Community Corner

Dec. 15: Gift Giving

Toy drive coverage, school meeting preview and the neighborhood's changing demographics all on tap for a chilly Wednesday

Good morning, Little Neck! Despite the freezing temperatures and biting wind, be warm and of good cheer with these stories, events and announcements:

1. Thaw out even the coldest reaches of the hardest heart with our coverage of one outgoing area elected official's for needy children and disadvantaged veterans, coming later today.

2. New census data reveals profound shifts in demographics over the last 10 years — particularly in the city's suburbs. Check out Little Neck Patch's take on trends in and around our area.

Find out what's happening in Bayside-Douglastonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

3. Parents: a meeting of the city's Community District Education Committee for District 26 begins at Little Neck's Louis Pasteur Middle School tonight at 7 p.m. Topics to be discussed include the Capital Spending Plan for city schools.

4. Check out the alive and well in our community at tonight's play at the Samuel Field Y.

Find out what's happening in Bayside-Douglastonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

5. In case you missed it: here's our on Councilman Dan Halloran's Bulgarian trip last week.


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