Open Thread Mondays: Spooky Sanity
Two big things happened this weekend: 1) Halloween 2) Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” Your thoughts?
Ned Berke
Petitions
MBCG's Traffic Petition: Print And Distribute
We told you last week about a petition the Manhattan Beach Community Group is circulating [/parents-community-berate-mayors-rep-over-safety/] to demand more traffic safety controls on its two broad boulevards. Below is a copy of the petition, which anyone can print out, sign, and mail back to the address indicated. There is enough
historian
Photos: Gravesend Cemetery Tour
Gravesend historian Joseph Ditta led a morbid mass of miscreants amongst the decayed and dismembered tombstones of the Gravesend Cemetery last Sunday. It. Was. Awesome. I wish I had more to report, but this was an event I went to enjoy, not to work. I took no notes and even
Exterminator Muddles School Bed Bug Removal
Many would think having a school filled with bedbugs was bad enough, but parents and teachers at P.S. 197 are outraged after an exterminator over-zealously attacked the problem, leaving poison and destruction everywhere. According to a WABC report [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=
ruby shultz
Parks: Coney Island Boardwalk Will Be Concrete
Source: preservationnation.orgAfter a season of testing different materials to replace planks on the iconic wooden boardwalk at Coney Island, the Parks Department determined that concrete is the best alternative. City officials made the announcement at Wednesday’s Community Board 13 meeting that cement fared better than a “faux-wood” plastic
For Halloween Safety, NYPD Enlists Community's Help
Forget evil spirits, they’re protecting us from mischievous teens. The NYPD 61st Precinct’s Community Affairs Unit is reaching out to local businesses and parents to help keep our streets safe this Halloween. Working with markets and other stores that sell the usual troublemaker toolkit – eggs, shaving cream and
L Magazine
Brooklyn’s Best Blocks? Surely We’ve Got One
According to L Magazine, this is what our streets look like. Lay off the acid, hippies... (Source: thelmagazine.com)The scribes over at L Magazine – who definitely know how to write a good “Best of” list [/sheepshead-bites-named-best-local-blog/] – just compiled their list of 50 Best Blocks In Brooklyn [http://www.thelmagazine.
Puzzle: Where’s Erica?
Erica Sherman was on assignment last week and snapped this photo. Can you guess where she is?
Cable
The $4,000 Seat… In Front Of Your Home TV Set
Source: council.nyc.govBy Councilman Lew Fidler There they go again. They big boys are fighting and you know who is going to pay the bill. Hopefully, by the time you read this, Fox and Cablevision will have settled their dispute and returned control of channels 5 and 9 to
alex gitarts
Community Board Considers Vote On Mosque
After months of trying, opponents to the proposed Sheepshead Bay Islamic Center [/tag/mosque/] nearly got what they’ve been demanding from Community Board 15: a vote. But it wasn’t meant to be. Several speakers continued their monthly plea at last night’s meeting for the board to express
consumer protection board
Oct. 28: Free Public Shredding Day
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamakisono/3401269757/]Photo by tamakisono via FlickrAssemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is inviting residents down for four hours of free document shredding on Thursday, October 28. The initiative is part of an effort to raise awareness about identity theft, and will help safely destroy unwanted records and
tolls
Verrazano Bridge Toll To Increase To $13
The MTA Board is expected to pass a slew of proposed bridge and tunnel toll hikes around the city today, including a new $13.00 charge to cash-paying commuters crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. For E-ZPass users the Verrazano will raise to $9.60 from $9.14. The original plan was