Education
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Citing concerns about the carcinogenic effects of processed meats like baloney, city lawmakers want to ban the lunchmeats from New York school lunches. Resolution 238 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3458218&GUID=E2D39627-1649-42BB-AF90-A7E364FE5329&Options=ID|Text|&Search=238] would
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2839 Bedford Ave. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – A 15-year-old male student was arrested after police recovered a .22-caliber loaded gun inside Midwood High School this afternoon. At approximately 1:40 pm, cops were called into the Flatbush high school. They then recovered a loaded firearm, the NYPD confirms. At
Borough Park
Photo via Shaheen PashaBOROUGH PARK – At five years old, many kids grab a hairbrush, use it as a microphone, and sing in front of the mirror. When Shaheen Pasha was five, she grabbed a hairbrush, used it as a microphone, stood in front of the mirror, and reported from Moscow.
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Photo: Alisa MinyukovaMANHATTAN BEACH – Students and parents from all different schools in Brooklyn walked out for at least 17 minutes yesterday to remember the lives of the Parkland victims. [/brooklyn-students-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence/] But it was an entirely different scenario outside P.S. 195 The Manhattan Beach School. A mother and son stood
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As students walk out to protest gun violence nationwide, we’ll update this page with info from Brooklyn schools: > A 5 second video of kids from @PS9BklynPTO [https://twitter.com/PS9BklynPTO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] chanting "Peace and Love" at their school's #MarchForOurLives [https://twitter.
Education
Photo credit: Avi GlicksteinWhen it comes to the conversation over public education in this country, there’s probably no more contentious issue than charter schools. But Nissi Jonathan believes we’re not even having the conversation we should be having. “I don’t think we as a community, just across
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BOERUM HILL – As of last Friday the BPL’s Pacific Library branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/pacific] located at 25 4th Avenue (at Pacific Street) closed for several weeks so that renovations and safety improvements can be made to the 114-year-old building. BPL Pacific Library, 25 4th Avenue (Photo:
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Photo: Women’s MarchStudents, faculty, staff, and parents from schools all across Brooklyn are participating in a National School Walkout next Wednesday, March 14 at 10 am to protest gun violence. The walkout will last 17 minutes to honor the 17 victims of Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
Bed Stuy
Ampry-Samuel (foreground) at a press conference at City Hall on February 20, putting pressure on NYCHA to fix heat and hot water issues in public housing. (Credit: Councilwoman Ampry-Samuel’s office)BROWNSVILLE — Two months into her first term as Council Member for Brooklyn’s 41st district, Alicka Ampry-Samuel has already
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From Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams:Friends,We are in a unique period in our nation’s history. The greatest experience in growth is getting involved in a moment of change. Now is that moment. In the wake of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in
Bensonhurst
Kalman Yeger by Esther Shittu/ BKLYNERBOROUGH PARK – Councilman is a new title for Kalman Yeger, but he’s no stranger to public service. “I love public service,” Yeger said. “There’s not a single time when I walk into the city hall that I’m not in awe of the
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New Chancellor Robert Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio at today’s announcement (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)After last week’s drama surrounding the search for a new Chancellor, Mayor Bill de Blasio has tried again, naming educator Richard A. Carranza as his choice to head up New York