Police & Fire
Firefighters emerging from Marine Park after Monday’s brush fire. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Scores of firefighters spent almost two hours battling a raging brush fire in the southern edge of Marine Park’s salt marsh Monday night. Lieutenant Dave Ostrowski, a member of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire
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(Photo: jenniknutrition [https://www.instagram.com/p/84ISWrKssh/] / Instagram) We’re getting close to the holiday and there’s lots to do in southern Brooklyn. Check out the Ragamuffin Thanksgiving Day Parade in Gerritsen Beach, the Good Shepherd Church is holding their annual tree lighting ceremony, and there’s a
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A boat sunk in Sheepshead Bay after Sandy. (Photo: Max Bolotov / Sheepshead Bites)Three years after Superstorm Sandy battered their communities, residents near Sheepshead Bay are anxiously tracking a new tropical storm that could reach the Northeast early next week. Hurricane Joaquin’s intensity exploded Thursday afternoon as it collided
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HEART 9/11, a disaster response organization dedicated to facilitating physical and emotional recovery after traumatic events, is offering an eight-week Resilience Boot Camp course for residents of Gerritsen Beach and the surrounding area who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The program, which is free of charge, will teach