VOLUME 67 NUMBER 37 • SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2019
Community News Beacon in South Brooklyn Since 1953
WHAT’S NEWS A LENNON WALL GROWS IN BENSONHURST
A message board, known as a Lennon Wall, has suddenly sprung up on the corner of Bay 26th Street and 86th Street in Bensonhurst to give local residents the opportunity to post handwritten notes of support for the pro-Democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong. Named in memory of the late Beatle John Lennon, a Lennon Wall is a public space where residents write or paint messages of remembrance for a person or messages of support for a cause. The first Lennon Wall was created in Prague shortly after Lennon was assassinated in 1980. In the years since his death, thousands of fans have visited the wall to write Beatles lyrics and post tributes to him. For more on this story, see page 4.
NEW VAN FOR BAY RIDGE CENTER
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Bay Ridge Center invited guests to the christening of its newly donated passenger van to aid the center’s seniors. The van is an essential addition to the center as it allows for additional seniors to be picked up and brought to the center and then taken back home. It also affords them the opportunity to stay active and enjoy weekly outings to various destinations. The center now has three vans in its fleet including the new E-350 Super Duty van that holds 14 passengers. For more on this story, see page 15.
SUNSET MEAT WHOLESALERS INDICTED
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KIDS PAY TRIBUTE TO SALLY SUNSHINE
A year after her untimely death, Sweet Sally Sunshine was memorialized with yellow ribbons on the streets of Bay Ridge. See page 13. Photo courtesy of Matt and Nicole Kabel
It’s Ragamuffin, Festival weekend in Bay Ridge! SPECIAL SECTION STARTS ON PAGE 7INB
ebrooklyn media/Photo by Arthur De Gaeta
A newly unsealed indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York charges A. Stein Meat Products, Inc., a Sunset Park-based processing and distribution business, with mislabeling meat products and selling them to consumers with inflated price tags. Owners Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum are both charged with wire fraud for the alleged scheme, which involved directing employees to re-brand USDA “Choice” beef products as higher quality “Prime” cuts using counterfeit stamps from the federal agency, according to the complaint. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.
TRANSPORTATION TOWN HALL COMING SOON
Rotten R train service, bad timing on the B16 bus, aggravating waits for Access-ARide and parking problems are some of the troubling topics expected to come up at a transportation summit U.S. Rep. Max Rose is holding on Friday, Oct. 4, at Il Centro, the Italian-American community center at 8711 18th Ave., at 7 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more on this story, see page 2.
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Marc Minds Your Business: HOME REPORTER MARKETING EXECUTIVE MARC HIBSHER (CENTER) AND Ragamuffin Parade Committee Vice President David Annarummo (second from left) congratulated 2019 Ragamuffin Parade Grand Marshal Empire State Bank CEO Phil Guarnieri (left) and Persons of the Year Mark (second from right) and Rodger Loughlin (far right) of Ferrantino Fuel at the Ragamuffin Fundraising Luncheon held last Sunday afternoon at the Bay Ridge Manor. For more luncheon highlights, see “Focus on Bay Ridge,” page 11.
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