EAST SHORE WEEKLY

News & events from South Beach, New Dorp, Rosebank and more

• Expect a winter wonderland at Tappen Park
STAPLETONA winter festival will bring holiday lights to Tappen Park this Sunday, thanks to some key Staten Island partnerships.The Downtown Staten Island Council, the city Parks Department, First Central Baptist Church and Trinity Lutheran Church have collaborated to organize the inaugural Holiday Lights Festival this Sunday at 4 p.m.

• FILMMAKERS IN CONCORD
CONCORD

• Getting punchy
EAST SHORE

• HELPING HANDS
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Volunteers are needed to serve and assist clients at the St. Edward Food Pantry on the grounds of Mount Loretto, 6581 Hylan Blvd., Pleasant Plains.

• ISLAND BUSINESS UPCLOSE
EAST SHOREThe growing need for investment guidance within a troubled economy has pushed a quieter side of a high-profile Wall Street firm into the spotlight. Wall Street Access, long known for the financial research, brokerage and advisory services it provides to large commercial clients, recently launched a new division dedicated to the segment of the population known as "middle-class millionaires."

• Movie in the making
CONCORDMovie lights lined Mary Street in Concord in recent weeks as St. George filmmaker Maria Rusolo used her grandparents' home as a location for her forthcoming short, "Withdrawal."

• Retreat house to host festival of trees, wreaths
NEXT WEDNESDAY

• St. Charles Mission Center to host musical program
DONGAN HILLS

• Two reasons to really give thanks
TOMPKINSVILLESome of the borough's youngest students have two reasons to be thankful tomorrow.

• When passing the turkey, keep the germs on the side
EAST SHOREReady to share the year's biggest meal?