Cotton candy salesmen in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, photo by digenger

There are lots of folks keeping tabs on the neighborhood these days. Here’s a look at some recent developments:

Sunset Park Stills has some great new shots, including blue skies from this weekend’s amazing spring days.

Sunset Parkour dished up a old-style neighborhood story, and is chronicling the seedlings sprouting up for her Sunset Park garden.

When winter was in full force, Friends of Sunset Park gave a shout-out to the guys taking on the snow like it was their job.

The Center for Family Life’s Spark! blog keeps tabs on the goings-on of their blossoming cooperative network (stay tuned for a story on on of their groups to be published soon on Sunset Park Chronicled).

The Sunset Park Blog has notes on Chinese New Year, the shuttering of Ellie’s Bar and an opportunity for some part time work. Take a look!

Sunset Park-based non-profit the Center for Family Life has a new initiative called The Cosmetology School Project. Targeted at low-income individuals, the program hopes to provide a path to full-time employment for New Yorkers currently un- or underemployed.

Training will begin at one of two four-week training sessions, the first in February and another in April. Participants then enroll in an eight month cosmetology program. Applicants must be 17 or older, and hold a high school diploma, GED or demonstrate math and reading skills at an 8th grade level.

The program is completely free of charge. To find out more, you may visit the website or call 718-633-4823.