8 OCTOBER 26, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Have some Halloween fun at Glendale & Middle Village parades
BY THE RIDGEWOOD TIMES STAFF
EDITORIAL@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM / @
RIDGEWOODTIMES
Whether you're looking for
the Great Pumpkin or just
want to dress up and have
some fun, there are plenty of exciting,
family-friendly Halloween events
taking place across Queens over the
next week.
Some of the events, scheduled to
take place rain or shine, include the
following:
Howard Beach: Ghouls and goblins of
all ages are invited to take part in the 31st
Howard Beach Halloween Parade scheduled
for this Saturday, Oct. 28. The fun
gets underway at 11:30 a.m. at the corner
of Cross Bay Boulevard and 159th Avenue.
Participants will head southbound
along the boulevard to 165th Avenue,
where a party will be held including food,
beverages, rides, games and much more.
Middle Village: The Middle Village
Halloween Parade will take place on
Saturday, Oct. 28, at Juniper Valley
Park. Starting at 11:30 a.m., kids will
begin lining up at the small playground
near 74th Street and Juniper
Boulevard South. At 11:45 a.m., the
parade will start as the children make
their way up to the blacktop at 80th
Street and Juniper Boulevard North.
The Halloween festivities will
continue from noon to 4 p.m. at the
park's blacktop where there will be
the 1980s tribute band White Wedding
playing some tunes. There will also
be festive carnival games, pumpkin
decorating, kids' costume contest,
food and much more. The Halloween
Parade and festival is being organized
by the Juniper Park Civic Association
(JPCA), in conjunction with the NYC
Parks Department and the Middle
Village Moms.
Woodside: Join the sixth annual Halloween
Pet Parade hosted by Woodside
on the Move on Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. Furry
friends and their owners will go to
Windmuller Park at 52nd Street and
39th Drive for an opportunity to win
prizes and be judged on your pups costume.
Categories include best in show,
best pair, most creative, scariest and
most original. There is an entrance
fee of $5.
Glendale: One of the city's oldest
Halloween parades will take place in
Glendale on Tuesday night, Oct. 31, at
7 p.m. Ghouls and goblins are invited
to take part in the march, which begins
at the parking lot of Stop & Shop
supermarket at the corner of Myrtle
Avenue and Cypress Hills Street. The
Kiwanis Club of Glendale sponsors
the parade.
Ridgewood: The 104th Precinct is
inviting the community inside the
station house on Tuesday, Oct. 31, for
a Halloween Open House. From 3 to
6 p.m., offi cers will be welcoming everyone
to stop by the 104th Precinct,
located at 64-02 Catalpa Ave., for
some candy, to take a look around the
precinct, and to meet some of the offi
cers. The event is being sponsored
by the 104th Precinct Community
Council.
MVP wins appeal, gets to stay on Christ the King’s campus for the year
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Middle Village Preparatory
Charter School (MVP),
located at the Christ the
King High School (CTK) campus,
earned a legal victory on Wednesday
aft ernoon aft er the CTK chairman announced
that the middle school can
stay there through at least the end of
the school year.
Aft er receiving a temporary restraining
order back in September,
the Chairman of the CTK Board of
Trustees, Serphin R. Maltese, said in
a statement that the appeal they fi led
came back in their favor.
“Today, I am pleased to inform
you that the Appellate Division has
granted our motion to stay enforcement
of Justice Grays order pending
the hearing and determination of our
original appeal,” Maltese wrote in the
statement.
The issue at the heart of months-long
legal battle between CTK’s board of
trustees and the Dioceses of Brooklyn
and Queens stems from a 40-year-old
agreement between the two entities,
where it says that CTK cannot operate
anything but a Catholic high school
on the school grounds without the
diocese’s permission.
The diocese contends that CTK operating
the secular charter school on the
campus violates the agreement’s terms.
This victory allows MVP to continue
to operate on the campus without
fear of being removed for the duration
of this school year.
“We still must fi le additional paperwork
with the court, and the Diocese
of Brooklyn will be able to respond,
but the main fact is that thanks to this
decision we can continue to provide
exemplary educational opportunities
to all the students on the CTK
campus without fear of interruption
during the school year,” Maltese said.
In addition to the CTK motion, the Appellate
Division also granted the stays
requested by both MVP and CTKCE.
The win also allows CTK to continue
off ering the Four Year Tuition Guarantee
as well as continuing to grant the
$500 per year Catholic School Award.
The Ridgewood Times has reached
out to the Diocese of Brooklyn and
Queens for a statement, but did not
hear back ahead of press time.
Photo by Anthony Giudice/Ridgewood Times
The Appellate Division granted Christ the King High School's appeal to
keep MVP on the campus for the remainder of the year.
