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Telemarketing Scam Swindled $190,000 Through Fake Veterans Charities

Source: Joe Gratz / FlickrAfter an investigation into fraudulent charities as part of “Operation Bottomfeeder,” Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has dissolved a Brooklyn telemarketing firm that bilked unsuspecting donors for nearly $190,000 that would allegedly go to assist Vietnam Veterans, the AG’s office announced this week. The Brooklyn-based firm,

Events

Weekend Events Roundup: Free Movie, Food Drives, Flea Markets, And More

Photo via Flickr/Marco. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/scatto_felino/15870148015/in/photolist-qboE6D-4nBuzz-6nWp7e-8BoSCZ-8ABq5T-bxj9Gf-8zSPMy-2h3L3g-8k9XFc-df5SN7-4C3QbQ-dKnqm5-4SnbVb-9JKQc6-4Duwpj-8G6NKC-6zCeMZ-dtgPFT-4mMF5P-acqLDG-denqkW-px4Chk-4Dqgde-6vWJcs-8kTbtT-8fxJYm-4Dqgkn-5AJRhc-Cnyi1F-9PBurq-5AJRkK-73wd3M-pevp2p-irL7vV-oj1U7Y-ABaLS-bJd62c-6GTZG3-Kijhu-6KtGnh-5YFpPT-p3GyK4-pTGdFE-pTGhrL-pTPV5c-5AP7wA-apGSnK-qLk1ks-oVUrSP-oTSzvw] Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the n

Arts & Culture

Weekend Events Roundup: Play… with words, at the library, with fire, and more!

Urban Glass’ “Weird Science” is a highlight of an action packed weekend.(Photo by Kathleen Caulderwood/ CUNY Photo Wire)WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event

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Support The Brooklyn Public Library & Bike The Branches This Saturday

Are you a cycling book lover? Register now for Bike the Branches [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a daylong bike ride through the Brooklyn Public Library’s 60-branch system this Saturday. Last year’s event drew nearly 1,000 riders and participants. Enjoy a day of biking through Brooklyn as

News

South Slope Car Service Collecting Goods For Ecuadorian Earthquake Victims

Red Cross volunteers aid victims of Ecuador’s May 16 earthquake (Image via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/26409477582/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] ). [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz

Bensonhurst

A Local Food Pantry Goes Digital

Sometimes life hits hard. Suddenly, you may find you are unemployed, without benefits, with a spouse, three children, and a dog to feed. Our neighborhood has a couple of programs — aside from WIC and SNAP — where families can get help in an emergency. One of them is the food pantry

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Wahlburgers To Host Series Premiere Viewing Party At Coney Island Location

(Photo: Wahlburgers Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/WahlburgersConeyIsland/photos/pb.1487982234809494.-2207520000.1456961491./1663025207305195/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The Coney Island Wahlburgers [https://www.facebook.com/WahlburgersConeyIsland/?fref=ts] — which opened last summer [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/08/after-two-month-delay-wahlburgers-opens-in-coney-island/] to immediate fanfare – is hosting a rooftop viewing

Education

P.S. 255 Students Donate More Than 1,500 Socks To Local Women’s Shelters

P.S. 255’s Student Council with some of their teachers, administrators and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Children at P.S. 255 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K255/default.htm] proudly displayed the contributions for their winter sock drive — which will go to local

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An Easy Way To Help Families In Need This Thanksgiving

Photo by City Kid CornerThanksgiving is just a few days away — as you finalize plans for your holiday meal, we here at Bensonhurst Bean hope that you will also help us provide holiday meals for families in need in our area. [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--502#/] For the third

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Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association’s Thanksgiving Food Drive Is Underway

(Photo: Cydcor [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cydcor/15920975106/] / Flickr)The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is underway. The food drive will go until the group’s next meeting at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park on November 19. Donations will be given to the

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Charity Softball Game At MCU Park Benefits Families Of Fallen Officers

The NYPD’s World Police and Fire Games 2011 and MCU Park. Photo from the New York Finest Baseball Club [http://www.nyfinestbaseball.com/photosWPFG_2011.html] .The Patrol Borough Brooklyn South’s softball team will face off against members of Flatbush Hatzoloh [http://www.flatbushhatzoloh.org/] at MCU Park

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Kids Stomps Out Cancer With The Dyker Heights Athletic Association

Photo by Steven GirgentiBy Steven Girgenti Hundreds of neighborhood children laced up their sneakers and toed the starting line in preparation for the 9th annual Cure Cancer Marathon hosted by the Dyker Heights Athletic Association [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dyker-Heights-Athletic-Association/271213462901470?fref=ts] (DHAA) on Saturday, June 6. The