Borough President James Oddo announces new funding to refurbish Schmul Park in Travis
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Borough President James S. Oddo announced new funding to refurbish Schmul Park in Travis. (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves) Giavanni Alves
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– It has been almost 10 years since Schmul Park reopened after a $6.5 million renovation. Now, the park is showing its wear and Borough President James S. Oddo is determined to fix it.
On Friday, April 30, Oddo announced that Borough Hall is allocating $2.4 million of additional city funding to refurbish the park.
In 2012, Schmul Park reopened with a brand new playground. One of the most notable features of the playground was the colorful ground surface, which was safe but not durable and patches have deteriorated.
ShopRite store associates featured on special edition Cheerios Box in honor of their fundraising to fight hunger
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
Posted Apr 13, 2021
ShopRite store associates Helene Lando and Binita Patel were selected to represent the Hylan Boulevard location on the special-edition Cheerios box after winning the annual ShopRite Partners in Caring Cheerios Contest – April 13, 2021 (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. On Tuesday, April 13, ShopRite of Hylan Plaza unveiled the special-edition Cheerios box featuring the winners of the annual ShopRite Partners in Caring Cheerios Contest fundraiser.
ShopRite Partners in Caring is a year-round, community-based, hunger-fighting initiative that has donated over $46 million to more than 2,200 charities since 1999.
Mosque vaccinates over 800 at pop-up site
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Twelve nurse stations were set up to administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at the pop-up COVID vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center on April 8, 2021 (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– On Thursday, April 8, the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center (AICC) in Tompkinsville hosted a New York State run COVID vaccination site. The AICC is one of 18 designated locations selected to host a pop-up COVID vaccination site.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Northwell Health staff administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to more than 800 people.
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Youth Empowerment Summit goes virtual
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
People participating in large group discussion at Island Voice s 15th Annual Youth Empowerment Summit on February 27, 2021 (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. More than 120 people logged into Zoom for Island Voice’s 15th annual Youth Empowerment Summit on Saturday, which was centered around the theme of “How are you doing? Growing together.”
The theme was centered around the mental health challenges that many people, especially students, have been facing during the pandemic. It was also to provide tools such as mindfulness practices for managing these challenges.