s residences and business recycle, as compared with CB6′s 55%. C’mon folks- we can top Bay Ridge!
Steve Levin, Democratic City Council nominee for the 33rd District, has been shopping for a space for his new office (he’s heavily favored to win over his Conservative Party nominee). Levin won’t take over David Yassky’s office office at 114 Court Street, preferring an office located more in the southern center of the district, closer to the G train, and on ground level (making it wheelchair accessible).
NY Post: Levin, who lives in Greenpoint, noted that he was looking to spend less than $6,000 per month on commercial space, his allocated budget from the City Council, and found prices on Atlantic Avenue too high.
Boerum Hill Association President Howard Kolins encouraged him instead to look more closely at Schermerhorn Street which currently has lots of open storefronts and new buildings coming on line soon.
“$6,000 a month and under is not a lot of money for this area, per square footage. I’m not sure how much space he needs,” said Kolins. “If he winds up in Boerum Hill, that would be great. We would be thrilled.”
Happy Columbus day to all, and especially to those of you who are lucky enough to have the day off. I’ll be at the Columbus Day Parade like the rest of the good Italian-Americans (don’t let the last name fool you). Remember-it’s a bank holiday, so don’t try to get some bills paid on your free day.
An article in the Daily News today features a couple from Carroll Gardens (by way of Florida) who started selling goober peas (immature peanuts boiled in salty brine) on their stoop, and now they’re a hit at the Brooklyn Flea. Have any of you had goober peas, or these in particular? The down-home snack can be ordered from Brooklyn pea-boilers website at Boiled in Brooklyn.
Unsurprisingly, the F train received a grade of an F from the MTA. Amongst the most major issues: overcrowding and delays. Read the full report, which was released on Friday, here.
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