Sea lions and tigers and walruses, oh my! Castles, and ladies and coasters, and even the Predator, too! The sands of Coney Island had it all – nay, became it all – this weekend at the 23rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition on Saturday. Over the weekend, Sheepshead Bites editor Ned
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Source: GerritsenBeach.net / FlickrThe NYPD is searching for two men who assaulted and robbed a 60-year-old man on the stairs of the Brighton Beach subway station. Brooklyn News is reporting [http://www.brooklynews.com/2013/08/60-year-old-beaten-robbed-in-brighton-beach-subway-station/] that the suspects are at-large. The incident happened Wednesday at 1 p.m.
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Source: KooKoo Bear Kids/FlickrBack to school time isn’t only stressful for kids who are devastated that summer is ending, but also stressful for parents forced to buy their children new supplies and clothes. For some parents, that obligation is more trying and they can use all the help
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Councilman Lew Fidler let the rage fly when it came to addressing the executives behind the Time/Warner CBS dispute at a recent City Council hearing. A Huffington Post editorial [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandi-bachom/time-warner-cbs-hearings_b_3729697.html] addressing the dispute, which resulted in the blacking out of CBS
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A worker removing the graffiti (Source: Glennschuck via twitter)The Jackie Robinson/Pee Wee Reese statue standing outside MCU Park (1904 Surf Avenue), which was recently defaced with hate graffiti [/jackie-robinson-statue-vandalized-with-hate-speech-and-swastikas-reward-offered/] , will be rededicated on August 19 as part of a “Diversity Day” event hosted by the Alliance for Coney
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Source: mikey k via flickrA 43-year-old man rammed a stolen SUV into the support pillars holding up the Q train at West Brighton Avenue and West 2nd Street in Brighton Beach, killing himself and injuring his girlfriend. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/
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Dance scholarship recipient, Mikhail Calliste, and CBTB Artistic Director, Marla Hirokawa. (Photo courtesy of Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn, Inc., 2010)The Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn (CBTB) will keep on dancing. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/coney-island-ballet-school-saved-article-1.1424466] that the theater
Source: Quaglione campaignCity Council candidate John Quaglione went after Councilman Vincent Gentile over his initial support of the controversial Gravesend waste transfer station. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting that at the rally held by Assemblyman William Colton this past Sunday, Quaglione attacked Gentile’s record on the transfer station
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Photo Courtesy of Kathleen HigginsThe 23rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest kicks off this Saturday, pitting amateur artists in a contest to create the most imaginative sculptures possible. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/coney-island-sand-sculpting-contest-week-article-1.1420662] that the contest is drawing contestants from
Source: Whiskeygonebad via FlickrThe 18th Avenue Feast has had trouble getting off the ground in recent years, and it appears permit problems risk preventing the festival from happening again – although no final decisions have yet been made. Reports [http://brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/33/bn_feastfeature_2013_08_16_bk.
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Russian men, apparently. (Source: Drakegoodman via flickr)A young woman, caught between her Russian heritage and her American feminist sensibilities, describes the highs and lows of the dating world in Russia, leaving no detail spared in her experience. A report [http://www.salon.com/2013/08/12/i_love_and_
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Sea Serpent Coaster (Source: edenpictures via flickr)A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister were hurt riding the kiddie Sea Serpent Roller Coaster in Coney Island last night. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/horror-coney-island-amusement-park-small-child-woman-injured-ride-article-1.1427165] that while the sister’s injuries were