Central Brooklyn

Oct
02
Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

Working to Make Brooklyn’s Indigenous Communities Count

A Mixteca member looks at census fliers in Nahuatl, an Indigenous language. Sophia Lebowitz/BklynerMixteca Organization [http://www.mixteca.org/
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Oct
02
COVID Cluster Update – Half of Brooklyn Under Watch

COVID Cluster Update – Half of Brooklyn Under Watch

Yesterday, October 1, the Health Department issued a new Commissioner’s Order [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/
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Oct
01
Teen Charged As An Adult, Held Without Bail For Attempted Murder In J’ouvert Shooting

Teen Charged As An Adult, Held Without Bail For Attempted Murder In J’ouvert Shooting

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
2 min read
Oct
01
Absentee Ballot Vendor Donated Over $100k To GOP Campaigns

Absentee Ballot Vendor Donated Over $100k To GOP Campaigns

BROOKLYN – Last month the Board of Elections (BOE) sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with return envelopes that had
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Sep
30
Project Dignity: PAYS Looking For Clothing Donations For Those In Need

Project Dignity: PAYS Looking For Clothing Donations For Those In Need

PAYS giving out clothing last weekend. (Photo: PAYS)MIDWOOD – The Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) [https://www.paysusa.org/] is
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Sep
30
Deer, Eels, Raccoons, And A Pet Shop In Need of A Helping Hand

Deer, Eels, Raccoons, And A Pet Shop In Need of A Helping Hand

Via Park Slope Pet Supplies.BROOKLYN – It’s the last day of September! Where has the time gone? A lot
3 min read
Sep
30
One Dead, One Injured After Crashing Speeding Car Into Tree

One Dead, One Injured After Crashing Speeding Car Into Tree

The car was destroyed during the crash. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein) KENSINGTON/MIDWOOD – A 24-year-old is dead and a 21-year-old is
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Sep
30
Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

Raccoon Vaccination Begins In Brooklyn

The Health Department, along with City agencies, federal and academic partners, is launching its annual effort to vaccinate raccoons against
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Sep
29
Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike

Latest on Brooklyn’s COVID-19 Spike

The Numbers – the city’s Department of Health (DOH) has switched how they are releasing the data they are disseminating,
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Sep
29
Guyanese Institution German’s Soup Opens a New Location in Crown Heights

Guyanese Institution German’s Soup Opens a New Location in Crown Heights

German’s Soup Owner Clinton Urling. Courtesy of Michael Tulipan.First-time visitors to the new German’s Soup [https://www.
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