ICYMI: Local Teacher Wins National Award, Daylight Heist On Kings Highway & New Flag Over 9/11 Memorial
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- A teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School won a prestigious national award.
- Two armed thieves stole thousands worth of electronics during a brazen daylight heist on Kings Highway.
- Take a bite out of Baku Bakery’s triumphant Napoleon.
- A shooting on Avenue S capped another violent Labor Day weekend.
- A new flag flies above Asser Levy Park’s 9/11 Memorial.
- More pumps are coming to a Coney Island Avenue gas station.
- A murder might have been prevented if neighbors had reported a gun-waving teen.
- Assemblyman Cymbrowitz called on the State DOT to lift the U-turn ban at a dangerous intersection.
- The 61st Precinct’s new Commanding Officer received some special birthday gifts at the community council meeting.
- The teen arrested for raping an 82-year-old Brighton Beach woman had some defiant words for cops.
- Two thieves stole $700 worth of medicine from a Brighton Beach Walgreens.