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Jul
16

Gravesend Bay Water Quality Advisory Lifted

Source: Keith H. via Wikimedia CommonsThe New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and Environmental Protection (DEP)
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Jul
16

Poet Writes About Brooklyn, Most Northern Nabes Not Included

While the rest of the world may be fawning over the gentrification that has swiftly crept over most parts of
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Jul
16

Rare New York Aquarium Seal Gives Birth To Even Rarer Pup

Source: Kor!An via Wikimedia CommonsA Northern fur seal who used to reside in the New York Aquarium has given
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Jul
16

Tonight: Councilman Vincent Gentile Talks Business

Councilman Vincent Gentile will speak during a broadcast of Brooklyn Independent Television’s “Sector B: The Business of Brooklyn [http:
Jul
16

Man Stabbed To Death At 86th Street Bar Over The Weekend

Source: Google MapsA 25-year-old man was stabbed to death outside of La Parranda at 2366 86th Street early Saturday morning.
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Jul
13

A Family That Flies Together, Sits Together

Source: Jnpet via Wikimedia CommonsCongressman Jerrold Nadler introduced legislation yesterday that requires the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct
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Jul
13

Ukrainian Filmmaker Debuts A Documentary Tinged With Ukraine’s Ugly Truths

“Family Portrait in Black and White [http://www.facebook.com/events/383226561726202/]” premiered at Sundance Film Festival, Hot Docs, Valladolid,
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Jul
13

DEP Warns Residents To Stay Out Of Gravesend Bay Due To A Sewer Break

Source: Keith H. via Wikimedia CommonsDue to a sewer break on 92nd Street and Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, there
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Jul
13

L&B Spumoni Gardens Mobster Acquitted Of Murder And Sauce Extortion

Source: TheGirlsNY via FlickrThe case of the mobster and the L&B pizza sauce has been closed. Colombo mob
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Jul
12

New Utrecht Librarian’s Jazz Band Gets Funky

Source: Lost in the Stacks via FacebookNew Utrecht Librarian and former Stoop Stories interviewee Rita Meade [/stoop-stories-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-with-librarian-rita-meade/] was profiled along
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