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Kenan Taskent. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)At first, Kenan Taskent doesn’t distinguish himself as a particularly pious man. His thick Brooklyn accent, proclivity for Marlboro cigarettes, and charmingly abrasive personality doesn’t square with the stereotype of a typical Muslim standard bearer. “When I talk to people, they
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Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham University Law Professor who challenged Andrew Cuomo for the governor’s seat in last year’s election, isn’t adverse to challenging southern Brooklyn’s republicans to a little drinking competition. Teachout’s new show On the Grid [http://bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bric-tv/on-the-grid], produced by
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Junior competitor Lauren Zilberman, as seen on Food Network’s Chopped Junior, Season 1. (Photo provided by the Food Network)Gravesend’s Lauren Zilberman may be on course to realize her dream of hosting her own Food Network show. The 14-year-old chef, who just entered the 9th grade at Edward
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New recruits from all parts of the country shown arriving at the United States Maritime Service training station in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Photogrammer [http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001045878/PP]) Sheepshead Bay was once home to the world’s largest WWII era maritime training station, according to
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(Photo: jenniknutrition [https://www.instagram.com/p/84ISWrKssh/] / Instagram) We’re getting close to the holiday and there’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn. Check out the Ragamuffin Thanksgiving Day Parade in Gerritsen Beach, the Good Shepherd Church is holding their annual tree lighting ceremony, and there’s a
Junior competitor Lauren Zilberman, as seen on Food Network’s Chopped Junior, Season 1. (Photo provided by the Food Network)Gravesend’s Lauren Zilberman may be on course to realize her dream of hosting her own Food Network show. The 14-year-old chef, who just entered the 9th grade at Edward
(Photo: jenniknutrition [https://www.instagram.com/p/84ISWrKssh/] / Instagram) We’re getting close to the holiday and there’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn. Check out the Ragamuffin Thanksgiving Day Parade in Gerritsen Beach, the Good Shepherd Church is holding their annual tree lighting ceremony, and there’s a
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The United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow
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