🌱 Public Schools To Receive Grant + Brookville Park Field Completed

Hello again, everybody. It's Thursday in Queens and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening locally. Hope you all have a great day. Keep scrolling for the scoop.

Now, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy with a shower. High: 85 Low: 71.

Here are the top three stories in Queens today:

1. Several public schools within State Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr.'s district will receive funding through State and Municipal Grants. Each school earmarked will receive $250,000 for renovation projects. Projects include tech upgrades at Raymond York in Ozone Park, bathroom renovations at Anthony Pranzo School in Glendale, and an auditorium conversion at Horace Mann School. The funding is still pending final approval from the state. (Politics NY)
2. The turf field at Brookville Park has been completed seven months ahead of schedule. The $3 million project is the site where the Rosedale Jets youth football team practices and plays. The field will host activities including football, soccer, baseball, and lacrosse. Queens Borough Parks Commissioner Michael Dockett touted the early completion as a great success for the Parks department. (QNS.com)
3. A man was handcuffed and arrested for swimming at Rockaway Beach after hours. Andres Velasquez, 33, was swimming when a whistle was blown, which he believed was a "swim at your own risk" signal. Instead, a group of police officers greeted Velasquez at the beach, handcuffed him, and led him away, explaining that swimming wasn't allowed after 6:00 p.m. This is 2022's first arrest for swimming after-hours at the Rockaways. Police say that he was arrested for failure to produce an ID, not for swimming after hours. (The New York Times)

Today in Queens:

• The Edukators And Daso At Culture Lab LIC (9:00 AM)
• Expressive Writing With Noguchi Museum At The Long Island City Library (5:30 PM)
• Watercolor Workshop: Orchids At Queens Botanical Garden (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Queens Botanical Garden invites you for a Cruise! Disney's Jungle Cruise will be the movie of the night on Friday. Buy tickets at the link. (Queens Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• Looking for a home? Patch found these five open houses coming up on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (Queens Patch)
• Want to read some stories set in your own backyard? Western Queens Gazette built this list of six books set in Queens for you to check out. (Western Queens Gazette)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.