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Gelato at Coney’s Cones. (Photo: Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html])A 28-year-old Gravesend woman has won the Coney’s Cones [http://coneyscones.com/coneysconesmission.html] “Find Your Flavor” contest and will be creating her winning entry on Wednesday with the store’s master gelato maker Daniele
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Kings Highway library’s display. (Source: BPL)Now’s your chance to show some love for the Kings Highway library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kings-highway]! This local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at 2115 Ocean Avenue has been named of the 10 finalists for the Bike the Branches
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We have a winner! Sheepshead Bites reader Melis B. took home the prize to this week’s giveaway for Frankie Valli tickets at the Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] this Saturday. Originally from Turkey, Melis said she is a big fan of Sheepshead Bay’s wonderful Turkish restaurants. She
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FAB Fulton [https://www.facebook.com/FABFulton/posts/898475400164288] reminded us over the weekend of Industry City-based UncommonGoods [http://www.uncommongoods.com]‘ Brooklyn neighborhood flag design contest [/blog/2014/06/26/design-a-fort-greene-or-clinton-hill-flag-for-a-chance-at-1000/] , which as it turns out, will wrap up by midnight tonight! At this point, Fort Greene is down
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A contestant at the June competition.Get ready! Get set! Get gluttonous! Sheepshead Bay’s staple deli, Jimmy’s Famous Heros (1786 Sheepshead Bay Road), is looking for competitors for a sandwich eating contest to take place this Sunday at the Sheepshead Summer Stroll [/save-date-sheepshead-summer-stroll-returns-september-7/]. Owner Victor Spadaro said he
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If you can do a great illustration of the Culver Line tracks and Ocean Parkway chess players, or Greenwood Playground and the Engine 240 firehouse, you might be just the person to design a crest that represents Kensington or Windsor Terrace for a contest from UncommonGoods [http://www.uncommongoods.com/
Education
[/blog/education/help-ditmas-is-62-journalism-students-win-up-to-30000-in-the-follett-challenge/attachment/anchor-1-background] “Would you have taken a bullet just to get your education?” This is the question, prompted by the story of Pakistani girls’ education advocate Malala Yousafzai [http://www.biography.com/people/malala-yousafzai-21362253], that Ditmas Network News [http://www.ditmas.tv/#Homepage] reporters asked fellow students
backyard
Looking for a rewarding way to get into the Halloween spirit in Park Slope? A couple local businesses are hosting contests this week where you might scare up a prize for yourself! Backyard [http://backyardbrooklyn.com] (388 5th Avenue) is hosting a pumpkin carving contest [https://www.facebook.com/Backyard11215/
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Photo Courtesy of Kathleen HigginsThe 23rd annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest kicks off this Saturday, pitting amateur artists in a contest to create the most imaginative sculptures possible. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/coney-island-sand-sculpting-contest-week-article-1.1420662] that the contest is drawing contestants from
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Hey Ditmas Parkers, we know you love your library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/cortelyou]–now here’s your chance to prove how much! The Charles H. Revson Foundation [http://www.revsonfoundation.org/nyclibraryawards.html] and The Brian Lehrer Show [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2013/may/20/nominate-your-library/
bullying
Attention budding filmmakers and young district attorney dreamers! Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes [http://www.brooklynda.org/] is holding his Third Annual Anti-Bullying Video Contest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOLT77Fig0] for Brooklyn students in grades four through nine. The winner will become Brooklyn district attorney for
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New York City has 11,412 payphone kiosks – including this one on 5th Ave – and as we all know, they’re becoming somewhat obsolete. And since the city’s current payphone contracts expire in 2014, they decided to launch the Reinvent the Payphone [http://www.reinventpayphones.splashthat.com/] contest to
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Seniors. Idols. Senior idols.Brooklyn’s 6th Annual Senior Idol, a contest that draws upon the talents of local senior citizens, is in the works. Seniors perform before a crowd and a panel of judges to win the title of “Brooklyn’s Senior Idol” and $500 on October 13. Senator
5th avenue bid
The 5th Avenue BID drew our attention [http://allaboutfifth.blogspot.com/2012/06/mission-small-business-on-fifth.html] to a new Chase/Living Social program that’s doling out $250,000 grants to small businesses. “Mission: Small Business” will provide up to $3 million dollars in quarter million-dollar packets (also known as: 12
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Floyd Bennett Field's world with wings insignia on the Administration building's façade. Source: ScoutingNYNick Carr, our favorite movie location scout (do you know any others?), posted an exhaustively breathtaking photo essay of Floyd Bennett Field [http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=4903] on his website, “ScoutingNY [http:
Borough President
The writing contest is held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Book Festival. Ready, set… “write” on! Borough President Marty Markowitz is reaching out to all of Brooklyn’s high schoolers (high school students attending school in Brooklyn or who live in Brooklyn) to participate in his Sixth Annual “Brooklyn Lit