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Photographers Get Ready: Peace In A Frame Competition Kicks Off

Photographers both professional and amateur are invited to enter the “Peace in a Frame” competition for a chance to win money and a spot in an art exhibition. Judges will be looking for works that “uniquely reflect an effort or a positive outcome of peace building, at a local or

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Guns Take Center Stage In Golden V. Gounardes Campaign

Image courtesy of NYSenate.govState Senator Marty Golden’s most recent gun bill has received early support from Mayor Bloomberg, as the issue takes center stage in the campaign to keep his seat. Golden plans to stiffen penalties against people who plant “community guns” – weapons hidden in locations for use

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Gerrittsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department Celebrating 90 Years

Source: gbfd.netIn 1922, after a fire destroyed a house in Gerritsen Beach, residents came together to form the Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department, the only all-volunteer fire department in Brooklyn. The GBFD is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a journal compiling photos and stories of the “Vollies” throughout the years.

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Update: Markowitz Begins Coney Casino Coalition

Source: Wikimedia CommonsThis week Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced he’d support a casino in Coney Island. Wednesday, Marty Markowitz began a coalition backing gambling in Coney Island, according to the Daily News. “Back in January when I called for casino gambling, at that moment I was like playing blackjack

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Sheepshead Native Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of Sport He Invented

Twenty years ago, a Sheepshead Bay native took one of the neighborhood’s most popular summer pastimes – handball – and turned it into a beach sport. Mark Miller, born in Sheepshead and raised in Fire Island, was bouncing a ball inside his music studio. After the ball took an unusual bounce

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Shomrim Monitoring Holocaust Park After Anti-Semitic Vandalism, Calls For Camera Surveillance Increase

A footprint left at the site of the vandalism last week, believed to belong to the culprit.Our report last week on the anti-Semitic graffiti at the Holocaust Memorial was met with swift responses from elected officials, and so far one measure has been taken to ensure the safety of

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Haunted Gravesend Home Featured On Syfy Channel Tonight

Tonight at 10:00 p.m., tune in to SyFy and check out how a ghost terrorized a Gravesend family. In the season premiere of Paranormal Witness, Gravesend resident Elaine Mercado explains how she and her family have been haunted by a “ghost bride” in their Queen Anne-style home near

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Former Knicks Star John Starks Visits Kings Bay Y

Former New York Knicks icon John Starks stopped by the Kings Bay Y (3495 Nostrand Avenue) on Thursday, but instead of showing off his basketball skills he came to show some local youngsters the importance of reading. The New York Knicks Read to Achieve program, in partnership with Cablevision’s

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Saturday: Celebrate National Bowling Day With a Free Game

Source: skampy/FlickrCan’t get enough of bowling, yet trying to save up for overdue rent, that car you always wanted, or college tuition? Here’s your chance! In celebration of the first ever National Bowling Day this Saturday, August 11, Shell Lanes and other bowling centers across the country

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Bowl For Free This Saturday At Maple Lanes

Bowl for free this Saturday, August 11 in celebration of the first annual National Bowling Day. Bowling centers across the country, including local spots Maple Lanes and Shell Lanes, are participating with free game coupons. To access a coupon for a free game, stop by GoBowling.com or “Like” GoBowling’

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For Friends & Family Of Brighton Murder Victim, Softball Honors Memory

Photo by Justin SantoroFor the fifth year in a row, dozens gathered in Homecrest Playground (Homecrest Avenue and Williams Court) to play softball in remembrance of Anthony Senisi Jr., a 44-year old father of two who was tragically murdered six years ago. Senisi was on his way home from a

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Photo: Fishing on Plumb Beach, 1973

DailyDOCUMERICA recently dug up this old photo of Plum Beach, taken in May 1973 by Coney Island native Arthur Tress. It looks to be a part of the same Tress series as the Plumb Beach photo we showed you – also from DailyDOCUMERICA – in early July. Looks like they’re having

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ReServe Programs Helps Students Adjust to College Life

Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) is taking part in the ReServe’s College Success Coach Program, aimed at assisting recent high school graduates transition into their first year of college. The program, funded by Open Society Foundations, will match 200 first-year students from community colleges across the city with

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NYers Challenged To Get To Know Neighbors, And Make Films Doing It

Source: Greg McMullin/FlickrOn My Block Films (OMBF) is inviting New Yorkers to use their filmmaking talents while getting to know their neighbors better. New Yorkers from all boroughs are invited to participate in the inaugural Neighborhood Filmmaking Challenge, which aims to promote stronger communities through the process of filmmaking.

