Browse past news stories for Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn, NY.

• HOPING TO AVOID MORE TRAGEDIES (Times Newsweekly)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:55:54 pm
  by Robert Pozarycki The parents of a Middle Village teenager who was struck and killed last February by an alleged drunk driver behind the wheel of a stolen car testified at City Hall last Thursday, Oct. 8, in support of a bill that would increase penalties against motorists who leave their read more
• Crowley pushes for hike in fines for idling vehicles (YourNabe.com)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 09:07:36 pm
  A bill that would seek to deter people from creating the circumstances that led to the death of a 16-year-old Middle Village teen took a major step forward last Thursday in the City Council.
• Making the Rules on Running and Ruling (Gotham Gazette)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 02:23:57 pm
  Much has changed in the eight years since Michael Bloomberg made his first run for mayor of New York City as a successful businessman lacking a political resume. He has changed from the Republican Party to a registered independent. He has flirted with a presidential run.
• The best 4 years of your life: A primer on high school fairs (Staten Island Advance)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 02:10:07 am
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• Crowley pushes for hike in fines for idling vehicles (New York Post)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:48:41 pm
  A bill that would seek to deter people from creating the circumstances that led to the death of a 16-year-old Middle Village teen took a major step forward last Thursday in the City Council.Intro. 947, put forward by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D...
• City Holds High School Fair (WNYC New York Public Radio)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 03:34:44 pm
  Parents of New York City eighth graders can start planning ahead. A citywide high school fair is being held Saturday and Sunday at the campus of Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene. REPORT....
• Anti-Semitic Group Prompts Counter Protests On LI (WCBS-TV New York)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 05:28:09 pm
  A hate group from Kansas with an anti-Semitic message travelled to a Long Island town to stir up trouble. But residents from Great Neck, a predominantly Jewish community, in the days before Yom Kippur, had a message of their own. About seven members of a hate spewing group, calling themselves the Westboro Baptist Church, a fundamentalist church from Topeka, set up shop near the Chabad of Great ...
• Brooklyn to Westboro Protesters: Fuhghettaboutit (The Advocate)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 02:12:54 pm
  An antigay protest in Brooklyn? Fuhgetaboutit, say students.
• Kansas Hate Group Demonstrates In Brooklyn (WCBS-TV New York)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:06:26 am
  As the Jewish community prepares for Yom Kippur, a hate group from Topeka, Kansas has traveled to our area to stir up controversy with their anti-Semitic message. Their message is ugly, a message of hate.
• Newly elected Jumaane Williams didn't let Tourette's stand in his way-now wants to help others (New York Daily News)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 06:00:00 am
  Flatbush community organizer Jumaane Williams - who toppled incumbent City Councilman Kendall Stewart in last week's primary - is used to standing up for himself.
• Jack Canetti helped erect the twin towers and mourned their fall (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 02:27:40 pm
  An ironworker who saw the towers’ rise and fall dies in Tampa at age 88.
• Shopkeeper To SaveLast Soles (Garden City News)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 03:06:53 am
  As heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Danny was beginning to make its way toward Long Island on Friday, Garden City resident Louis Patrickakos was focusing on making his way around several puddles that had begun to accumulate in the parking lot behind the stores on Seventh Street.
• John Dabbene's Garibaldi-Meucci Museum tells tales of Italian pride - not myths (New York Daily News)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 06:02:00 am
  If you see something, say something." That has long been John Dabbene's motto. For Dabbene, who heads Staten Island's Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and serves as president emeritus of the National Commission for Social Justice, the credo is not a solicitation f.
• Family Immigration For Experts (Immigration Portal)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 06:55:52 pm
  Each call features an hour of analysis, strategy and practice tips, followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers from participants.
• A Trip Through Time to Collect a Cherished Technite Document (New York Times)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 04:59:54 pm
  At 15, Frederik Pohl, the science fiction author, left Brooklyn Tech. Now, some 75 years later, he has a diploma, thanks to a fan and fellow alumnus.
• Tues. 8/11 Death Notices (New York Daily News)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 01:10:35 pm
  Notices may be telephoned to "THE NEWS" by your Funeral Director, Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 A.M. to 6 P.M. and Friday, 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. to appear in the A.M. edition the following day.
