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Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton On Her Plans To Serve The District: Public Safety, Maternal Health, And Community Outreach

Senator plans to focus on public safety, maternal health, and hyperlocal issues along with actively reaching out to residents to consolidate voter support from both parties behind her.

Bald Eagles, Buses, Trouble At Park Slope Middle School, And More.

Support Ukrainian Artists This Saturday

Breathing Soot, The New "Gas" Station Expansion, Conflict in Gowanus, Portraits, Refuge, Food, And More

Everything's Getting Bigger

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2023. There's already a lot to catch up on.

Christmas Tree Turf Wars, Guinea Pigs, Fire, Coney Island Ferry, Landmarking, Housing, and More

Holiday Lights, Online Shopping, Cruise Liner For Red Hook, A New Republican, Bus Routes, And More

Food, Rats, Public Spaces, Turkeys, Christmas Tree Lightings, Holiday Markets, New Businesses

Massive Spa in Midwood, CitiBike in Flatbush, Car Free Grand Army Plaza, and more

If you thought that we were done with elections for a bit, now that we have voted on new state and congressional representatives, you will be disappointed to learn that after the new city council districts get approved, we will be heading right into another local council election next year.

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Elections, Floridian Diner, Marathon, Return of ‘Dusk & Darkness’ and more

The 'dusk and darkness' return, a press release from the mayor said today, reminding us that clocks fall back on Sunday, making our evenings darker and chances of being hit by a car higher, but also giving runners an extra hour to sleep ahead of the New York Marathon in

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Storms, Schools, Stop & Shop, Kebabs, and more

There was life before Hurricane Sandy ten years ago, and how we've lived since, with ever more damaging rains and storms, unable to protect the city. But that is not the only story this week. On top of elections, there are a number of school stories you should know about

Shelters, Unions, Chickens, Rats, and more Brooklyn news

New Hospital, New Districts, Plans not to Preserve History, Food and More

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Feast Family Style at Rana Fifteen in Park Slope

The restaurant in the whitewashed space on 4th Avenue, right by the Union Street stop on the R, has been open for a while, bringing a taste of Western Turkey to Park Slope. Rana Fifteen is Ahmet Kiranbay and Armando Litiatco's second restaurant; they also own FOB Filipino BBQ on

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Secretive Order, Dawn Readings, Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn Book Fair, Chicken, and more

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Pecking House Settles Down in Park Slope

Pecking House, the insanely popular nomadic restaurant where crisp chili fried chicken is the star, opens on the edge of Park Slope and Prospect Heights.

Brooklyn Book Festival 2022

With Something For Everyone, NYC's Biggest Book Festival Is In Brooklyn This Week

There will be poetry at sunrise in Gowanus, conversations among authors, readings, and lots of books this week, culminating in a day full of events in Downtown Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Dems, Bagels, Redistricting, BQE, and the Best in America

NYT says the best restaurants in America are in Brooklyn, but we can't seem to win at our own Bagelfest. Today's rain is the sideshow of Hurricane Fiona that wreaked havoc in Puerto Rico on its way to Canada, dropping 20" of water. Adams administration is sending help. We are

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Boro Park Gets Schooled, Park Slope Flooded and Pecking House is Packed Already

By far, the biggest news in Brooklyn this week was the tragic deaths of three children in Coney Island. They were found at the water's edge on Monday, with their mother wandering two miles away, barefoot, soaking wet, and uncommunicative. The mother has since been charged with murder for drowning