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Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off

The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Eight nursing staff members at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) will be able to pay off their student debt thanks to a $400,000 gift from the staff at Alger, an investment firm. Four nurse managers Stephen Gooding, Jenelle Codrington,

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North Brooklyn Community Unites for Hurricane Irma Relief

BUSHWICK – The North Brooklyn community is rallying to help those affected by Hurricane Irma, holding a relief drive that is running through the weekend and ending Tuesday, September 26. The group is accepting donations of socks, bug spray, hygiene products, baby formula, diapers and snacks to be sent to Florida

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Tables of Contents – Williamsburg Restaurant Teams Up With Brooklyn Book Festival For A Culinary Reading Event

WILLIAMSBURG – Working away in the kitchen of his restaurant, Egg, most weekends, Chef Evan Hanczor has never made it to the Brooklyn Book Festival. But this year, a taste of the event is coming to him: next Wednesday, September 13, Egg is hosting another of its Tables of Contents culinary

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Where To Donate Toys, Clothes, And Food In Southern Brooklyn This Holiday Season

Reaching-Out Community Services’ 7th Annual Operation Christmas Smiles brought joy to 700 Brooklyn kids. (Photo via RCS-Reaching Out Community Services / Facebook)As great as it feels to get, it feels even better to give. While a little money goes a long way, a single used coat or unopened toy can

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Ivanka Trump Donates $1K To Fundraiser Honoring 7 Children Killed In Midwood Fire Last Year

(Photo via Rafael Lopez Jr. / RLJRNews.com)Ivanka Trump, entrepreneur, author, and daughter of present-elect Donald Trump, made a tax-deductible $1,000 donation to a Gofundme campaign honoring seven children who died in a hot-plate fire in Midwood last year. (Photo via Ivanka Trump on twitter)The ‘Sassoon 7 Project’

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Here’s How You Can Help Ecuadorian Earthquake Victims

Red Cross volunteers aid victims of Ecuador’s May 16 earthquake (Image via Flickr).You may have already heard about the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Ecuador on April 16, leaving at least 480 people dead, 231 missing, and more than 4,000 injured. Since Bensonhurst and Sunset

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Dog-Eared From The Dogs Days Of Summer? Donate Your Books For Local Library Sales

Photo by Park Slope StoopMaybe you don’t need to use that extra copy of Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom as a door-stop anymore? Have your family members sent you 10 copies of Cat In The Hat? Ready to part with your CD of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Donate A New Backpack At The Brooklyn Public Library

It’s almost time for school to start again and there are many children throughout Brooklyn who don’t have a home to go to, let alone a bag to hold their books. The Coalition for the Homeless is teaming up with the Brooklyn Public Library for Project: Back to

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How To Honor The Memory Of 2-Year-Old Neighbor Greta Greene, ‘A Bright Light To All Who Knew Her’

Greta Greene. Photo courtesy of the Greene familyFollowing the devastating death of 2-year-old neighbor Greta Greene, who lived with her parents, Stacy and Jayson Greene, in Kensington, just across the border from Ditmas Park, we’ve been flooded with emails from neighbors who want to know how they can help

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CB 2 Narrowly Approves Greenmarket Expansion on Washington Park

The Fort Greene Park Greenmarket will expand north on Washington Park. (Photo by Francisco Daum)The Fort Greene Park Greenmarket will soon expand north on Washington Park, following a close vote last night by Community Board 2. While residents on the north side of the park welcome the move, Washington

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CB2 and 88th Precinct Meetings Cancelled Tonight

Though you might want to get out into the snow for meetings tonight, many are not happening. (Photo by Herm007)It might look beautiful falling down this afternoon, but the snow will only become heavier this evening. Because of the inclement weather, Community Board 2 has cancelled its Transportation Committee

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Cumbo to Hold Inauguration Party at Ingersoll Community Center

35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, seen during a summer push to win her current seat on city council. (Photo by The Nabe)35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo will hold an inauguration party at the Ingersoll Community Center this Sunday at 3 p.m. Brian Cunningham, Cumbo’

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Treyger Wants NFL Superbowl Money To Head To Coney Island

Source: FacebookDemocratic City Council candidate Mark Treyger was outraged to learn that millions of dollars donated by the National Football League (NFL) for Superstorm Sandy relief won’t be sent to Coney Island. In a press release, Treyger held Mayor Michael Bloomberg responsible for failing to make sure that some

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IMHO: Is Trayvon Martin the New Dred Scott?

The American criminal justice system did not fail in the Trayvon Martin case. On the contrary, it worked exactly as it was designed to by protecting white life, liberty, property and privilege – at the expense of black and brown bodies taken captive by brutal force and regarded as less than

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The Day: Memorial Day, Citi Bikes and Flying Milk Cartons

These kids look like they’re trying to enter Fort Greene Park an unconventional way. What unusual sights have you seen around the nabe lately? (Photo by Chris Dell)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Yesterday brought lots of rain to the neighborhood. But we saw that some of

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Annual Toys For Tots Campaign Kicks Off

Source: rageforst via Wikimedia CommonsSenator Marty Golden has announced the start of the annual Toys for Tots campaign. “I am asking residents to consider donating new, unwrapped, toys to brighten the holidays for military children. I am also continuing collections of toiletries and cleaning supplies to help those effected by