Tag Archives | September

My First Dispatch: On Moving to Brooklyn in 1996 as We Welcome September in the Best Neighborhood in NYC

By on September 12, 2023 6:44 pm in 9/11, Blogging, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Downtown Brooklyn, Environment, History, Houses of Worship, Neighborhoods, Open Streets, P.S. 8, Real Estate, Religion, Schools

Greetings neighbors—the first dispatch from me, Caroline Aiken Koster, your newest BHBlogger here. This first post has me thinking about moving to Brooklyn Heights in Fall of 1996. Until then, my husband James and I, fresh out of graduate school and landing in Manhattan from our hometowns of Louisville and Cincinnati, rented a standard NYC […]

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DeBlasio Announces Hybrid Back-To-School Plans For September

By on July 11, 2020 10:41 pm in 11201, Brooklyn Heights, Education, Health, Kids, P.S. 8, Parents, Public Safety, Schools

Amid the reports of dangerous spikes of Covid-19 across the country, Mayor DeBlasio announced on July 8th NYC public schools will open in September on a “hybrid” schedule. The tentative plan entails three versions of staggered in-school instruction. Protocols include mandatory masks for children, teachers, and staff and nightly deep cleanings of school facilities. In a letter […]

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