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Sheepshead Bay Loses Unsung Heroine Carmela "Chubby" Versace
Requiescat In Pace, Carmela "Chubby" Versace | Source: John J. Healey Funeral HomeEver read an obit and think that you cannot possibly relate less to the person you are reading about? Take Huguette Clark [/copper-mining-heiress-104-bequeaths-33m-to-manhattan-beach-resident/], for instance — the reclusive 104-year-old copper heiress and daughter of a former U.S.
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Retired Leathernecks Aid Marines Serving Overseas
Source: Minimus.bizA small faction of retired Marines is bringing new meaning to the old motto, “Semper Fidelis” (always faithful). Veterans from Marine Corps League Brooklyn No. 1, Detachment 217 (VFW Post 107), 2414 Gerritsen Avenue, as part of an effort they’ve called “Operation Shoe Box,” are collecting “comforting
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Copper Mining Heiress, 104, Bequeaths $33M To Manhattan Beach Resident
Millionairess Huguette (pronounced "HYOO-gett") Marcelle Clark | Source: NY Daily NewsAnd now, another tale of the profoundly weird. Doubtless some of you may be aware of the recent passing a month ago of one Huguette Clark [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/nyregion/huguette-clark-recluse-heiress-dies-at-104.html?ref=deathsobituaries&
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Coney Maven Signs Copies Of His Newest Book
Source: Barnes & NobleYou think you know Coney Island? Think you got the whole history of America’s most famous amusement park figured out by a cursory trip to Wikipedia? Fuggedaboudit. You don’t know jack squat. When it comes to knowing Coney Island — I mean really, really knowing Coney
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Off-Broadway Play Set In Sheepshead Bay
Erika Sheffer with fellow playwrights Thomas Bradshaw and David Rabe (Source: TheaterMania.com)Off-Broadway theater company, The New Group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Group], announced this weekend that, among this season’s theatrical offerings [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151972-New-Group-Season-Will-Feature-Works-by-David-Rabe-Thomas-Bradshaw-Erika-Sheffer] will be the production of Russian
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Give “The Gift Of Life” At CIH Blood Drive
Give the Gift of Life. Source: NY Blood CenterConey Island Hospital and the New York Blood Center (NYBC) will be joining forces to host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m., June 20 in the second floor conference room of the hospital’s main building, 2601 Ocean Parkway
Who Will Fight For Sheepshead Bay Now That Weiner's Gone?
Source: APSheepshead Bay will officially be devoid of representation from its Congressman Anthony Weiner, who will announce today that he is stepping down [/anthony-weiner-to-resign-will-announce-in-sheepshead-bay/] after the infamous May 27 mis-Tweet, seen by 40,000+ followers of the doomed pol, ignited a media hailstorm. What does this mean for us, his
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Feds To Expand Camping At Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field. Source: Brokelyn (Ed. - I, personally, do not believe this is Floyd Bennett Field.)How did that camping stay-cation on June 10 amidst the goose-droppings [/lets-go-camping-in-marine-park/] in Marine Park work out for you? You remember the one — where the Parks Department established that bizarrely rigid lottery “between
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Weiner Constituents Still Stand By Their Man… Mostly.
Source: REUTERS / Brendan McDermid for Ibtimes.comI, as I am sure most of you are, am emotionally depleted from the mention of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s name, a name that I’ve known of, under more normal, pre-Internet circumstances, since I was in high school. The steady assault of “Weiner”
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Turkish Cuisine… Outside Of Sheepshead Bay?
Source: Anne Szustek of "Brooklyn Based"Who knew that Midwood had such a dazzling array of eateries exclusively specializing in Turkish cuisine [http://www.turkish-cuisine.org/english/index.php]? Apparently Brooklyn Based’s Anne Szustek knew, because she wrote the ultimate compendium [http://brooklynbased.net/email/2011/06/
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Family-Friendly Film Fest At United Artists Sheepshead Theater
Source: Regal Entertainment GroupAs a member of the struggling demographic known as “Nowhere Near Being Rich and Not Yet Famous,” who also loves going to the movies, and who furthermore is not ashamed to use coupons and look for good bargains, I was dismayed that a very good bargain tried