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Source: Vironevaeh/FlickrIn 2013, nearly 700,000 people visited Sheepshead Bites more than two million times. We published 1,861 new articles about Sheepshead Bay and the surrounding communities, growing the total archive of this blog to 7,359 posts. You, our readers, submitted somewhere in the vicinity of 45,
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Today is the 100th birthday of Dorothy Solomon Panzica, manager of the Loew’s Kings Theatre [/blog/tag/loews-kings-theatre] from 1961-1975. The Loew’s Kings Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/loewskings/posts/10153216398935389] shares this hilarious nugget about Dorothy: > She was a master of promotion and always had
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A New Independent Democrats reception, headed by Jacob Gold, district leader/state committeeman, 44th Assembly District [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/James-F-Brennan/], was held recently in the neighborhood at the home of retired Civil Court judge Alice Fisher Rubin. The reception was attended by more than 100 community members,
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Towne Cafe’s editable ad Sheepshead Bites is proud to introduce a new advertising option that gives our business supporters an immediate, effective way to keep our readers informed: dynamic ads that businesses can update by simply sending a text message, Facebook post or Twitter update. The Towne Cafe [https:
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The following is a holiday greeting paid for by Friends of Marty Golden. The above is a paid announcement. If you would like to make an announcement to tens of thousands of Sheepshead Bites readers, e-mail advertising [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com [advertising@sheepsheadbites.com].
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Sheepshead Bites has done quite a bit in the last four years, and now we’re being asked to list some of our greatest victories. As an award-winning news outlet and recognized leader in the rise of hyperlocal online news publications sprouting across the nation, Sheepshead Bites is taking its
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Several times over the past four years we have publicly raised the idea of more closely moderating our comments section. The issue always generated discussion, and the feedback has helped guide our actions. However, the site has grown to be so large that the number of problematic comments has gotten
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Photo courtesy of the Brian Merlis Collection / www.Brooklynpix.comSheepshead Bites wishes our readers a truly Merry Christmas, and a joyous season’s greetings. As a side note, the site will have a lighter-than-usual publishing schedule between Christmas and New Year’s. Be well, be warm, be happy.
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Phew, I don’t know about you, but I’m still exhausted from Saturday night’s Seaside Soiree, the Sheepshead Bites birthday party and Bensonhurst Bean launch party. All that running around, making sure everyone’s happy, chatting people up, handling complaints (apparently live rock music is loud, free food
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We hope you had a great holiday weekend, and are revved up for 2010. (Afterall, it can’t be as bad as 2009, can it? Really?) To help usher in the New Year, we’re kicking off a month of new feature launches on Sheepshead Bites. Most of the features