shootings
Sheepshead Bites dedicates this week’s open thread to the 70 victims of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting [http://www.aurorasentinel.com/batman-movie-massacre/] – 12 of whom were mortally wounded. A complete list of the victims can be found here [http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/aurora-tragedy-massacre-victims-and-conditions/] , complete with biographical information reminding you
Source: sufined.deviantart.comSheepshead Bites wishes all of our Muslim neighbors Ramadan mubarak! We hope you have a disciplined fast, a joyous Iftar and many days of happiness and health.
Bayonne Bridge
"Settle down, boys, or I swear I will pull this car over!"Following our post yesterday about toll relief on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the who-said-what-first sniping [/boys-will-be-boys-gounardes-and-golden-in-a-battle-of-who-said-it-first-in-verrazano-toll-relief/] that’s popped up between State Senator Marty Golden, his Democratic opponent Andrew Gounardes, and Councilman Vincent Gentile (who, it
Source: house.govAlthough he continues to deny wrongdoing, the investigators looking into Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign fundraising [/fbi-continues-probe-on-congressman-michael-grimms-finances/] have escalated the inquiry, launching a grand jury to add pressure to would-be witnesses. The Daily News reported [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-federal-grand-jury-probes-campaign-fundraising-staten-island-rep-micahel-grimm-2010-campaign-article-1.1117914] yesterday that at l
east 18th st
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection shut down Jerome Avenue between East 17th Street and East 18th Street today, as crews worked to repair a broken sewage line. The line backed up, according to a worker on the scene, spurring them to open the fire hydrant and empty
It's (going to be) back! Victory! (Photo by Allan Rosen)YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After petitions, public workshops and letters from local officials, the MTA will announce today that the B4 bus line will be fully restored by January 2013. The fate of the line, which had
Victory! Protesters demand the restoration of the B64. (Photo: Allan Rosen)YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The MTA will announce today that the B64 [/tag/b64/] and other area bus lines that saw service cut or eliminated in 2010 will be restored or see service improvements by January 2013, Sheepshead
Todd Dobrin
Source: "Friends of the Boardwalk" Facebook PageConey Island activist and City Council candidate Todd Dobrin published a dramatic photo yesterday on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3797786297421&set=o.184850918232970&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf] showing what he says
severe wether
Source: niznoz/FlickrMore than 1,200 people are experiencing power outages as a heavy thunderstorm rolls through the neighborhood, according to Con Edison [/tag/con-edison/]. The company’s outage map on their website [https://apps2.coned.com/csol/reportoutage.asp] notes outages in the following areas: * 1,067 customers affected
iPhone theft
The NYPD released photos of two men accused of robbing a straphanger of an iPhone on Monday, July 9. The incident occurred on a northbound Q train at the Kings Highway train station. If you have information about the men in the photos, call 800-577-TIPS. You can also submit tips
Source: Google MapsThe following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) says a Sheepshead Bay car wash calling itself ‘Z Best’ is actually ‘Z Loudest’ – and he’s supporting a city agency’s petition for a cease-and-desist order against the “noisy neighbor”
A friend of a motorcyclist involved in a collision with another vehicle on Monday in Gravesend wrote in to Sheepshead Bites, turning to our readers for information about the events surrounding the accident. The friend writes: > yesterday a friend of mine was in a MVA and is currently fighting