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Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Rachel Silberstein

Mar 19, 2016 — 1 min read

irish soda bread — Photo by citrusandcandy

After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.

Actress Michelle Williams to renovate her impressive Ditmas Park home. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Hundreds rallied at Holocaust Memorial Park after surge in reports of anti-Semitism. [Sheepshead Bites]

Sunset Park toddler drowns in tub, mother charged. [Sunset Park Voice]

Gowanus gets ‘Handmade’ soundsystem with opening of electronic dance club Analog BKNY. [Park Slope Stoop]

Over 1,300 single family and small residential buildings in Ditmas Park/Kensington/Central Flatbush endangered by unpaid debts. [DPC]

Small business showdown between two Fort Greene wine shops. [FGF]

A group of parents say the they’re getting the runaround from the DOE about a father’s controversial arrest. [SB]

5th Avenue ‘Key Food Fight’ becomes subject of BRIC TV Mini-Doc. [PSS]

NYCHA lighting project continues at Ingersoll and other sites. [FGF]

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