Source: Malliotakis' office.Local Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis [/tag/nicole-malliotakis/] is seeking a statewide ban on cosmetic procedures for pets, including piercings, tattoos, tummy-tucks and more. Malliotakis with her chihuahua, PeanutMalliotakis, herself the owner of a teeny, tiny adorable chihuahua named Peanut, introduced a bill establishing such procedures as a
blackfish fishing
From Newsday [http://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/state-eases-rules-on-fluke-porgy-fishing-1.3689367] : > The fluke and porgy seasons open in New York waters Tuesday with less restrictive rules on the number and size fish anglers can take. > For fluke, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cut the size of
2111 east 2nd st
Source: Rich Caplan/nestseekers.comAn Ocean Parkway home made headlines yesterday when it hit the market for $14 million – giving it the heftiest price tag for a single-family home in all of Brooklyn. At 2134 Ocean Parkway [/tag/2134-ocean-pkwy/], this five bedroom, 9,200-square-foot home boasts an elevator, two kitchens,
garbage gazette
This happens. A lot. And I guess it’s only natural that debris would be swept into the end of the Bay, accumulating in the corner until tides pull it back again. But, crickies, that’s gross. I guess for every hundred Morning Mug shots we publish showing how gorgeous
2701 knapp st
We reported last week that the Sunoco gas station at 2701 Knapp Street [/knapp-street-sunoco-to-close-service-station-open-247-convenience-store/] is proposing to shutter its automotive service station and replace it with a new 24-hour convenience store. In the video above, the owner’s attorney Eric Palatnik elaborated on the business’ needs to make the switch,
demonstrations
Source: owsposters.tumblr.comRemember those scruffy fellas from Occupy Wall Street [http://occupywallst.org/] ? Yeah, they were all the rage… until it got cold and America got distracted. But now they’re back! The group is putting themselves back on the radar tomorrow with a series of demonstrations and occupations
blockbuster
Photo by PeterKelly81/TwitterDaniel’s World will soon open at 3752 Nostrand Avenue, selling “Fashions for Less,” and the store got a nifty graffiti treatment prior to opening. In addition to the logo-over-brick pattern prettying up otherwise dreary roll-down gates, the owner had a graffiti artist liven up the interior
business venues
CBS News’ Marketwatch blog put together a roundup of “unusual, creative locations [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500395_162-57423968/unusual-creative-locations-for-business-meetings/] ” for business meetings, breaking away from the conventions of stuffy boardrooms and restaurants where you try to make your pitch in between shoveling sustenance into your pie-hole. They queried a handful
Source: urbanshoregirl / FlickrFor the entire weekend – from midnight tonight to 5 a.m. Monday morning – the following service changes will affect the Q line: * Manhattan-bound Q trains run via the R between DeKalb Av and Canal St. * Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Prospect Park to Brighton Beach For
Sheepshead Bay H.S. students protest the DOE's plans before a March hearing (Photo by Robert Fernandez)Sheepshead Bay High School [/tag/sheepshead-bay-high-school/] and John Dewey High School will close doors in June, a city panel decided last night despite objections from those closest to the schools. The
Our readers got some fantastic photos of the Space Shuttle Enterprise as it flew over Brooklyn and Manhattan this morning, strapped to the back of a Boeing 747. The photo above was taken by Ben Cooper, a Manhattan Beach native and Goldstein H.S. alum who has since gone on
2808 gerritsen ave
Earlier this month we told you about the book donation drive going on at Gerritsen Beach library [/ongoing-book-drive-at-gerritsen-beach-library/]. Those books are now on sale, helping to raise money for the local branch. Apparently the drive was so successful, the organizers are a little overwhelmed. They wrote to us earlier this