Official event returns after four-year break

The City of Alameda Swim Championship is returning after a four-year hiatus. The event will take place on Friday, August 4 through Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Encinal Swim Center, 230 Central Ave.

The Alameda Free Library (AFL) and Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) will be holding a ribbon cutting for the first Little Library to be installed on park property next Thursday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m. in front of the ARPD office, 2226 Santa Clara Ave.

The Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) is offering swim lessons to young boys and girls this summer.

Tuesday, May 9

• 7 p.m. Golf Commission. Room 360, City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave. 

Thursday, May 11

The Alameda Recreation and Park Department has released the schedule for its 2017 Alameda Walks program. All walks begin at 9 a.m. and last approximately one hour; longer walks are noted in the schedule.

The Alameda Youth Committee (AYC) worked with Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) to launch a “Piece and Kindness” campaign. They hoped to promote kindness and heal divisiveness throughout the community. The piece-peace play on words was a deliberate one.

The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) is offering competitive sports leagues for Alameda adults and youth in the upcoming months.

The public is invited to have a ghostly good time at Alameda Recreation and Park Department’s (ARPD) 13th Annual Teen Haunted House presented by Alameda middle and high school students.