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Daily Gotham - Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 12:43am
On January 15th earlier this year, I wrote a column inspired by a press conference which was held a day earlier, at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall. You see, an avalanche of elected officials had converged on us here in Brooklyn, in response to the natural...
YourNabe.com - Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 12:10am
A crazed man surrendered to police after locking himself, his ex-girlfriend, and two children in an Ocean Avenue apartment for two hours on Friday.
BushwickBK - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 8:03pm
  Anita Haines, manager of the Hope Gardens Community Center, was arrested Thursday for stealing from the housing authority. (From Haines’ Facebook profile) A Bushwick community leader who worked for the New York City Housing...
NY Times The Local Ft. Greene - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 5:39pm
As their plants in the Jane Bailey garden continue to grow, students at Greene Hill School will also start work on another garden at the school's new Adelphi Street location.
Brokelyn - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 5:20pm
The Brooklyn Book Festival: Some might call it the literary event of the season, THE day for Brooklyn’s book-lovers to come out and share the air with the most lauded authors and scribes around. We call it the perfect time to hold a little...
Brooklyn Historical Society Blog - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:55pm
I am beyond thrilled to be writing a post to tell you about a grant the BHS library received a few months back from...
Free Williamsburg - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:49pm
Did you see? New York City just enacted the Bedbug Disclosure Act , requiring your building’s owner to give you a one-year history of bed bugs BEFORE you move into a place. This, as many of you know, is a vast improvement over NYC’s previous “What?...
Crown Heights.info - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:41pm
A group of nearly 40 Shluchim signed a letter in support of Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky in the upcoming elections for Rabbonus in Crown Heights.
Greenpointers - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:31pm
Celebrate the end of summer by judging the farmer tan competition! Your favorite farmer may win a "Nice Tan Man" T-Shirt. The competition will take place all morning until 1pm.And learn how to save all this beautiful market produce for the winter....
BushwickBK - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:29pm
Weekend and weekday interruptions for two Bushwick-area trains. Related Posts L, M Train Interruptions Aug 21-26...
Bococaland - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:12pm
From the ashes of the unappetizing India House on Court Street between Atlantic and Pacific comes the much more...
YourNabe.com - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:12pm
Canarsie’s garden is a-Maize-ing, and Downtown’s is a dud!
Bococaland - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 4:01pm
My husband walked by The Breukelen this...
Sheepshead Bites - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 3:47pm
Construction begins on the former Bay News / Courier-Life headquarters at 1733 Sheepshead Bay Road, as fencing goes up in preparation for the erection of a four-story, 70-foot-tall office and retail building. Architect Robert Palermo, of Corporate...
NY Times The Local Ft. Greene - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 3:27pm
Here are some after-school children's programs that are starting their fall registration.
Brooklyn 11211 - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 3:21pm
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100903/REAL_ESTATE/100909939 Halden
Bococaland - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 2:55pm
Ok, sorry to harp on the Child Watch thing, but got an email from the Y saying that they are not planning on even one day of extended hours this fall. They don’t think there’s enough interest, which is a real disappointment. So, if you...
Crown Heights.info - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 2:33pm
“We did not Endorse Rabbi Braun!” proclaimed one letter signed by Kollel Yungerlight. “We have suffered from enough Mashloikes in Sydney, and I do not want to be entangled in any issues of Machloikes in Crown Heights” writes Rabbi Pinchus...
Brokelyn - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 2:26pm
FRIDAY New art-house movie theater/music venue/restaurant/bar Indiescreen is now officially open. 285 Kent Ave, $12. Thru 9/6: 4 days of bands, tats...
Sheepshead Bites - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 1:58pm
The star for street comedy group Improv Everywhere keeps rising, and this time it shines over Brighton Beach. This is the same group that brought you sidewalk pedestrian lanes for natives and tourists, as well as line-for-line reenactments of the...