FEATURES Times Newsweekly Community Profiles • Local History • Nightlife • Food Reviews • Neighborhood Events And Memories Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Ridgewood recently invited the Young Adult Leadership group to a Holy Hour with Fr. Anthony Sansone, the church’s pastor. They attended Holy Hour at Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio last Friday, Sept. 26. Forest Park Drive rarely sees the kind of traffic jam it had on Sunday morning, Sept. 28, as drivers lined up to drop off items during the bi-annual Recycling Day event at the Forest Park Bandshell. Co-sponsored by State Sen. Joseph Addabbo and Assemblyman Mike Miller, the event allowed residents to deposit items including electronics, clothing, carpet and books for reuse. Previously Recycling Days that the lawmakers held in Forest Park removed thousands of pounds of garbage from the city’s waste stream. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) Fete CB 9 Leader For An Extensive Career SSeerrvveedd FFrroomm KKoocchh TToo ddee BBllasiioo Mary Ann Carey is pictured, center, with members of the Queens City Council delegation at a ceremony to honor the outgoing Community Board 9 District Manager for her three and a half decades of service to the city. by Noah Zuss Community Board 9 District Manager Mary Ann Cary was honored for her three decades of service to the city at a special ceremony at City Hall last Tuesday, Sept. 23, and was awarded a City Council Proclamation for her years of dedication to the community. Hired during the Koch administration, Carey told the Times Newsweekly on Tuesday that she is proud of her many accomplishments as the leader of Board 9. “There are so many, and I worked with so many council members over the years,” she said A mong her greatest achievements were establishing a notification system to alert neighbors to emergencies; fighting to keep drinking water clean; saving the Forest Park Carousel; helping to raise awareness about AIDS; and supervising a resurfacing and rehabilitation project along Kew Gardens Road, she said. The carousel was going to be sold and moved, but was saved by concerned residents and Board 9, Carey said. The areas she worked to improve include parts of Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill Woodhaven and Ozone Park. The ceremony honoring Carey was attended by the entire Queens City Council delegation, it was noted. She reflected on how the city, and the communities of Board 9 have changed over her three and half decades of service. When Carey started as District Manager, Board 9 was mostly German, Spanish and Irish, “and now the board has changed 19 • TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 -SEE HONORED ON PG. 57- Holy Hour In Douglaston News From The GRHS The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society Bumper To Bumper At Recycling Explore The History Of Mount Olivet Cemetery The Greater Ridgewood Historical Society will cosponsor a walking tour of historic Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth this Saturday, Oct. 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. David Gigler, cemetery superintendent and the society’s past president, will lead the tour, which will focus on the cemetery’s history as well as the history of Maspeth and some of the former business persons of the area interred at Mount Olivet. The tour includes a handout and refreshments at its conclusion; an $8 donation will be requested. Participants should meet at the Mount Olivet office, located inside the gates at 65-40 Grand -SEE GRHS ON PG. 55-
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