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Nov
18

Sheepshead Bay High School Teacher Wins Award

Source: Wikimedia CommonsA Sheepshead Bay High School teacher has won a prestigious award from the Fund for the City of
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Nov
18

Forget Wall Street, KBCC Occupies Pancake Breakfast

The pancake chefs of Occupy Pancake Breakfast. (Source: Michael Goldstein) There’s a new twist on Kingsborough Community College’s
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Nov
18

New Climate Change Report Predicts More Severe Weather, Floods For New York

New York State’s future will hold hotter summers, snowier winters, severe floods and a range of other symptoms of
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Nov
18

Senator Golden Uses Facebook To Catch Graffiti Artists

Apparently Facebook isn’t just for looking up stupid cat videos [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6Bsym9wmU], or flashing
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Nov
17

Gravesend Library Art Exhibits An “Oasis Of Culture”

Source: BrooklynPublicLibrary.orgA Gravesend librarian has transformed his library’s auditorium into an art gallery that displays work from emerging
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Nov
16

Boulevard Books And Cafe Named Among City’s Best!

It’s not first place, but it’s still up there. Since we covered it’s first birthday in May
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Nov
15

‘Here’s A Book Store’ Named City’s Best, Daily News Rubs Salt In Sheepshead’s Wounds

Source: Google MapsFinally, Sheepshead Bay has a booksto… oh… nevermind. A local book store in Sheepshead Bay Midwood has been
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Nov
15

Brighton Building Collapse: Architects Had History Of Breaking Building Regulations

Following the building collapse in Brighton Beach [/breaking-building-collapses-in-brighton-beach/] on November 8, it was discovered that the architects of the buildings
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Nov
14

Bob Turner Inauguration Marred By OWS Protestor

Source: NYPost.comJust as Congressman Anthony Weiner wasn’t permitted a peaceful resignation [/video-weiner-resigns-at-press-conference-heckler-denies-chance-at-dignified-departure/] from the Ninth Congressional District, his
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Nov
11

Construction Begins At Coney Island’s New Steeplechase Plaza

A rendering of Steeplechase Plaza by Coney Island Development Corp.Looks like the big red parachute jump in Coney Island
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