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Apr
26

Southern Brooklyn Councilmen Want Parade For Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans

Jumaane WIlliamsIt’s no longer about the Super Bowl or World Series fanatics – New York City leaders want real American
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Apr
10

Locals Fume Over Marathon Runners’ Plan To Swarm Ocean Parkway, Coney Island Boardwalk

A photo of a car-less Ocean Parkway, after the 2010 Half Marathon (Source: AMRosario/Flickr)As organizers at the New
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Apr
09

Locals Demand More Input On Major Jamaica Bay Projects

The approximate location of the proposed natural gas pipeline.Activists faced off with officials at a Jamaica Bay Task Force
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Apr
03

Coney Island Hospital Nurse Wins Nobel Prize Of City Government

A nurse at Coney Island Hospital (2601 Coney Island Hospital) got a dose of recognition recently, when The Fund for
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Mar
21

After Many Months, City Repairing 2-Foot-Wide Sinkhole On Emmons Avenue

The sinkhole before repairs.Long covered by an upside-down traffic cone, a sinkhole approximately two feet wide and five feet
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Mar
16

Brighton Beach School Pioneers New Teacher Evaluation System

P.S. 100 (Source: schools.nyc.gov)Public School 100, The Coney Island School, actually in Brighton Beach at 2951
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Mar
09

Facing Eviction, Cat Hoarder Teams With Stillwell Ave. Petco To Find Homes For Cats

After years of refusing to get rid of most of her 45 cats, a Brighton Beach woman bowed to the
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Mar
09

Yo, Other ‘Hoods, Sheepshead Bay Is Smarter Than You

Source: U.S. Census BureauWe’re smarter than you, Futurama. That’s right, we’re so smart we even know
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Feb
28

In-School Teen Counseling Program To Be Axed In July

Source: saveteenrapp.orgA program that helps 11,800 teens each year might be terminated by July of this year if
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Feb
23

In Fight To Remove Graffiti, It’s MTA Versus Murrow H.S.

Part of the Murrow High School's back wall, as seen from the street.Commuters have been assaulted by
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