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Jul
23

TV Detective And Bensonhurst Native Wins Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest

Vincent D'Onofrio and Carin van der Donk. Source: David Shankbone via Wikimedia CommonsBensonhurst native Vincent D’Onofrio of
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Jul
23

An Undisclosed Bensonhurst Bar Goes On The Market

Photo courtesy of the sales adA local bar and sports lounge is on the market. The name or location is
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Jul
20

To Do This Weekend: The NOT Siren Fest Show

Image courtesy of Kevin Bova, Toys In TroubleMaybe the folks at Coney Island bar Peggy O’Neills (1904 Surf Avenue)
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Jul
20

New York City Photographer Picks Young Bensonhurst Male Model As His Next Muse

Images attributed to Kevin Amato via DazedDigital.comNew York City photographer Kevin Amato [http://www.kevinamato.com/#!home/mainPage]has
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Jul
20

A Ramadan Mubarak To Our Readers!

Last night marked the start of the Muslim month-long holy festival of Ramadan. On this holiday, observing Muslims fast from
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Jul
20

In A Tough Economy, Southern Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Turn To Home Businesses For Relief

Adeeart, a local home-based business, makes custom-order dolls.As New York City’s unemployment rate rises to 10 percent [http:
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Jul
20

Is There A Hush-Hush Plan In Place To Move A Controversial Statue To Green-Wood Cemetery?

Source: Popular Mechanics Magazine, July 1922 via Wikimedia CommonsA century-old statue once called sexist by former congressman Anthony Weiner and
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Jul
20

Woody Guthrie’s Family Pays Tribute To Him At Coney Island

Source: Library of Congress via Wikimedia CommonsSaturday, July 14 visitors to Coney Island may have been having too much fun
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Jul
19

Boys Will Be Boys (Will Be Boys)? Gounardes And Golden In A Battle Of “Who Said It First” In Verrazano Toll Relief (UPDATED)

Source: Otto Yamamoto via Wikimedia CommonsThough the fight to lower the toll costs of Brooklynites crossing the Verrazano may be
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Jul
19

Local Pol Commends “Revolutionary” Participatory Budgeting Process

Source: Mattes via Wikimedia CommonsIn its second year of operation, a practice called participatory budgeting  has doubled in size with
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