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MBCG Spotlights New Leadership, Peace Offering At Meeting Celebrating 72 Years Of Service

MBCG boardmembers, including new president Judy Baron (left) and outgoing president Ira Zalcman (right) pose with Comptroller-elect Scott StringerThe Manhattan Beach Community Group met earlier this month for their 72nd annual general membership meeting, an end-of-year celebration where new officers are installed and the year’s accomplishments celebrated. This year’

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Future Of Manhattan Beach Dog Run Put On Hold, Proposal Needs More Work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOAe3wnGYE&feature=youtu.be Community Board 15 decided on Monday night to table the a proposal to move the Manhattan Beach dog run [/moving-manhattan-beachs-dog-run-community-board-15-decides-tonight/], saying that the plan is still to vague for them to take a stance on. Councilman Nelson’s chief of

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Bullet Points: Community Board 15 – May 29, 2012

“Bullet Points” is our new format for Community Board 15 meeting coverage, providing takeaways we think are important. Information in Bullet Points is meant only to be a quick summary, and some issues may be more deeply explored in future articles. Boardmembers push to beautify Manhattan Beach, oppose aesthetic improvements

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Video: Go Kart Racers Take To Manhattan Beach Streets

When we hit Manhattan Beach last week to get some photos, we came across an unexpected sight: a go kart zooming up and down Exeter Street. Three people were playing around with the noisemaker, jotting around the dead end block. It was around 3:00 p.m., and no one

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Video: MBNA Continues To Discuss BBQ Ban

On Wednesday, we told you all about the barbecue-hatin’ Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association’s Monday meeting, in which they presented a petition from the barbecue-lovin’ Manhattan Beach Community Group [/mbna-bbq-ban-critics-once-supported-a-ban/]. That petition, drawn up in 2007, before the two groups split and when current MBNA leaders actually ran the MBCG

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Scavo: Build an Elevated Express Lane for the Belt

Can you imagine a city construction project taking less than two years? We can’t, but that’s what Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo is saying it will take to build an elevated express lane above the Belt Parkway. The proposed lane will extend from Sheepshead Bay all the