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Councilman Lew Fidler took to the microphone at a mandatory hearing on the impending closure [/sheepshead-bay-h-s-students-faculty-to-rally-before-tonights-hearing/] of Sheepshead Bay High School last week, slamming the Bloomberg Administration’s proposal as an example of failed education policy and arguing instead that the school should become a testing ground for a new
Source: Todd Maisel/TwitpicAn under construction building partially collapsed near the corner of Frank Court and Seba Avenue in Gerritsen Beach this morning. The incident occurred at approximately 11:00 a.m., when the two-and-a-half story building slumped over under its own weight. Firefighters said the incident was under control
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Source: add1sun/FlickrAttention Sheepshead Bay shoppers, you can now buy higher-priced clothing and footwear tax-free courtesy of the New York State government. Going into effect yesterday and spanning the next year, New York State has doubled the per-item amount exempt from state sales tax to $110, meaning any items that
Board of Election workers spent most of last week tallying up hundreds of absentee and affidavit ballots in the race to replace Carl Kruger, with the week ending in a dead heat: Republican David Storobin’s 120 vote lead from election night shrank down to just a single vote. Both
In State Senate District 27, the shenanigans just keep on coming. Following the resignation of State Senator Carl Kruger [/breaking-state-senator-carl-kruger-resigns/], and the same pol’s guilty plea [/see-krugers-plea-deal-documents/] to charges of taking nearly $1 million in bribes, and then his would-be successors’ brutish campaigns [/video-fidler-says-opponent-has-ties-to-white-supremacists/]… well, following all that and
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Source: Google MapsIn an effort to offload defunct properties and reduce overhead, the MTA has issued a Request for Proposals from developers to rehabilitate and put to use seven defunct properties around the city – including an old electrical substation in Midwood. Located at 851 East 15th Street, near Avenue I,
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New York City Comptroller John Liu joined the Be Proud Foundation yesterday afternoon, as the organization handed out more than 500 bags of kosher food in advance of Passover. It was the third year in a row in which Be Proud organized the event, hosted by Aqua Health Rehabilitation Center
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We weren’t able to make it to Manhattan Beach Community Group’s March meeting this week because of a scheduling conflict, but the group posted a roundup of the meeting on its website [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/?p=1267]. The update notes that the group voted to oppose a
So nolastname was just wandering around the Bay this morning with her camera, when she stumbled upon this kid “bombed” in the Waldbaum’s parking lot on Ocean Avenue at around 9:00 a.m. Apparently, he face planted. An FDNY ambulance pulled up next to the kid (who did
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The mosque in February. (Photo by nolastname)A letter from Borough President Marty Markowitz – dated January 4, 2012 – has surfaced [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/03/muslim-brotherhood-mega-mosque-in-sheesphead-bay-violates-parking-requirement-article-78-filed-.html] , indicating his office may be sympathetic to Bay People’s zoning challenges against the Sheepshead Bay Islamic Center, a.k.
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Ivy Director Zini presents Cymbrowitz with a plaque recognizing his commitment to the center.Ivy Learning Center celebrated the grand opening last week of its Sheepshead Bay branch, the first and only in New York City. The center took up residence in 2727 Coney Island Avenue – the former location of