East End Community Lights Up In Holiday Celebration
 | | Pastor Leslie Mullins of the Community Church of the Nazarene in Far Rockaway leads a prayer to start off the holiday lighting ceremonies. |
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 | | Children from the Sorrentino Center wait in anticipation for the lighting of the Christmas tree. This is the eighth year a holiday display has been lit in the in the triangle at the intersection of Mott and Central Avenues. Photos by Miriam Rosenberg |
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 | | Representatives of other elected officials join Community Board 14’s Jonathan Gaska and Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (left) during the ceremonies. |
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 | | Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer extends holiday greetings to everyone. |
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 | | Barbara Smith, of the Deerfield Civic Association, and Joanie Omeste, the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, in front of the, soon-to-be lit, menorah. |
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 | | The Deerfield Civic Association’s Barbara Smith lends a hand in handing out chocolates to one of the children who attended the event. |
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 | | Curtis Archer, the executive director of RDRC, and the children from the Sorrentino Center. |
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 | | The display represents the three major holidays celebrated at this time of year. In addition to the Christmas tree, there is also a menorah for Chanukah and a Kinara for Kwanzaa. |
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 | | Kwanzaa is recognized with the lighting of a Kinara. |
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 | | St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s Eric Matza brings holiday greetings as his colleague Penny Chin (right) looks on. |
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 | | Children gather around Shaliza Alli, of the Chamber of Commerce, as she hands out candy provided by RDRC and Madelaine’s Chocolates. |
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 | | A Christmas tree, provided by Benjamin-Beechwood, and a menorah now stand in the center of the Far Rockaway business district. |
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