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Bensonhurst Native Gives Glimpse Of Old Neighborhood In New Book

Bensonhurst native Marco Manfre makes his literary debut with “The Outcast Prophet of Bensonhurst,” a coming-of-age novel about a boy growing up in Bensonhurst in the 1950s through 1971. The book follows Anacleto, a shy, reclusive personality with an eccentric family. His family ties and personality make Anacleto an outcast

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Roll-N-Roaster Makes Appearance in Craigslist Missed Connections

An ad was posted on Craigslist “Missed Connections” involving Roll-n-Roaster, a brunette, and a 25-year old man. Amidst the roast beef and 1970’s-style furnishings at 2901 Emmons Avenue, the unnamed 25-year-old found himself gazing diagonally across the room at a “beautiful Brunette wearing a Black T-Shirt, Blue shorts, and

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70-Year-Old Couple Weds At The Bensonhurst Center For Rehabilitation

Source: Jeff Belmonte via Wikimedia CommonsA couple at the Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care at 1740 84th Street are showing the world you’re never too old to find love. 70-year-old Richard Nygaard tied the knot with his girlfriend Frances Buttel on Tuesday in front of family and

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Q Train Ranked Best Subway Line In NYC

Source: Deaks760 / FlickrThe Q line was named the best train line in the city for the first time since 2001. The Straphangers Campaign published its 15th Annual State of the Subways Report Card based on official MTA data from the last half of 2011. The Q train received top honors,

Video: NYPD Traffic Agent Issues Dumbest Ticket Ever

Put this one down as one of the dumbest tickets ever. According to this video, an SUV parked on the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue V was pushed into the crosswalk after a motorist slammed into the car behind it. The owner of the SUV was promptly issued a

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Beth Israel’s Filipino Staff Keep Heritage Alive For Younger Generation

The banderia, a traditional Filipino instrument. (Source: famenyc.org)Traditional Filipino music is alive and well in Brooklyn, provided long-term care by a duo of Marine Park nurses working at Beth Israel Brooklyn Hospital at 3201 Kings Highway. Maria Bella Soriano-Locsin and Ruth Manligoy formed the Filipino Arts and Music

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Golden Sponsored Law Helps Veterans Find Work

Source: eagle102.net via Wikimedia CommonsLegislation sponsored by Senator Martin Golden was signed into law today to help returning war veterans find employment. The law, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, expands the employment section on the Division of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) website. The website will now include links to state

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Elderly Woman Nearly Drowns In Manhattan Beach

Manhattan BeachAn 85-year-old woman is in critical condition after being pulled from the water by lifeguards at Manhattan Beach yesterday, reports the New York Post. Yevgenya Shyknevskaya, 85, was seen floating at 2:20 p.m. yesterday. “I heard the guard blow the whistle, and I just saw this old

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Paulie Malignaggi To Fight Pablo Cano In October At Barclays Debut

Source: L. Frank Cabrera via Wikimedia CommonsBensonhurst brawler Paulie Malignaggi will make his Barclays Center debut on October 20th, reports ESPN. The “Brooklyn Pride” event will not have Malignaggi headline against Amir Khan as was expected. Instead, the Brooklyn native will fight 22 year-old Mexican Pablo Cano (25-1-1 with 19

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Roll-N-Roaster Gets Illustrated In New Village Voice Feature

A portion of the Gears 'n' Grub illustration of Roll-N-RoasterThe Village Voice chose Roll-N-Roaster (2901 Emmons Avenue)as the subject for the inaugural post of “Gears ‘n’Grub,” their new illustrated series about foodstuffs found while the author bikes through the city. The writer, L. Nichols, took a ride over

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Report: City Workforce Will Continue To Shrink In 2013

"I have a job. Hooray, me!" (Source: Vicky TGAW/Flickr)New York City government jobs will decrease by 1,697 this year according to the city’s Independent Budget Office, bringing the total number of city jobs to 294,961 by June 30, 2013. Thanks in part to layoffs, retirements,