Came across a flyer for a Clifford Place & Calyer Street block party being planned for next month on July 19th.
Everyone come out, have a good time and come meet your new neighbors! We will have the bouncing balloon for the children between 11am-1pm, the fire department will come visit our block at 1pm and the fire hydrant will be turned on so you can cool off from the heat. We will also have coffee, tea, bagels and donuts at 9am in front of my house 128 Calyer Street. All are welcome!
They are asking for a $20 donation from each family & you can see Chuck at 128 Calyer or May & Kevin at 130 Calyer.
Came across a flyer for a Clifford Place & Calyer Street block party being planned for next month on July 19th.
Everyone come out, have a good time and come meet your new neighbors! We will have the bouncing balloon for the children between 11am-1pm, the fire department will come visit our block at 1pm and the fire hydrant will be turned on so you can cool off from the heat. We will also have coffee, tea, bagels and donuts at 9am in front of my house 128 Calyer Street. All are welcome!
They are asking for a $20 donation from each family & you can see Chuck at 128 Calyer or May & Kevin at 130 Calyer.
A Brooklyn school aide was fired Wednesday after officials say he allegedly played inappropriate games of tag with students.
Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon said Jonathan Williams, 28, who worked at Junior High School 126 in Greenpoint, encouraged nine girls and one boy to play a game of tag in a dark closet.
“We’re recommending to the district attorney that he investigate and decide whether this person should be prosecuted,” said Condon.
Authorities say during the incident, Williams touched the female students inappropriately, and he was suspended without pay in December after the complaints surfaced.
Condon started investigating after a guidance counselor reported that a female cheerleader had told her Williams had touched her on the buttocks.
Three other girls complained Williams had touched them sexually and seven reported inappropriate touches, sometimes during the games of tag.
And Condon says that four school officials, including the school’s Principal Sheldon Toback, knew about the complaints more than a year ago and never reported them.
“We were told by the gym teacher, the dean, assistant principal and the principal that the girls had made statements,” said Condon. “Although none of those school officials could remember who all the girls were.”
“They did remember however that the girls never said they were never touched inappropriately,” said Condon. “However, the girls told us they were touched inappropriately and they were touched sexually.”
The Department of Education banned Williams from ever working at a city school again.
“He did work here and if he did something to violate a male or female student I think something seriously should be done,” said veteran teacher Pat Castillo.
Toback retires on Thursday.
As of Wednesday, the DOE was also considering disciplinary action against the other three officials who allegedly did not report Williams’ actions.
First off, I’m shocked to hear that some 28 year old school aide was able to get 126 cheerleaders to ‘play tag in a dark closet’. I know in my days of being at the six I had more sense in my head than to put myself in that sort of situation… but that’s besides the point.
But to hear that the gym teacher, the dean, the assistant principal land the principal all knew something was going on and didn’t act leads me to believe that there’s more to this than meets the eye. I don’t want to speculate but I was a teenager once, too and sometimes I was a willing participant in inappropriate things that wound up getting out of hand. This guy being fairly young makes me wonder what he might looked like. If he’s a good looking fella, I can just imagine how this might’ve really gone down.
Regardless of all of that, the guy is in a authoritative position and even though young girls might be possibly flirtatious and acting like adults – they’re NOT. And this guy deserved to lose his job. But as for the other members of the staff, I think that they were probably given any number of conflicting stories and they shouldn’t punished or penalized for what might or might not have happened a year earlier.
A Brooklyn school aide was fired Wednesday after officials say he allegedly played inappropriate games of tag with students.
Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon said Jonathan Williams, 28, who worked at Junior High School 126 in Greenpoint, encouraged nine girls and one boy to play a game of tag in a dark closet.
“We’re recommending to the district attorney that he investigate and decide whether this person should be prosecuted,” said Condon.
Authorities say during the incident, Williams touched the female students inappropriately, and he was suspended without pay in December after the complaints surfaced.
Condon started investigating after a guidance counselor reported that a female cheerleader had told her Williams had touched her on the buttocks.
Three other girls complained Williams had touched them sexually and seven reported inappropriate touches, sometimes during the games of tag.
And Condon says that four school officials, including the school’s Principal Sheldon Toback, knew about the complaints more than a year ago and never reported them.
“We were told by the gym teacher, the dean, assistant principal and the principal that the girls had made statements,” said Condon. “Although none of those school officials could remember who all the girls were.”
“They did remember however that the girls never said they were never touched inappropriately,” said Condon. “However, the girls told us they were touched inappropriately and they were touched sexually.”
The Department of Education banned Williams from ever working at a city school again.
“He did work here and if he did something to violate a male or female student I think something seriously should be done,” said veteran teacher Pat Castillo.
Toback retires on Thursday.
As of Wednesday, the DOE was also considering disciplinary action against the other three officials who allegedly did not report Williams’ actions.
First off, I’m shocked to hear that some 28 year old school aide was able to get 126 cheerleaders to ‘play tag in a dark closet’. I know in my days of being at the six I had more sense in my head than to put myself in that sort of situation… but that’s besides the point.
