From our friends at the Manhattan Beach Community Group: > Bring yourself, your neighbor, your friends to our 69th annual membership meeting this Wednesday night, Dec. 1, 8PM at PS 195. > The exciting, honest and engaging NYC Comptroller John Liu will be our keynote speaker. He will be introduced
Source: Wikipedia CommonsThe following op-ed is by Allan Rosen, a Manhattan Beach resident and former Director of MTA/NYC Transit Bus Planning (1981). For a complete list of his contributions to Sheepshead Bites, which includes many articles about the bus cuts, MTA and DOT, click here [/tag/allan-rosen/]. Kings Plaza
A reader posted the following to our Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheepshead-Bites/125215944173471]. Anyone have an idea? > I need some help from my neighbors here. I live on Ocean Ave and Ave S. For the past few weeks, I have often (but not every night) heard
samantha diaz
Source: newyorkaviators.comby Samantha Diaz Look out Brooklyn Cyclones. Very soon, you may not be the only minor league team in Southern Brooklyn to wrangle attention from sports fans and media. Brooklyn’s own minor league hockey team, The Aviators, based in the Aviator Sports and Events Center at Floyd
seasons
Allan Rosen sent me this photo last night, taken in Manhattan Beach, exclaiming that I had not yet taken the opportunity to celebrate autumn. That’s because I do not like autumn. Nor do I like winter. In fact, all I want to do is stock up on food, crawl
manhattan beach esplanade
The plan to repair and reopen the Manhattan Beach esplanade, a once-public waterside walkway running down the length of the peninsula, is getting some citywide press. We first told you about the plan two weeks ago, when Sheepshead Bites discovered it was in a list of recommendations made by the
Barack Obama
We don’t dabble much with national issues around here, but when we got this quote from Congressman Anthony Weiner we felt it needed to be published. President Barack Obama is spearheading an effort to draw Republican leadership to the table with a bipartisan meeting at the White House [http:
Community Board 15 is holding its monthly meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room of Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard). There will be a public hearing on two zoning items for houses in Manhattan Beach and a land use item for Midwood. Aside from
mike nelson
Source: council.nyc.govWe just received this press release from Councilman Nelson’s office. Read it, and see if you have the same concern I do. > (City Hall) – Council Member Michael C. Nelson proudly announces the installation of “Keep Intersection Clear” signs at Voorhies Avenue and East 18th Street.
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Moshe Berkowitz (Photo: flatbushscoop.com)A 25-year-old yeshiva student died after his car was swiped by an apparent drunk driver yesterday. Moshe Berkowitz was heading north on Ocean Avenue near Avenue N when a southbound Volkswagen Passat hit him just after 11:30 p.m. Police believe the 23-year-old driver
Tuesday Tips is a series of articles from local experts to help you save money, make better decisions and plan for a better future. It’s hard enough for a couple, but for a single parent, the managing of the family, running the house, and holding down a job is
food drives
Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association collected scores of canned goods. Fifiteen families in all received boxes brimming with Thanksgiving goodies, following a food drive by Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association and King’s Chapel. The recipients included seniors, unemployed and under-employed in Madison, Marine Park, Midwood and Flatbush. They got a slew of Thanksgiving-related