16 The Courier SUN • DECEMBER 25, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com s year in photos CONTINUED NEXT WEEK THE COURIER/Photos by Liam La Guerre BASKETBALL CHAMPS The Benjamin Cardozo boys basketball team defeated Thomas Jefferson High School to win the PSAL Division AA city championship on March 9. The same day, the Francis Lewis Lady Patriots girls basketball team won its first PSAL Division AA championship. On March 10, the Christ the King boys basketball team won the CHSAA Class AA intersectional championship game, clinching a back-to-back city title. march Photo courtesy of NYPD ROCKWELL PAINTING RECOVERED A Norman Rockwell painting worth more than a million dollars was recovered months after it disappeared from a Maspeth storage facility, police announced on March 12. The piece, entitled “Sport,” went missing from Grand Avenue’s WelPak Art Moving and Storage on Sept. 13, 2013. Painted in 1939, the work was signed by the artist. It was reportedly recovered in Ohio by a private investigator and no one was charged at the time. THE COURIER/Photo by Angy Altamirano KAUFMAN ARTS DISTRICT CREATED On March 28, Astoria let the world know that it is the place to be for the arts with the announcement of the designation of the Kaufman Arts District, the first of its kind in the borough. It was created in partnership with Kaufman Astoria Studios, the Museum of the Moving Image and the Queens Council on the Arts. Its mission is “to advance and promote the area as a world-class vibrant cultural destination and home for creative industries.” COOKIE QUEEN Springfield Gardens seventhgrader Najah Lorde more than doubled her Girl Scout cookie sales from last year to become the top seller in the city with 2,833 boxes. The 12-year-old, who has been selling cookies since she joined the Girl Scouts in second grade, said she is hoping to win next year by selling at least 3,000 boxes. Photo courtesy of DeAnne Lorde
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