January 20, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 3

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January 20, 2007 / Brooklyn news

Civic Calendar

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SUNDAY, JAN. 21

Brooklyn Arts Exchange discussion: “I am Park Slope.” BAX (421 Fifth Ave., at Eighth Street), 6 pm. For information, call (718) 832-0018 or visit www.bax.org.

MONDAY, JAN. 22

Bensonhurst West End Community Council. Monthly meeting. On the agenda: crime and the waste transfer station. FIAO Beacon Center (Seth Low IS 96, 99 Ave. P, bet. West 11th and West 12th streets), 8 pm. Call (718) 946-0234 for information.Community Board 6 executive committee. On the agenda: the toxic plume along the Gowanus Canal. St. Mary’s Residence (41 First St. bet. Hoyt and Bond streets), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for information.Community Board 10 full board. On the agenda: swearing-in new officers, and public toilets (which will not be sworn-in). Shore Hill Community Room (9000 Shore Rd. at 91st Street), 6:15 pm (reception), 7:15 pm (swearing-in and meeting). For information, call (718) 745-6827.

TUESDAY, JAN. 23

Bay Ridge Community Council. Shore Hill Community Room (see above), 7:30 p.m. Call (718) 745-5360 for information.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24

Community Board 2 youth, education, and cultural affairs committee. Long Island University’s Jonas Board Room (1 University Plz. at Flatbush and DeKalb avenues), 6 pm. For information, call (718) 596-5410.Borough President Markowitz. On the agenda: A hearing about the sale of a former firehouse at 299 Degraw St. Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St. bet. Court Street and Boerum Place), 6 pm. Call (718) 802-3830 for information.

THURSDAY, JAN. 25

Community Board 6 landmarks and land-use committee. On the agenda: land use around the Gowanus Canal. St. Mary’s Residence (see above), 6 pm. Call (718) 643-3027.Assemblyman Bill Colton’s anti-waste transfer station task force. On the agenda: update on mercury and lead in the sediment of Gravesend Bay. Shore Parkway Jewish Center (8885 26th Ave., near Cropsey Avenue), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 236-1598 for information.

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