Week in Review

It’s time once again to look back on the stories that took place in your community during the past seven days.

Douglaston’s Fairway Market raised money to help a scholarship fund for the daughters of a slain city police officer.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave his 11th State of the City speech and state Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, criticized the city Department of Sanitation’s garbage pick-up rule change.

Here is your Week in Review:

Monday

The city’s Department of Education announced that was open for fall 2012.

Reviews in included “The Iron Lady,” “A Separation” and “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”

Tuesday

Douglaston’s for the Peter Figoski scholarship fund. The officer was killed last month while responding to an alleged drug robbery in Brooklyn.

Wednesday

Take on what you’d tell Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is the top priority for District 26 schools when he attends a town hall meeting in Bayside next month.

Thursday

Read Patch’s coverage of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City address.

Friday

Check out a list of , including several green inititiatives and PCB removal, at City Hall.

Weekend

In this week’s Parent Talk, our council of local moms and dads discuss steps that should be taken to prepare children for kindergarten.