Month: October 2024

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MEOW! Calling cats, kittens & cat ladies to Village Halloween Fete

Halloween revelers will be in full feline fashion flair on Oct. 31 when the 51st annual Greenwich Village Halloween parade invites creative puppeteers, and costumiers to the biggest ghoul show in the nation. Meow is the theme of the carnival which begins at 7 p.m. from Manhattan’s Spring St. along Sixth Ave. to 16th St. offering a bewitching, spooky, jaw-dropping, spontaneous, masquerade of satirical perspectives. Actor Andre DeShields was recently […]

todayOctober 21, 2024

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Haiti’s interim administration struggling to remain intact over corruption scandal

Haiti’s interim transitional government is struggling to remain intact in the wake of a growing corruption scandal involving three of its key members. The list of agencies and organizations calling for their departure grows weekly. Emmanuel Vertilaire, Louis Gérald Gilles, and Smith Augustin are accused of demanding payments of nearly $800,000 from the manager of the state-owned National Credit Bank (BNC) in exchange for him being allowed to keep his […]

todayOctober 21, 2024

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Calvary’s Mission fundraises to build a grocery-store-type pantry in Queens

Patrons came out in their finest attire last Friday to support the 16th Annual Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry Gala Dinner, whose undertaking was to raise much-needed cash to end food insecurity through a pantry-forward initiative. The charitable cause, very close to the hearts of the sold-out crowd, was the first to attract so many supporters since its inception. The Dyker Beach Golf Club in Brooklyn served delicious food while popular […]

todayOctober 18, 2024 1

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Photo exhibition by late legend Peter Simon on display through year end

The late Peter Simon‘s new reggae photo exhibition, which will showcase some of his most iconic work shot in Jamaica, will be displayed at the VP Records gallery space at 170-21 Jamaica Ave., in Jamaica, Queens. This exhibition will be on display every Saturday until Dec. 21, after opening on Oct. 5. Aaron Talbert is the record label’s vice president of Sales and Marketing. He is most familiar with Peter […]

todayOctober 18, 2024

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CANA’s BMW Chapter honors Barbadian Aston Greenidge, African-American Lloyd Griffin

The Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) on Saturday, Oct. 12, honored Barbadian-born Aston Greenidge with its Community Service Award and bestowed its surprise BMW/CANA Award on African-American Lloyd Griffin during its 28th Annual Vernese Weekes Scholarship Luncheon at Eastwood Manor on Eastchester Road in the Bronx. BMW/CANA Chapter also conveyed its Scholarship Award to Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya Simms.  Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya […]

todayOctober 18, 2024

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