Shakespeare gets the Hunts Point treatment
For the sixth year, Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders from Hunts Point put on a full-length Shakespeare play. This year’s production was “Romeo and Juliet.”
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Culture / Education
Education / Religion
In debt, St. Ignatius may close
Parents and teachers are scrambling to save St. Ignatius School, with a fundraising campaign that must raise $1.3 million in a matter of weeks to prevent the school from being closed.
Crime / Government
Forum debates juvenile justice
A retired judge who wants to change New York’s law that treats teen criminals as adults asked, “How would you like to be defined by a mistake you made when you were a teenager.” The question led to lively debates.
Education / Environment
School fair colors Hunts Point green
For its sixth annual School Fair, the Hunts Point Alliance for Children teamed up with Green Apple Day of Service to transform Hunts Point Riverside Park into an environmental festival.
Education
Middle school students film their stories
By Mike O’Keefe Students at two Hunts Point middle schools, MS 424 and St. Ignatius School, are letting their neighbors know about important issues close to home, with the help of modern technology. The students used cameras and computers supplied by a New York based non-profit group to report on [...]
Education
A boat for kids arrives in Hunts Point
By Daniel Bejarano Water has been at the heart of Hunts Point since the Indians and colonial times, so when Hunts Point Alliance for Children decided to open Karuna Kids’ Space Place, an early childhood education space for toddlers and kids ages 3 to 5, a boat seemed the perfect [...]
Business / News / Politics
BankNote vies to take on big tenant
The city’s plans to rent nearly a third of the BankNote building to serve as a major hub for the borough’s public assistance programs has touched off a debate about the impact of bringing more than 2,200 residents in need to the neighborhood each day. “It’s a time bomb waiting [...]
Art / News
Hunts Point Inside Out
As Donay Davis was walking to a friend’s house on Casanova Street, he noticed his old mentor, Paul Ramirez standing atop some scaffolding, covered in glue, with a squeegee in his hand. “Hey Paul,” yelled Davis. “What are you doing up there?” “Go change your clothes,” was the reply. “We [...]
Education / News
Shakespeare revisits Hunts Point
Her hands over heart, a passionate young woman reflects on how deeply she has fallen in love. She can’t tell the man she loves him, because she’s in disguise as a boy to protect herself from unwanted advances, and he thinks they can be buddies. Besides, the man she loves [...]