Peony People: The Year in Review
December 17, 2010 • No comments
What is it that makes the Peony edition area such a great place to live? Great people? A fine school system? A certain reverence for tradition and history mixed with the most progressive of outlooks? All those themes ran throughout each and every issue in the start-up year of Neighborhood News. Educators, having a special place in a community’s heart, gobbled up more than a few pages as we look back on our first 11 issues. Our
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Peony Neighborhoods: The Year in Review
December 8, 2010 • No comments
As much as any of our 11 neighborhood-specific issues of Neighborhood News, the Peony edition area is one of strong neighborhoods made even stronger through the efforts of a densely packed array of unusually active community groups. So it is no surprise than neighborhood associations and their efforts were featured time and again on these pages. Neighborhood groups who are themselves neighbors have unique opportunities to unite in
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A Moment with Mary
December 8, 2010 • No comments
Well, here we are in the middle of another holiday season. In our family, the surest sign it’s beginning is when our five year old granddaughter starts skipping around her house shouting, “On Dasher! On Dancer! On Visa and Master!” She gets it already. I think about Christmas a lot and these are some of my reflections on the season. I’m always bragging that my mother made new outfits for each of her six children
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Peony - Coming to the Table: Messages of Faith, Family, Community
November 19, 2010 • No comments
Neighborhood News asked area spiritual leaders to share their thoughts on the theme of ‘Coming to the Table’ this Thanksgiving season: “Coming to the Table fits well with our parish theme this year of ‘Welcome one another then as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God.’ Like in any other week of the year, we welcome everyone to celebrate with us as we give thanks to God through the celebration of the
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Peony: Over the Fence
November 19, 2010 • No comments
The city’s new snow emergency plan goes into effect with the first (ugh!) fallen snow. Just use your house address to remember how it works. Parking east of 72nd Street will be limited to the side of the street with even-numbered address on even-numbered calendar days and the side of the street with odd-numbered addresses on odd calendar days … Speaking of the white stuff, the heavily damaged Benson Ice Arena will not reopen for
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