Get Ready For St. Paul's Annual Fall Rummage Sale

How about a great rummage sale to ease into fall?  St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 199 Carroll Street in Carroll Gardens will be holding its annual event on Saturday, September 12th.  Make sure to stop by.

"St. Paul's will be a holding their Annual Fall Rummage Sale on Saturday September 12, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will be in the Church's Parish Hall and along the Carroll Street side of the church.
Come down and browse our goods. You will be pleasantly surprised at what you can find and buy at bargain prices. Stock up on some good reads in both hardcover and paperback or pick out a new frock to wear on your fall adventures from our vintage clothing racks. We also have an eclectic collection of CD’S and DVD’s to choose from, and the usual bricker brac, knick knacks you have come to expect from sales like this.
Our rummage sales are a neighborhood tradition. Come down, shop and visit with your friends and neighbors, we would love to see you. You never know what you are going to find there. St. Paul’s is located at 199 Carroll Street off of Clinton Street."



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Have You Heard The Beautiful Sound Of St. Agnes' Carillon?

Have you been hearing St. Agnes' carillon in the past two days?  The sound of the bells is absolutely beautiful.  Today, they rang at the beginning of every hour in the afternoon.
When I first moved into the neighborhood, it was not unusual to hear the carillon, but in the past few years, it has become a rare occurrence.

The impressive neo-Gothic Church at Sackett Street and Hoyt Street was designed and built by Thomas F. Houghton in 1904 to replace an earlier structure which was destroyed by fire in 1901.



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