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Bensonhurst Kitchen: Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread
As a confessed culinary heat-seeker, a jar of vinegar jalapenos or bottle of hot sauce is de rigueur at this blogger’s dinner table. Today, Colleen aspires to make cornbread better, incorporating the jalapeno – along with some tasty sharp cheddar – into a wonderful corn bread side dish. When Googling the
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Royal Crown Magnifico Panini Closed By City Marshals
A reader sent in the accompanying photos of acclaimed [http://gothamist.com/2007/05/08/the_best_bread.php] eatery Royal Crown Magnifico Panini, on 14th Avenue near 63rd street. Judging from the notice posted on the store’s security gate, it appears their landlord has evicted the business. Fortunately,
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Bensonhurst: We’re “Crazy” Safe
Author John Khoury (source: Rupert Murdoch's Brooklyn Paper)A new book by Brooklyn native John Khoury about growing up in Carroll Gardens includes some memories about one exotic Southern Brooklyn locale. Bensonhurst – a far away, almost mythological land that, according to the Brooklyn Paper, is “still very much
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Greenfield – 1, Sanitation Parking Stickers – 0
(image by Anthony Lieuallen from Wall Street Journal)The Brooklyn Politics [http://www.thebrooklynpolitics.com/post/12223114392/david-greenfield-wins-round-one-against-parking] has once again alerted us to a mainstream news story that’s relevant to our readership. In the war on neon colored parking violation stickers, it looks like Councilman David Greenfield has
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Asian Americans And Redistricting
Margaret Fung (source: Daily News)Redistricting, the process where political district lines are redrawn every ten years, could potentially involve major shifts in power, something Margaret Fung knows all too well. As the executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Fung wants to seize what,
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Shhh! Feds Charge Three Area Medical Clinics With Fraud
(N.Vatolina, N. Desinov, 1941)A federal Medicare fraud task force has charged five individuals with conspiring to launder profits from defrauding Medicare at three local medical clinics. According to an FBI press release [http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2011/brooklyn-medicare-fraud-strike-force-charges-12-individuals-for-participating-in-health-care-fraud-schemes-totaling-more-than-95-million] , Larisa Shelabadova, 34, Alexander Zaretser, 31, Anatoly Kraiter,
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Local Resident Profiled In Brooklyn Ink Series On Unemployed
Lance Diamond, a Bensonhurst resident who was laid off in February from his senior management position at a healthcare firm, was profiled on local website Brooklyn Ink as part of a series on unemployment in the County of Kings. According to the article, Lance, like many of the more than
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Italian Festival Night Comes To Gravesend November 19
The Saints Simon and Jude Church Rosarian Society will be throwing an Italian festival night two weeks from Saturday on November 19. Entertainment for the evening event, which takes place in the Sts. Simon and Jude School auditorium, will consist of traditional Neapolitan music sung by tenor Antonio Guarna [http:
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Sexual Assault Victim Shares Video Of Alleged Attacker
An image of the alleged attacker (source: NY1)A very brave and quick-thinking Borough Park nurse who was sexually assaulted not only fought back, but captured footage of her attacker on her smart phone. Precy Jumangit, a nurse at Maimonides Medical Center who lives in hospital housing, was assaulted on
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Attacks On Subway Workers Up 16%, Mirroring Bus Assaults
Bus operator Brian Busy was one of the MTA workers attacked by passengers this year (source: Marcus Santos for The News)Yesterday’s Daily News carried a story on the 16% rise in attacks on subway workers, matching a similar trend of increased attacks on city bus drivers. According to
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Bensonhurst Blogwrap
This is Bensonhurst Bean’s monthly blogwrap, where we highlight some of the stories that have affected Bensonhurst over the last month, as covered by both local and mainstream media. Bensonhurst Teen Sofia Manfredi Finds Kidney Match, Donor On Web [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/brooklyn-teen-sofia-manfredi-finds-kidney-match-donor-web-article-1.969035?localLinksEnabled=false]