(source: wikipedia.org)Yesterday, the Community Education Council [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/CEC/GPInformation/CommunityEducationCouncils/one.htm] (CEC) for School District 20 in Bensonhurst voted unanimously to censure the NYC Department of Education (DOE) for its failure to reduce class sizes as part of an agreement in which it
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Looking diligently on his computer, Michael Gargiulo tries to find work. (Photo by Keldy Ortiz/BI)The Brooklyn Ink has done another noteworthy piece this week as part of their series on Brooklyn’s unemployed. This time around, they looked at the difficulties faced by 30-year-old Bensonhurst native Michael Gargiulo,
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The following is a press release from Councilman Domenic Recchia: ANTHONY NEGLIA STREET RENAMING DEDICATION Councilman Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Senator Marty Golden, Et Al. Rename Bay 34th Street and 86th Street As “Anthony Neglia Way” Councilmember Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. will dedicate a new street, “Anthony Neglia Way,” on
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(from louferrigno.com)The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ran a great piece today on actor, fitness consultant, former professional bodybuilder and Bensonhurst native Lou Ferrigno. Ferrigno was born on November 9, 1951 to Victoria and Matt Ferrigno, an NYPD lieutenant. He attended Saint Athanasius Elementary School and, despite a hearing disability
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If you happen to see a strange object floating in our fair skies today, don’t worry – at least if it looks like the blimp in the photo shown above. According to Notify NYC [https://a858-nycnotify.nyc.gov/notifynyc/], the guv’ment will be deploying this dirigible for a test
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A building collapse in Brighton Beach yesterday has left one construction worker dead and four injured. Our sister site Sheepshead Bites was on the scene yesterday to assess the damage. A building under construction at 2929 Brighton Fifth Street near Neptune Avenue collapsed yesterday at around 2:30 p.m.
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Aron, alongside defense attorneys Jennifer McCann and Pierre Bazile (source: ctv.ca)It looks like the man charged in the murder and dismemberment of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky [/index.php?s=leiby+kletzky] will be standing trial in Brooklyn, after an appeals court threw out a request for a change of
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If the city has its way the view from the Wonder Wheel will include more rides and less vacant lots(Grace O'Malley)The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting that this past summer, Coney Island hosted more visitors than it had in the past 40 years. Altogether over 640,
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The following is a press release from Assemblyman William Colton: > ASSEMBLYMAN COLTON ORGANIZES MAJOR BENSONHURST NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EFFORT WITH HELP OF LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS > OVER A HUNDRED TEENAGERS ARE EXPECTED > TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CLEANUP OF 86TH STREET > Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011 > Time: 10
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(Image by Steve Errico/Getty Images from Daily News)According to an Associated Press article in the Daily News, the difference in wealth between younger Americans and those 65 or older is currently the largest it has ever been. While job opportunities for young people have dried up in the
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We were pretty pumped about what we thought was going to be a brand spanking new supermarket – complete with a parking lot – at the site of the demolished Marboro Theatre [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3308] on Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge Avenue. Unfortunately, a phone call placed to Community Board
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Singer and songwriter Marilyn Carino [http://www.marilyncarino.com/], formerly of the group Mudville [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudville_%28band%29], was recently featured on Bensonhurst Bean [/marilyn-carino-puts-bensonhurst-back-on-the-show-biz-map/]. Late last week, we had a chance to speak with Marilyn via e-mail. After her band Mudville took home an Independent