Around midnight last Friday I came home from a fun evening in the city with my cousin, sat on the top step of my deck and watched the stars. The bay and the night sky were beautiful and everything was still.
If you ever have the chance, take a look up at the night sky over Broad Channel.
Just another reminder of what a beautiful place we live in.
First things first. This Saturday night is the American Legion’s 2nd annual Halloween bash. It starts at 8 p.m. and runs till midnight. Or until the Legion Hall turns into a pumpkin.
Your friendly neighborhood DJ’s@Work will be keeping the music pumping all night. There will be hot dogs, 50/50s, raffles, a cash bar and more. There will also be cash prizes for best costumes.
Last year was a colorful cavalcade of creative costumes. The place was packed from wall to wall. People went all out and really outdid themselves with every kind of get up imaginable. I am still reeling over the Beetlejuice costume with the homemade carousel hat with actual working lights!
Come out and enjoy. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to support the Legion’s programs and our vets.
Still need a ticket? Call Carol at 917- 930-0546 or Karen at 347-306-4851 for tickets. But don’t wait!!
Also, I understand that no questions will be asked at church if you turn up still dressed in your costume on Sunday morning.
What happens in Broad Channel…
A big Happy Birthday to Andrew Miccio. He’ll be 98 this Nov. 4.
There will be a Legion Auxiliary meeting on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
The next Legion brunch will be on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are welcome and proceeds will go towards the Children’s Christmas Party.
Stay tuned for details of where and when the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department will present a donation check to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness. As they mentioned in May, a percentage of the funds the Vollies raised this year would go towards that worthy cause.
The official BCVFD fund drive might be over, but I am sure any donations will still be gladly accepted.
Speaking of which, the Vollies hosted a fantastic BC Children’s Halloween Parade on Saturday, Oct. 25. The kids had a blast, and it looked like their parents were having a great time too.
From babes in carriages dressed up as Dracula and newborn chicks to dragons, dinosaurs, superheroes, postmen, princesses and pirates, there were too many standouts to mention. Special mention does need to go to the family on bicycles dressed up as Thomas the Tank Engine, with a pint-sized engineer inside, and yellow school bus.
Marching from 17th Road Park to Noel Road, the whole thing ended with a kind of a kiddie block party as cupcakes and candy were given out at the firehouse.
Kudos to Chief Wilmarth and BCVFD for holding such an enjoyable event for the kids, and for our whole town. I hear they have even bigger plans for next year!
Your chance to get three years’ worth of discounts and four points off your license is coming up again. The 6-Hour Defensive Driving Course will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
That’s right. You can do the whole course in one day! The class will take place in the school auditorium of St. Camillus Catholic Academy at 185 Beach 99th St., just over the bridge. No test will be given; there will be a lunch break and you will, get 10 percent off your liability, collision and no fault insurance.
Payment of the $45 fee guarantees your seat. Proceeds help benefit the St. Camillus-St. Virgilius Religious Instruction Program (CCD). Call Helen at 917- 553-2409 or 718-945-4648 now.
There’s a free NYS Boating Course for ages 10 to 18 offered over three Sundays, Nov. 9, 16 and 23 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in St. Camillus’s Springman Hall at 180 Beach 100th St. Space is limited.
There will be a Memorial Mass for all who were buried from St. Virgilius Church this past year on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. A Memorial Mass for St. Camillus will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8th at 12 noon.
Tickets for the Andy Cooney Concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, Dec. 5 are available at Knights of Columbus on Beach 90th Street and St. Camillus Rectory. Andy and his band put on a great, free, fun show at the Beach 108th Street Hockey Rink in Rockaway over the summer. Each band member also did a solo spot in the first part of the show.
Turns out Mr. Cooney has friends in the area and a friend and I ran into him after the concert. Ever the gentleman, he graciously stopped and chatted with us in the street. My friend was thrilled when he gave her a signed copy of his new CD.
Planning an event? Call Joyce Adamiszyn at 718-479-3580, leave a message and hold a date for the Christ Presbyterian by the Sea Church Hall.
Tickets are going fast for Stephanie Wagner’s Broad Channel Christmas Lights 2014 $5,000 Giveaway raffle. There are nearly $10,000 in cash prizes in total. Check it out on Facebook. It’s $50 a ticket, and only 400 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be at the Bungalow Bar on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. Donations of every size are also accepted at www.gofundme.com/bclights.
Dorothy Fraher dropped off some photo copies with some great pictures and text about A. Rossi’s Premier Market, which did business in the Channel in the 1930s. It was owned and operated by Amelio and Maria Rossi and did business at 1005 Cross Bay Blvd. There is a great picture of a rough-hewn block curb and either a cobble stone or dirt road down in front and Rossi’s shop, which looks just like an old-fashioned general store!
Hey, maybe I can get a copy of that for the new book! (Yes, it’s “coming along.”)
Thanks, Dorothy.
And thanks for reading
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