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Photo Curtesy of Katherine V.When it snows every year, we LOVE when our readers send us pictures of the neighborhood covered in all that fun white fluffy stuff. Well, last weekend it snowed, barely, and the lovely Katherine V. was the only one who sent in a picture documenting
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Source: slack12/FlickrNew York 1 [http://www.ny1.com/content/features/176157/ny1-for-you--no-elevator-service-since-sandy-keeps-brighton-beach-residents-captive-in-their-own-homes] has been following [http://www.ny1.com/content/features/175257/ny1-for-you--broken-elevator-keeps-elderly-tenants-stranded-months-after-storm] a story about a group of elderly residents that have been left stranded in their Brighton Beach building courtesy of a broken elevator that has been
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Source: 247sportsSheepshead Bay’s Rashaad Coward is a 6’6″, 280-pound defensive tackling force and he is taking his football dreams to Old Dominion, according to a report by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/coward-chooses-odu-article-1.1247208] . As we’ve previously reported [/sheepshead-bay-high-school-football-player-recruited-by-albany-and-wagner-college-football-teams/] , Rashaad was
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Source: FEMA via the New York TimesEarlier in the month, we reported [/new-flood-zone-lines-are-drawn-rates-to-increase-for-homeowners/] that FEMA was planning to redraw and expand the flood zone lines for New York City for the first time since 1983. The redrawn flood zones, which carry heavy financial consequences for homeowners living in those regions,
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Photo By Jeremy DrakefordThe New York District Army Corps of Engineers will perform an emergency dredging along the Atlantic Coast of New York City, including Jamaica Bay, for the purposes of beach nourishment, according to a report by Dredging Today [http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2013/01/28/rockaway-inlet-dredging-plan-introduced-usa/] . The plan
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When Superstorm Sandy swept through our lives last October, it wrecked the Coney Island Seaside Senior Center. In light of the mess left by Sandy, the center, sponsored by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), have been the thankful recipient of some donated furniture courtesy of Jonathan
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Remember Maksim Gelman [/maksim-gelman-accused-of-sheepshead-stabbing-spree-pleads-guilty/], the lunatic who went on a stabbing spree that resulted in the tragic deaths of four people and 28 hour manhunt throughout the entire city? Well, the last person [/maksim-gelman-caught-but-not-before-more-attacks/] Gelman attacked, 42-year-old Joseph Lozito, is suing the city for failing to intervene when he was
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Photo courtesy of Albert DashevkyAs we all know, New York City is a huge sprawling megalopolis populated by millions of people with a seemingly infinite amount of streets. These realities make it convenient for many dog owners to not care about cleaning up after their dogs. Well, you should clean
Photo courtesy of Albert DashevkyAs we all know, New York City is a huge sprawling megalopolis populated by millions of people with a seemingly infinite amount of streets. These realities make it convenient for many dog owners to not care about cleaning up after their dogs. Well, you should clean
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Photo By Erica ShermanFEMA, in a welcome display of bureaucratic flexibility, has again extended their deadlines for both the registration for Federal Disaster Assistance and the Hotel Shelter Program. The original [/who-qualifies-for-fema-disaster-assistance-deadline-is-next-week/] deadline to apply for Federal Disaster Assistance was set for today but has again been extended until February
UPDATE (1/29/2013 at 9:50 a.m.): We have just learned that this event has been canceled. We are awaiting an explanation from the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Last year’s successful reinvention of the Brooklyn Philharmonic [/bk-philharmonic-plays-underserved-brighton-beach/], led by Artistic Director Alan Pierson, continues with another venture to Brighton
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Barry Deustch in His Dr. Sherlock Litter Alter-Ego, Photo Via FacebookBarry Deutsch, a local Sheepshead Bay man and former Presidential Candidate, passed away last month at the age of 66, according to a report by Brooklyn Daily [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/5/bn_drsherlocklitterobit_2013_02_01_bk.