Morning Mug: Stormy Weather
Just can’t get my poor self together… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kHp2ur6-q8] Photo by Tina Maffeo
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Sheepshead Music Legend Releases A Brand New Single… About Coney Island
Sheepshead Bay-born Garland Jeffreys. Source: Music HeadlinesI am ashamed to confess that I had never heard of Garland Jeffreys [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garland_Jeffreys] until yesterday. The ’70s-era singer/songwriter, who was born in Sheepshead Bay, released a brand new album earlier in the month. The first single
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Three Years Behind Bars For Identity Thief Of Presumed Dead Manhattan Beach Woman
Julia Yakovlev (right) and her attorney Anna Val. Source: NY Daily News/Todd MaiselA small measure of justice will be meted out in the case of the mysterious disappearance and presumed death of a reclusive Russian court translator living in Manhattan Beach. Federal Judge I. Leo Glasser sentenced Julia Yakovlev
Morning Mug: Let’s Go Fly A Kite…
Happy-inducing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaTfGHELV4], kishkes [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kishkas]-warming, golden hour [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)] photo by Yura Dashevsky [/?s=yura+dashevsky].
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Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus Looking For New Members
A shout-out to all the talented vocalists, crooners, divas, choristers, nightingales and shower chanteuses out there — the Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus [/tag/kingsborough-musical-society-chorus/], under the direction of conductor Mark Mangini, is seeking a few good choral singers, and they’d love for you to join them. The group — whose mixed
Morning Mug: Red Light District
Photo by Tinx Chan, whose work can be found here [http://tinxchan.com/].
Morning Mug: Brilliant Blues
Sent to us with the following note: “A pic of the Verrazano on Sunday’s sunset during the wind gusts of what’s left of Irene.” Photo by Knightmare6, whose amazing photography can be found here [http://www.knightmare6.com/] and here [http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Knightmare6-Photography/161588415109].
Morning Mug: Who Da Man? You Da Man.
I gotta hand it to ol’ Ned Berke. While I was hunkered down in the heart of Zone B, preparing for the looming apocalypse, he, along with Sheepshead Bites Business Manager Robert Fernandez [/erosion-flooding-at-plumb-beach-as-hurricane-batters-shore/], cranked out some of the most primo Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene coverage [/?s=storm] out there,
Puzzle: The Walkway
Photo by Boris Shekhman.
Hurricane Irene-Related Event Cancellations In The Area
I strongly recommend that no one do what this Brooklynite is doing, during Hurricane Carol, Aug. 31, 1954. Source: NBC PhiladelphiaI think it is fair to say that, given the severity of the warnings we are receiving about the monster hurricane headed our way, all fun and outdoorsy events scheduled
61st Precinct Crime Statistics: 8/8 – 8/14/2011
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
Morning Mug: The Calm Before The Storm
> “By the pricking of my thumbs, > Something wicked this way comes.” > — William Shakespeare, Act IV, Scene I, “Macbeth” Photo by Boris Shekhman