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Tracy Middendorf looks at the plethora of images she has collected for her project. (Photo by Chinwe Oniah)By Chinwe Oniah Tracy Middendorf has had a prosperous career as a television and film actress with roles in “Bones,” “Mission: Impossible III,” and the critically acclaimed “Boardwalk Empire”. Still, as the
(Photo by Willis Arnold)Last week, The Nabe reported [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/2013/12/05/nypd-to-restrict-journalists-access-to-crime-reports-at-local-precincts/] that the city’s police precincts would no longer directly provide journalists with the forms detailing crime reports. On Monday, shortly after CUNY Graduate Graduate School of Journalism Dean Stephen B. Shepard
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By Ben Brody At least $7,000 worth of new appliances was stolen from the kitchen of a newly renovated apartment on Grand Avenue near Fulton Street sometime between Nov. 7 and Nov. 11, according to police. Police said the back bedroom door had been broken down and a refrigerator,
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Like many other benches in Fort Greene Park, this seat bears a memorial plaque. (Photo by Melisa Stumpf)By Melisa Stumpf Jim and Sharon Barnes like to remember their three beloved dogs: Sandy, Greta and Ginger — only one of whom is still alive and is almost 18 — in a particular
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Atlantic Avenue is busy on most days, but bikers will have a reason to trek on the stretch with more bike friendly businesses. (Photo by H. Spencer Young)By Kyle Ligman Support for New York City’s second Bike Friendly Business District, launched Oct. 5 in Brooklyn, gained steam as
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A robber made off with $18,000 from Pay-O-Matic on Vanderbilt Avenue last week after he used gasoline and a lit lighter to threaten store employees. (Photo by Cherice Chen)By Cherice Chen A masked robber used gasoline and a lighter to threaten employees of a check-cashing store on Vanderbilt
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Lots of development is happening around the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Cultural district. (Photo courtesy BAM)By Mark Fahey Developers announced plans for the last two of three public development parcels near the Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org] (BAM) in Fort Greene in October, promising to
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Are your young children in the market for school? Parents can get their facts straight in a workshop tonight. (Photo by Robin Clark)By Sandra Lopez-Monsalve Krista Blanchette’s son is only 14 months old, but she and her partner have already started to explore New York’s complicated kindergarten
Council Member Letitia James (Photo by Erin Horan)By Ben Brody The director of a leading Fort Greene housing advocacy group said she expects newly elected Public Advocate Letitia James to fight for tenants just as she did when she represented the neighborhood in the City Council. “We’re very,
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Navy Greene has completed its first phase of development. (Photo by Mark Fahey) By Mark Fahey Developers, community leaders and residents met just south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Fort Greene this month to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a mixed-use housing block that supporters say
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By Chinwe Oniah Nineteen felonies and three arrests were reported in the 88th Precinct two weeks ago, up from 15 felonies and one arrest the week before. Crime trends included grand larcenies of motorcycles, wallets and household appliances. A motorcycle and a moped were stolen from Long Island University Brooklyn
Residents, local officials and visitors spoke emotionally about pedestrian safety at a vigil on Nov. 5 for Lucian Merryweather, the 9-year-old boy killed in Fort Greene on Nov. 2 [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/2013/11/03/9-year-old-boy-killed-in-dekalb-avenue-car-collision/] when an SUV jumped the sidewalk on DeKalb Avenue. “We come together