Wednesday 23 May 2012
Milestones GIL NOBLE: Mr. Noble’s Home Going service will be tonight, Thursday, April 12th, 7-10pm. The funeral service will be tomorrow, Friday, April 13th at 10am. The Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 Odell Clark Pl.(formerly 138th St.), New York. 10030, Tel: 212-862-7474. The Home Going service will be today, Thursday, April 12th, 7-10pm and the...
April Earth Month, Jazz Appreciation, Poetry, Sakura Matsui, Easter CelebrationsArts, Culture, Lifestyle Art Exhibitions Through Sunday, April 8@3p: DORSEY ART GALLERY, the oldest continuously active black-owned art gallery in New York City, opens The 2+2 Art Show. 553 Rogers Avenue, corner of Lawrence P. Dorsey Way. The show features more than 50 pieces of...
By Aimena Lipscomb A staggering 750 homeowners from Bedford-Stuyvesant are on the verge of losing their properties due to the city’s tax lien sale. When property owners do not pay their property taxes, and/or water, sewer and other property-related charges, the city can file a legal claim for collection called a tax lien. The...
By Diane Dixon and Stephen Witt Dozens of local residents held a candlelight vigil in front of Interfaith Medical Center last week hoping for the best, but fearing the worst regarding the fate of the community hospital. The 287-bed Interfaith, located at 1545 Atlantic Avenue, in one form or another has for many years...
By Nico Simino With two elected officials in attendance, one of the city’s foremost educators led a lively discussion on the state of the city’s public schools at last Saturday’s Vanguard Independent Democratic Association (VIDA) monthly meeting. Dr. Lester Young, Jr, of the Adelaide L. Sanford Institute, who led an education reform focused conference...
Photo by Velvet McNeil By Wesley Lowery Special to NABJ An attorney for the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin on Saturday shed light on his legal team’s strategy, the status of state and federal investigations and the outpouring of support for the case. In a wide-ranging interview with board members of the...
By Stephanie Green Paramount Pictures recently released their latest comedy A Thousand Words which stars Eddie Murphy as Jack McCall, Kerry Washington as his wife Caroline McCall, Cliff Curtis as Dr. Sinja, Clark Duke as Aaron, Allison Janney as Samantha and John Witherspoon as the Blind Man. The film opened in the Top 10...
At press time, in a senate race seemingly to nowhere, Republican candidate David Storobin clung to an unofficial 120 vote over Democratic City Councilman Lew Fidler in the special election to replace former state senator and convicted felon Carl Kruger in the 27th State Senate District. According to the New York City Board of...
New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly issued a challenge for local lawmakers to come up with ideas other than stop-and-frisk measures to reduce crime in communities of color and Central Brooklyn’s elected officials responded with a boatload. Kelly issued the challenge on March 13 when he was grilled before the New York City...
Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law questioned amid allegations of a cover up By Aimena Lipscomb The FBI and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have stepped in to further investigate the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Martin, a 17-year-old, 140 lb unarmed teen, was shot and killed February 26 by 28-year-old George Zimmerman, the self-appointed town...