• ‘Rocket man’ remembers moon landing 40 years ago (Queens Courier)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 11:22:34 am
  Forty years ago a man stepped onto the moon, representing the achievement of a nation. But it also represented the fulfillment of former Queens Village resident Robert Guillot’s years of hard work.
• BofA's Birnbaum Urges Wall Street to "Think Parallel" (Wall Street and Technology)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 09:54:49 pm
  Bank of America IT executive Jeffrey M. Birnbaum has been teaching high school students parallel programming. In his view, Wall Street should be thinking parallel, too.
• BLADE Network Technologies Teams Up With Intel Academic Community and IBM to Change How Parallel Programming Is Taught ... (Marketwire)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 03:50:04 pm
  "Clubhouse Parallel Universe" High-School Programming Boot Camp Sets Out to Expand the Pipeline of Future Software Developers Who Can "Think Parallel"
• Lawrence Paul Reed (Newtown Bee)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 06:56:55 pm
  Lawrence Paul Reed, 88, died July 11 at the Masonicare Rehabilitation Facility in Newtown after a month's difficult illness. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, on April 23, 1921, attended New York City public schools, Brooklyn Technical High School and Pratt Institute.
• THIS SITE (Gotham Gazette)
  posted on July 14, 2009 at 06:02:59 pm
  Spot a published piece that would fit this blog? Let us know about it, at blog@gothamgazette.com Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday released a report on how well he has kept, or not kept, his 2005 campaign promises. Not surprisingly he gives himself pretty good grades.
• United Federation of Teachers replaces Randi Weingarten with Michael Mulgrew as union boss (New York Daily News)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 09:09:04 am
  The heir-apparent to departing city teachers union chief Randi Weingarten is a home-grown educator who is about to rise to the head of the class. Current chief operating officer Michael Mulgrew is expected to lead the UFT.
• Are you ready for the summer? Best bets for Village arts events (The Villager)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 06:50:16 pm
  Who in their right mind would ever want to escape the city for overhyped, overplayed, undeserving destinations like the Hamptons? If it’s a pleasant diversion you want, why go anywhere else? There’s a reason the world flocks to NYC (and it’s not that new pedestrian mall in Times Square).
• Rooftop Films Sets Summer Series (indieWIRE)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 04:06:10 pm
  Rooftop Films has announced the May and June portion of its 2009 Summer Series, dubbed their “13th year of Underground Movies Outdoors,” which will run every weekend from May 15-September 20 in New York City.
• Family sues suspected DWI driver who killed son (YourNabe.com)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 09:25:01 pm
  Nearly three months after the death of their teenage son at the hands of a suspected drunk driver in a stolen car, the parents of Robert Ogle are suing the alleged driver, the car’s owner and the parents of the teenager whose birthday party Robert was attending.
• Beat the Streets' fundraiser raises $500,000 (InterMat)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 05:27:15 am
  NEW YORK -- On April 30, 2009 Olympic gold medalists, world champions and leaders in the wrestling community gathered to support Beat the Streets Wrestling Program at its annual gala fundraiser, “Golden Night at Guastavino’s” where $500,000 was raised to aide the organization’s work in providing wrestling opportunities for New York City students.
• Learning with the Stars Trailblazer points middle school kids to college success (New York Daily News)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 09:28:03 am
  As executive director of After School All Stars New York, Alan Fields is charged with creating programs that ensure hundreds of middle school children will have the kind of academic achievement that leads to successful college careers.
• Future eagle collects for troops (Queens Courier)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 12:40:44 pm
  A couple of Boy Scouts from Troop 1 in Flushing are on patrol right now – doing a good deed for hundreds of their older brothers and sisters in uniform – and they’re looking for help.
• POLITICAL BRIEFS (Times Leader)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 05:46:14 am
  PLAINS TWP. -- The Committee to Elect Jim Height for Wilkes-Barre Area School Director will hold a meet-and-greet rally from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Polish American Veterans Club, 2 Oak St., Plains Township.
• Taconic Hills students take ‘The Euro Challenge’ (Register-Star)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 03:17:14 am
  CRARYVILLE — Four Taconic Hills students, dubbed “very bright” by their history teacher, Darby Dellea, will be competing in an academic contest called “The Euro Challenge” in New York City Wednesday.