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The wee ones descended on Milestone Park this Sunday for a free, hands-on science class at the Bensonhurst Greenmarket. Organized by Jacqui Roytman of SNAP to Grow! [http://www.snaptogrow.com/], a studio lab for science and art exploration through theme-based experimentation, the event was the first of three similar
Councilman Vincent Gentile, Source: council.nyc.govIt was a hard fought victory, but Councilman Vincent Gentile won reelection to a third term last night, defeating Republican opponent John Quaglione by 5,476 votes, a 27.1 point margin. Now to be the most senior member of the City Council, the
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Photo from Deutsch’s primary victory night in SeptemberAlthough the district has seen its share of narrow victories in the last few election cycles – including a whopper of a race that saw David Storobin beat Lew Fidler by just 13 votes last year – this was not one of them. Councilman-elect
Soruce: Claudio ForquinaEvery New Year’s Day, dozens of bold (crazy) people flock to the shore to join members of the Coney Polar Bear swim club and plunge into the frigid ocean, all for a chance to feel what it is like to have ice cold water lap against their
Astronomy
The moon crossing in front of the sun, with the chartered plane’s wing in the foreground.Space shuttle photographer and Manhattan Beach native Ben Cooper made history this weekend when he joined 11 other photographers aboard a privately chartered jet to get a rare glimpse of a “zero second”
antisemitism
Ben White (Source: BenWhite.org.uk)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) has asked the interim chancellor of CUNY to take “strong and immediate action” following Brooklyn College’s official “support” of its second anti-Israel lecture this year. In a letter to William P. Kelly, who was appointed interim chancellor in July,
heartshare
A photo taken by the family of Jorge Cabello that shows some of his injuries (via NYDailyNews.com)HeartShare Human Services, a nonprofit serving the disabled headed by the chairperson of Bensonhurst’s Community Board 11, was slapped with a lawsuit that alleges a worker abused a developmentally disabled man,
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Honoring real survivors at a Holocaust Memorial Park ceremony. Photo by Erica ShermanThe ringleader of a $57.3 million fraud scheme that siphoned money from of a Holocaust reparations fund was sentenced to eight years behind bars yesterday, announced United States Attorney Preet Bharara. Semen Domnitser played a pivotal role
election 2013
Voters get amp’d at St. Mark SchoolThe benefit of working in the neighborhood you live is that while all of you suckers have commuted to work or school or whatever, I get to go vote with no lines, no hassle. Suckers, indeed. Still, it was unusually busy when we
Voters get amp’d at St. Mark SchoolThe benefit of working in the neighborhood you live is that while all of you suckers have commuted to work or school or whatever, I get to go vote with no lines, no hassle. Suckers, indeed. Still, it was unusually busy when we
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Screenshot from the NY1 debate.Tomorrow is Election Day, and while many of the City Council elections were determined during September’s primary, Bensonhurst remains the scene of one of the most heated general elections in New York City. Democratic incumbent Vincent Gentile has faced a fierce challenge from Republican
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Location of the fire (Source: Google maps)A fire broke out in a residential building at 231 Brighton 2nd Lane just after midnight this morning, lighting up the Brighton Beach skyline. The two-alarm fire ripped through an unoccupied two-story dwelling, and took firefighters nearly an hour to bring under control.