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(Photo via artofwjd / instagram)The weekend is finally here and we’d like to help you have a great one just blocks from your home. Whether you’re hungry for theater, music, or early morning bird watching — this is your spot for the hottest weekend events in (and around) Ditmas
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Photo via Steven Pisano / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenpisano/15723848172/in/photolist-pXsQfy-pD5QUt-pTRfxW-pVqiti-pX1KVH-oYMi6p-pDwdUR-pFba1X-pDcPGy-p1p8Jb-pXAXc6-p1Aorz-pVvmpd-pD9vj6-oZayA9-pVzYyD-pVvDEV-pVvB1r-pD9xMc-pW61nN-oYJgyJ-pVM2qe-pVvyG8-pDw9eP-AzgveY-8RvZuT-cmaDcU-8RvZYg-8SqMLD-9okzbY-pFS93z-AJ9RwG-AjXDxq-zEif5a-3QBC9p-47BPU3-8Rzp6J-nTfRDW-8RwarB-8Rw67i-8RwmpX-aQmjUx-8Rwmc6-aQmqE6-aQmqiX-5ErV8f-8RzkYN-aEv6BC-aGZuwR-9okHbW] This Sunday, November 6 is the 2016 TCS New Yor
Animals
(Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10154110836371483/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Looking for a new companion? Meet Miss Molley, a spunky little dog ready for a loving home. Sean Casey says: > Miss Molley is patiently waiting for her
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Emily Drabinski crossing the finish line with her son.In just five years, Kensington runner Emily Drabinski, 41, went from an “adult onset athlete” to a three-time marathon runner. This Sunday, she’ll be running the TCS New York City Marathon [http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org] fueled not only by her
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo via the Assemblymember’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/assemblymandovhikind/])A Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember, who said in September that he was considering a vote for Donald Trump [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/09/assemblyman-dov-hikind-clinton-not-option-trump-possible-president/] , now says that he cannot vote for the Republican nominee. Local
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Protest outside of 60 Turner Place. (Photo via Equality 4 Flatbush / Facebook) Last Saturday, tenants and organizers held a protest outside 60 Turner Place between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road, demanding the swift firing of a super who has allegedly been harassing tenants. The super, Herchin Ablai, was the
Announcements
Several times rescheduled, the October meeting of the NYPD 66 Precinct Community Council will finally take place on Monday, November 7, at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Community Board 12 office, 5910 13th Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets. The public is welcome to attend the free
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a(Photo via silent_ruckus_ [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLDKbZkDwpf/?tagged=forthamiltonparkway] / instagram)One MTA worker is dead and another injured after they were struck by a G train barreling through the tunnel near Fort Hamilton Parkway last night, said officials. Two MTA workers were pinned by a southbound
Arts & Culture
From behind the Pavilion’s facade, the marquee is visibleFor years, the Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West was the cinema we loved to hate [/blog/art-music/sticky-shoes-so-long-neighbors-invited-to-give-pavilion-a-sendoff-on-november-1/] . Since the theater re-opened in 1996, neighbors watched its steady decline — sticky, gum-spackled floors, broken heaters in the winter, rats roaming the
![[Updated] Floating Body Of 19-Year-Old Man Found In Prospect Park Lake](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/west-drive-and-wellhouse-drive.jpg)
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The body was found in the lake near the intersection of Wellhouse Drive and West Drive. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6553644,-73.9717876,3a,75y,79.22h,80.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY6cnqsDRMq1mi5glAnl1vA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )A dead body was found floating in
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Despite the recent erratic weather patterns, I’m officially ready to warm up with soup-of-the-day specials popping up at local cafes. What better place to start than Milk and Honey on Newkirk Avenue and Westminster Road, where they debuted a new daily soup special: Creamy Asparagus with Poached Egg ($7
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Lucio Schiavone. (Photo Credit: Virginia Freire)Prospect Park will lose a popular, long-time fixture when Lucio Schiavone retires as Carousel Manager in December after 26 years of service. On Saturday, November 5 at 11:45am the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] will commemorate Schiavone with a ceremony and