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9 Eggs-cellent Easter Egg Hunts

Here comes Peter Cottontail! Easter is Sunday, April 16. Put on your bonnet, pick up a basket, and head to one of these Easter Egg Hunts! Note that some of these events might sell out, so make your reservations soon! Photo courtesy Aviator Sports and Events [https://www.facebook.com/

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Ignored By City, Gerritsen Beach Comes Together In Recovery Efforts

Paul Paradiso, left, Michele Thorne and Christopher Thorne at Gerritsen Beach Fire Department hall on Thursday.By Paul Moses Owning little more than he wore, Paul Paradiso lumbered forward on crutches into the cool dark training hall of the Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department to see if he could find some

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Gerrittsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department Celebrating 90 Years

Source: gbfd.netIn 1922, after a fire destroyed a house in Gerritsen Beach, residents came together to form the Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department [http://gbfd.net/], the only all-volunteer fire department in Brooklyn. The GBFD is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a journal compiling photos and stories of the “Vollies”