ICYMI: Officer Liu’s Funeral, Polar Bear Plunge 2015, Grimm Resigns

In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, e-mail us at editor [at]bensonhurstbean[dot]com.

A cold, wet start to 2015: photos from the Polar Bear plunge.

Officer Wenjian Liu’s funeral will blend Chinese and NYPD traditions, a subtle sign of a diversifying police force.

Judge lets Dyker Heights biting bulldog and owner off the hook since the victim had his hands around owner’s neck.

Two store employees were shot chasing down armed robbers on McDonald Avenue.

A new documentary about Dyker Heights traces the neighborhood’s history back to 1900.

Congressman Michael Grimm will resign (finally!).

The Golden campaign has spent $31,000 to fend off a federal investigation, which is not illegal, but some say it should be.