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A scene from last year’s Light up the Shore event. Photo by Ned BerkeThe following is a press release from the Bay Improvement Group: Elected officials, recovery organizations, community leaders, and residents of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, will gather on Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30pm to remember the two-year
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The Kings Bay YM-YWHA will be hosting a public forum on Superstorm Sandy recovery tomorrow, June 17 at the Y, 3495 Nostrand Avenue. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the forum starts promptly at 6:00 p.m. City Councilman Mark Treyger will speak about his efforts on
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One of the things we noticed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy is that affected areas with strong, active civic groups rebounded a little faster than the rest. Sheepshead Bay is just not one of those neighborhoods. Enter Empower Sheepshead [http://empowersheepshead.org/], a new group funded by the Brooklyn
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Members of Sandy-affected communities along the East Coast paid respect to what was lost during the storm, lighting candles and wielding flashlights to “light up the shore” on the first anniversary of the flooding. Light Up the Shore events were held in Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, joining