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Source: blhphotography via FlickrJoin Democratic presidential contender Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally [https://www.facebook.com/events/250137442000187/] on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk tomorrow. General admission entrance is located at Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk. Doors open at 11am. Tickets are not required for this free event, but
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrJoin Democratic presidential contender Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally [https://www.facebook.com/events/250137442000187/] on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk tomorrow. General admission entrance is located at Stillwell Avenue and the Boardwalk. Doors open at 11am. Tickets are not required for this free event, but
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Madiba Restaurant is staying in Fort Greene thanks to crowdfunding effort.
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NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers who once worked at Dyker Height/Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct are facing serious consequences as the latest corruption probe [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among
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24-year-old Joshua Colon was arrested in an incident on Monday which led to the death of local business owner Phil Dellegrazie. (Image via NYPD)A local criminal with a lengthy rap sheet has been accused in Monday’s carjacking in Sunset Park [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/neighbors/local-owner-killed-by-own-vehicle-while-chasing-carjacker/] , which left
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Photo courtesy of Gov. John Kasich’s campaign.With New York’s April 19 presidential primary fast approaching, [/33538/] talk show host Montel Williams and GOP presidential contender Governor John Kasich will be hosting a town hall in Bay Ridge tonight. The event — which is free — will start at 7pm,
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Photo courtesy of Comptroller Scott Stringer’s OfficeComptroller Scott M. Stringer was in Fort Greene with the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/], advocates, and small business owners Friday, to visit small businesses — including Brewklyn Grind [/blog/2014/09/16/now-open-brewklyn-grind-roasters/], Pushkin Creperie Bakery [http://www.yelp.com/biz/
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Parent Vinny Nemorin says he slipped and hit his head during his arrest at P.S. 193 on February 24. (Photo: PS 193 Parents’ Association [https://www.facebook.com/PS193PA/photos/pcb.1206219662739287/1206216226072964/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Two former Seth Low I.S. 96 [http://schools.nyc.gov/
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A construction worker form Briarwood, Queens has died after being struct by falling debris in a vacant Borough Park home Friday afternoon. Cops responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man inside of 1229 45th Street on Friday, April 1,at approximately 2:16pm. Alex Santizo, 22, had been
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Juan Ramos, 67, was convicted of murder for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2013. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office.)A Sunset Park man who fatally slashed one victim, and injured another, will serve 20 years to life behind bars, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced today. Juan Ramos,
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https://youtu.be/1f6vhdFOmFM The emotionally disturbed man who was rescued by police from a Bay Parkway ledge [/cops-pull-suicidal-man-on-bay-parkway-ledge-to-safety-giant-net/#.Vv1ZgBIrLnU] with a giant net last November is back up to his old antics. At 12:30am Thursday, the man was seen waving a knife around and threatening to jump from
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P.S. 204 (Photo via Google Maps)A local elementary school was evacuated due to a low-level gas odor inside an unoccupied part of the building this morning. Police tell us that 1185 school children were removed from P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K204/