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PS 179 on Avenue C in Kensington. (Photo: Google Maps)Our very own PS 179 [http://www.ps179kensington.com/] is helping to pioneer a new approach to teaching English to children who speak another language at home. And PS 179’s leading role makes sense. District 20, where PS 179
Announcements
Photo: BUGSDo you know any 10 or 11-year-olds with a green thumb? The Fall, 2016 application deadline for the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) [http://www.bugsbrooklyn.org] is this Friday — April 1st. Current 5th and 6th grade families can apply now to the Windsor Terrace middle school, which
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo drastically different accounts have emerged regarding the arrest of a woman in Flatbush last week. Cops say Latisha Bellamy-Maldonado, 27, was arrested Friday afternoon around 1:20pm at 180 Woodruff Avenue (near Flatbush Avenue) and charged with assault of a police officer and resisting arrest, among
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIt was a call for peace, from Coney Island Avenue to the streets of Lahore. Borough President Eric Adams, along with other elected officials and leaders of our local Pakistani community, held an interfaith candlelight vigil last night to honor the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack
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The elderly woman who was assaulted in her home this weekend [/blog/crime/assault-elderly-women/] spoke publicly about the attack today with Eyewitness News. Erin Van Schendel, who is now reported as being 84-years-old, was assaulted on Saturday afternoon by a man who followed her into her building, located at Ocean
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Photo: NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man in the photos above who is wanted for “menacing” two individuals at a local subway station last week. Police say they received a report that last Thursday, at 08:40am, a 26-year-old man (victim #1) was
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis week in Ditmas Park, residents began to choose which capital projects — like a new dog run in the Parade Ground [/blog/news/starting-saturday-residents-to-vote-on-new-dog-run-at-parade-ground/] — deserve City Council funding, we explored the plants and flowers coming into bloom [/blog/garden/in-bloom-this-week/] in our area, and we learned we
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Interior of the Kings Theatre. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)After 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. ‘He was possessed by someone
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Daffodil. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Lovely photos from reader Tracey Hohman– that she took today in her garden. Thank you Tracey, and Happy Spring! Euphorbia Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Paper bush. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal RescueLooking for a new companion? This happy boy loves belly rubs so much, he literally fell over. > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153548560936483/?type=3&theater] : > 3-year-old Huck has been patiently waiting for his
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Pakistani instruments. (Photo: Pakistan360degrees.com)Come join your neighbors on Saturday for Dosti — an Urdu cultural celebration of friendship! The Kensington Library will host artists for an afternoon of Urdu music and culture, featuring Harmonium, Tabla and traditional Urdu songs on Saturday, March 26th, starting at 3pm. Urdu is the
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Three generations of the Imburgia family, beneath the photos of Mr. and Mrs. Imburgia, who emigrated to New York City from Sicily in the 1960s. (Photo: Imburgia family)Last Sunday, Korner Pizza celebrated fifty years of serving up delicious pizza and warm welcomes to the residents of Kensington. The neighborhood