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Greenpoint Weekly Star, 1956-1968, inclusive

bin: 18 (Material Type: Microform)
Case: Morgue microfilm drawers (Material Type: Microform)

Extent

10 Reels

Scope and Contents

Largely focusing on the neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, the Greenpoint Weekly Star Gazette provides local news coverage of business, politics, education, community events, clubs and organizations, arts, culture, sports, religion, and entertainment. Birth announcements do not appear in the paper. Wedding, engagement, and anniversary announcements, sometimes accompanied by photographs, appear in a section called "Society News." Death notices and obituaries regularly appear. A column called "Friends and Neighbors," profiling neighborhood residents, also regularly appears, as does the column "If You're Goin' Fishin'," which provides local fishing news. Advertisements and photographs appear throughout.

General

This title is available digitally on Brooklyn Newsstand. The title is also available via your or your library's paid subscription to Newspapers.com.

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