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Events

Things To Do This Weekend, Through December 13: Caribbean Holiday House Party, GrooveBarbers Acappella Show, ArtShack Kids Pop-Up, And More

FAMILY-FRIENDLY KIDS events, see this week’s (through December 15) [/blog/2015/12/08/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-december-15/] Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/12/08/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-december-15/]. WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings.

Education

New Jewish Preschool, Gan On Greene, To Open For 2016-2017 School Year

A new preschool is in the works at 54 Greene Avenue, where it broke ground this week and will be ready to students for the 2016-2017 school year. Called Gan On Greene [http://www.ganongreene.org/], the school includes classes and activities on Jewish language and holidays and touts itself

Arts & Culture

It’s Closing Weekend For Splitty And Myrtle Comedy Thursdays

The beloved business blues continues: Splitty [https://www.facebook.com/splittynewyork/] (415 Myrtle Avenue) is closing after a close-out bash this Saturday. The popular bar/restaurant/event space has been sold and will shift its emphasis to being a bar. To say goodbye, they’re holding the final EVER Splitty

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Teen Suspect Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charges In DeKalb Avenue Shooting

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The 17-year-old suspect [/blog/2015/11/02/17-year-old-fort-greene-resident-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death/] in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old [/blog/2015/10/27/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues/] outside Applebee’s and the DeKalb Avenue subway station on October 26 insists he is not guilty of second-degree murder, attempted murder, and other charges

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Photo Finish: The Rainbow [Leaves] Connection

Photo by chartou1 [https://www.instagram.com/p/--NiX7SD8u/?taken-by=chartou1]. How can anyone not love Fall? Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and

Business

Chez Oskar Is Moving To Bed-Stuy In The New Year

Photo courtesy of Chez Oskar [https://www.facebook.com/chezoskar/photos/a.328268770554528.71594.142755822439158/467546326626771/?type=1&theater] .Sad news: Chez Oskar [http://www.chezoskar.com], currently at 211 DeKalb Avenue for the past 17 years, will be moving to a new home in Bed-Stuy some time in

Business

Humo Smokehouse’s Ribs Are Now Mayor-Approved

Photo courtesy of Humo Smokehouse.Mayor Bill de Blasio was in the house — Humo Smokehouse, that is — this past Friday, December 4, for a taste of what he had been told were “the best ribs in the neighborhood.” It was shortly after 9pm when one of de Blasio’s bodyguards

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Missing Bed-Stuy Man Was Last Seen Over A Week Ago, Say Cops

Image via NYPD.Twenty-year-old Keyshawn Murray of Bed-Stuy was reported missing last Friday, December 4 and was last seen at 10pm on Monday, November 30 inside his home on Pulaski Street near Nostrand Avenue. Murray stands six-feet-two-inches tall and weighs 240 pounds. Anyone with information in regards to this missing

Business

Photo Finish: Sugar And Spice And Brooklyn Sweet Spot Cookies

Photo via Brooklyn Sweet Spot [https://www.instagram.com/brooklynsweetspot/].How easy is this: holiday cookie mixes for your littlest baker. Brooklyn Sweet Spot also has dessert gift boxes for sale! Photo via Brooklyn Sweet Spot [https://www.instagram.com/brooklynsweetspot/]. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.

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Fort Greene Park Boulders, Adopt A Garden Bed, And An Upcoming Brooklyn-Wide Parks Meeting

Photo via Fort Greene Park Conservancy.If you’ve ever wondered what happens to the small boulders and other chunks of rock unearthed during construction projects such as the excavation at the Willoughby Avenue entrance to Fort Greene Park, here’s your answer: in many cases, they’re recycled. In

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Building 77 Update: There Are Now Windows

Image via The Marino Organization.Let there be light at Building 77. The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s largest building now has 393 window cut-outs on all sides that require it as part of the ongoing renovation and revitalization project that will eventually bring a public food hall [/blog/2015/07/

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Driver In Deadly Car Crash On Fulton Street Arraigned; Victim Remembered Fondly

Photo courtesy of Sara Pouche.Marlon Sewell, 39, was released without bail Monday night after his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court on charges of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and driving without a license — charges stemming from his fateful split-second decision just 24 hours