ICYMI: Thieving PTA Mom Returns, Homeless Reports Spike, Neighbors Rally For Single Moms
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- Neighbors have rallied around a handyman’s effort to buy school supplies for single moms.
- The PTA at Edward R. Murrow High School unwittingly elected a mother who stole thousands of dollars from another school.
- A man was fatally shot while sitting in a car in Gravesend.
- Sheepshead Bay sees a spike in reports of homelessness.
- Emmons Avenue’s newest seafood restaurant, Cipura, opens in the Lundy’s building.
- The lawyer for a former community board 15 member said he’s “hopeful” his client’s Medicaid fraud-related case will be dismissed for lack of evidence.
- Where are the best places to find red-tailed hawks in Sheepshead Bay?
- A burnt cable knocked out power at more than 850 homes in Gerritsen, Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park.
- Two people were hospitalized after a bus crashed in Manhattan Beach.
- Children born prematurely were reunited with the doctors and nurses who saved them.
- Pamela Harris won the Democratic nomination for the 46th Assembly District.
- A 13-year-old was attacked during an attempted robbery in Brighton Beach.
- Congressman Dan Donovan’s first bill targets FEMA.