Health
Image via Dodgerton Skillhouse [http://mrg.bz/QS0kqz].A smoking ban has been proposed [http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=smoke-freepublichousing.pdf] by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), sparking questions about how exactly such a law, if passed, can be enforced by an
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Photo via Fort Greene Park [https://www.instagram.com/p/-euxiyjnyc/?taken-by=fortgreenepark].“We had an amazing day of service and volunteering with students from the Academy of Arts and Letters this morning! Over 70 new friends and their parents learned about composting, mulching, and stewardship, and raked up a
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Photo by xandert [ http://mrg.bz/y4c9tB].“With the conviction of his killer and the long prison sentence that he faces, justice was done. May Mr. Kelley rest in peace.” Those were the words of Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson after the conviction of Victorious Kingsberry, 20, a Clinton Hill
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December 31 marks the next deadline for real estate developers to file plans in time to qualify for a 421a tax abatement, which means that there will likely be a flurry of activity to get plans submitted. If it’s anything like what happened this May and June, when the
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Detective Andre Parker (front row, right of center, facing left) and Detective Joseph Whiteman (front row, third from right) were among those recognized by BP Adams. Photo by Stefan Ringel/BP Adams’ Office.88th Precinct Detectives Andre Parker and Joseph Whiteman were among 40 detectives around Brooklyn honored by Brooklyn
Business
Sal of Artichoke Basille’s Pizza. (Photo via New York Pizza Project [http://www.nypizzaproject.com/the-makers/#/artichoke-basilles-pizza-chelsea-maker-sal/] )After five years in the metaphorical oven, The New York Pizza Project [http://www.nypizzaproject.com]was taken out and served to the world two months ago, bringing its glossy photos and
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Tonight is the November meeting of the Community Education Council for School District 13 and the last formal presentation from the Department of Education about the rezoning proposal for PS 8 and PS 307. The meeting is at 6:30pm tonight at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science
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Image via NYPD.(Update as of November 24: Shyanne Brown has been found safe.) Here’s hoping for a Thanksgiving miracle. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Shyanne Brown, 15, who has been missing for over a week now after leaving her Carlton Avenue home on
Polish Bar of Brooklyn
Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.It’s farewell to the Polish Bar of Brooklyn [http://myrtleavenue.org/biz-directory/polish-bar-of-brooklyn-2/] (475 Myrtle Avenue) after a decade of pampering local resident’s nails and other beauty needs. Their last day is this Wednesday, November 25, as owner Tricialee Riley plans to
Image via Bernadette Lords [https://www.instagram.com/p/-O8gZjo-VM/?taken-by=pinkadette].Missed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered. KID CALENDAR: Through November 24 [/blog/2015/11/10/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-november-17-childrens-book-fair-veterans-day-activities-and-rolie-polie-guacamole/] And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar [http://http//www.bklyner.com/
Cumberland Hospital employees made Thanksgiving 1952 special for patients. (Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xthanksgiving&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ/Xthanksgiving&m=k&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&SUBKEY=thanksgiving/13%2C24%2C24%2CB/frameset&FF=