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Jun
15
If You’re Thinkin’ About Stoop Drinkin’, Will New Laws Keep Your Bottles Clinkin’?

If You’re Thinkin’ About Stoop Drinkin’, Will New Laws Keep Your Bottles Clinkin’?

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopIt’s finally warm outside, and those summer nights are here. The sun won’
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Jun
15
Mourners Gathered In Grand Army Plaza To Demonstrate Unity And Demand Gun Control

Mourners Gathered In Grand Army Plaza To Demonstrate Unity And Demand Gun Control

(Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Community leaders at a vigil for those who lost their lives in Orlando made clear that
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Jun
14
Brian Vines Of BRIC TV On The Future Of LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Orlando, And More

Brian Vines Of BRIC TV On The Future Of LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Orlando, And More

Moderator Brian Vines (Courtesy Instagram/Brian Vines [https://www.instagram.com/p/utr-KXrnH9/?taken-by=b_vines].)In light of the
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Jun
14
Stand With Orlando Tonight At Grand Army Plaza Unity Vigil

Stand With Orlando Tonight At Grand Army Plaza Unity Vigil

Thousands packed surrounding areas of the iconic Stonewall Inn in the West Village on Monday, June 13. (Photo via francis_
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Jun
14
What To Do: Vigil, LGBTQ+ Panel, And More

What To Do: Vigil, LGBTQ+ Panel, And More

Photo via Putnam’s Pub and Cooker [https://www.facebook.com/PutnamsPub/photos/a.575152522573301.1073741829.132875773467647/978401142248435/?type=1&
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Jun
14
Plastic Bag Bill Snagged On Government Branches In Albany

Plastic Bag Bill Snagged On Government Branches In Albany

(photo via katerha / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/])The City Council’s controversial plastic bag fee legislation — which
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Jun
13
Mekelburg’s Eyes Expansion As It Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Mekelburg’s Eyes Expansion As It Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Raffles and revelry marked Mekelburg’s first anniversary (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)“We’re aggressively looking to expand,
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Jun
13
Which Fort Greene Slice Should Represent In Upcoming Pizza Throwdown With Park Slope

Which Fort Greene Slice Should Represent In Upcoming Pizza Throwdown With Park Slope

Photo via mn_stagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGTIEGpPKdn/?tagged=pizzaslice&hl=en]We’re a relatively well-behaved
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Jun
13
Brooklyn Man Sentenced For Stealing Three Properties, Pretending To Be Lawyer

Brooklyn Man Sentenced For Stealing Three Properties, Pretending To Be Lawyer

Carl Smith (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson.)A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to up to 18 years in
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Jun
13
Which Slope Slice Should Represent In Upcoming Pizza Throwdown With Fort Greene?

Which Slope Slice Should Represent In Upcoming Pizza Throwdown With Fort Greene?

Photo via mn_stagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGTIEGpPKdn/?tagged=pizzaslice&hl=en]We’re a relatively well-behaved
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