But to hear that the gym teacher, the dean, the assistant principal land the principal all knew something was going on and didn’t act leads me to believe that there’s more to this than meets the eye. I don’t want to speculate but I was a teenager once, too and sometimes I was a willing participant in inappropriate things that wound up getting out of hand. This guy being fairly young makes me wonder what he might looked like. If he’s a good looking fella, I can just imagine how this might’ve really gone down.
Regardless of all of that, the guy is in a authoritative position and even though young girls might be possibly flirtatious and acting like adults – they’re NOT. And this guy deserved to lose his job. But as for the other members of the staff, I think that they were probably given any number of conflicting stories and they shouldn’t punished or penalized for what might or might not have happened a year earlier.
I am at the point of ecstatic-ness. Finally. Finally. My dart league baby has a due date and that due date is July 9th.
Right now the league is officially only four teams. Two teams from Connie O’s, one from Polonia and one from Red Star but it’s a start. And hopefully come September we will have a few more teams and a few more bars wanting to get in on this action. I believe all the bars have their teams ready to go but there might be room for a few more peeps to get in on playing for this Summer season – check with the establishments above.
But even better is to go to your local watering hole and tell them you want them to start up a team for September! If you’re a bar or restaurant in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg area that wants to get a team together for the Fall season here is the info.
Contact Anthony Eugenia at 347.527.3236 or email him at queensdarts [at] yahoo [dot] com. Let him know you are interested in starting a team for the September Greenpoint/Williamsburg Dart League (I believe we will be either a Divison B or C league at $125) and provide him with the following info:
- SUPPLY A CAPT’S NAME AND CONTACT # - PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY ROSTER WITH A MIN OF 6 PLAYERS - PAY A LEAGUE FEE (“A” DIV=$300 —”B”/”C” DIV=$125)(CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Anthony Eugenia / cash receipt will be provided)
The Fall league will play on WEDNESDAY NIGHTS starting on September 10th at 8:15pm. The league fees will pay for cash prizes and trophies for the winning teams! If you have any questions you can always contact me at greenpointers [at] gmail [dot] com.
I am at the point of ecstatic-ness. Finally. Finally. My dart league baby has a due date and that due date is July 9th.
Right now the league is officially only four teams. Two teams from Connie O’s, one from Polonia and one from Red Star but it’s a start. And hopefully come September we will have a few more teams and a few more bars wanting to get in on this action. I believe all the bars have their teams ready to go but there might be room for a few more peeps to get in on playing for this Summer season – check with the establishments above.
But even better is to go to your local watering hole and tell them you want them to start up a team for September! If you’re a bar or restaurant in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg area that wants to get a team together for the Fall season here is the info.
Contact Anthony Eugenia at 347.527.3236 or email him at queensdarts [at] yahoo [dot] com. Let him know you are interested in starting a team for the September Greenpoint/Williamsburg Dart League (I believe we will be either a Divison B or C league at $125) and provide him with the following info:
- SUPPLY A CAPT’S NAME AND CONTACT # - PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY ROSTER WITH A MIN OF 6 PLAYERS - PAY A LEAGUE FEE (“A” DIV=$300 —”B”/”C” DIV=$125)(CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Anthony Eugenia / cash receipt will be provided)
The Fall league will play on WEDNESDAY NIGHTS starting on September 10th at 8:15pm. The league fees will pay for cash prizes and trophies for the winning teams! If you have any questions you can always contact me at greenpointers [at] gmail [dot] com.
I am unbelievably annoyed at the fact that someone defaced pretty little Stella’s Best Birthday Present Ever. Since said chick used to live in my apartment before me, I feel a kinship with her! You messed with me a little bit, too. Not just some art project that was featured on Gawker.
And then on Saturday morning another thing pissed me me off. The new wine place across the street from me was vandalized. Someone threw something through one of their windows late Friday night or early Saturday morning. My sister and I spoke to the little old ladies that live next door and they were very sad to see that happen and said the woman who owns it, is “a real sweet girl”. Now in my opinion if two little old ladies who’ve probably been here their whole lives feel that the owner is ‘a real sweet girl’ then as far as I’m concerned she’s probably the sweetest.
I’m hoping none of these are related but the one that bothers me the most is the defacing of Stella’s birthday present. The “Stay In Connecticut” sticker pasted over her eyes suggests it’s a local, which saddens me even more. What harm was it doing there? The only possible thing I can think of that would piss off a local would maybe be drunken folks stopping to take pictures and maybe being a little loud and rambunctious on the quiet street corner where it was placed. But even still, that was way harsh to do to such a pretty lady. And after a few weeks the novelty of it would’ve worn off and all that would’ve been left was a cute girl in her popped collar.
You know me, I can’t get my shit together quick enough to post pictures I took at the parade within hours. I’m lucky I’m doing it within three days.
I’m a native New Yorker and this is the first time I’ve ever gone to the Mermaid Parade. I took my little sister since she’d never even been to Coney Island (God, what do these suburban kids do???). We had a good time and took some pics. You can check out my flickr set here.
You know me, I can’t get my shit together quick enough to post pictures I took at the parade within hours. I’m lucky I’m doing it within three days.
I’m a native New Yorker and this is the first time I’ve ever gone to the Mermaid Parade. I took my little sister since she’d never even been to Coney Island (God, what do these suburban kids do???). We had a good time and took some pics. You can check out my flickr set here.
