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PS 195. Source: Google MapsHow are members of a local community board selected and how do their decisions affect your neighborhood? These are some of the questions Community Board 15’s chairman emeritus Maurice Kolodin will be going over at tonight’s meeting for the Manhattan Beach Community Group [http:
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MBCG President Judy Baron (Left) speaking next to OEM Deputy Commissioner James Esposito. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen ties with local communities, officials from the Office of Emergency Management [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/index.page] met with the Manhattan Beach
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A rendering of the proposed Loehmann’s expansion. Provided by architect Robert Palermo.The owner of Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza (2027 Emmons Avenue) received Community Board 15’s seal of approval for a plan to expand the already out-of-scale building by an additional 10,000 square feet on a new
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Steven Cymbrowitz (l.) and Ben Akselrod (r.)With two weeks to go before the September 9 primary elections, the Democratic candidates for the 45th Assembly District will attend a candidates night at the Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting on Wednesday. The race is a reprise of the 2012 elections, with
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by Vanessa Ogle Members of the Manhattan Beach Community Group were briefed by representatives of the state-run New York Rising program at their meeting last night, contributing proposals and feedback and asking questions about the project’s next steps. The presentation also elicited a few uncertain murmurs and misguided questions
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MBCG boardmembers, including new president Judy Baron (left) and outgoing president Ira Zalcman (right) pose with Comptroller-elect Scott StringerThe Manhattan Beach Community Group met earlier this month for their 72nd annual general membership meeting, an end-of-year celebration where new officers are installed and the year’s accomplishments celebrated. This year’
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Source: Markowitz's officeUsing tonight’s State of the Borough address, Borough President Marty Markowitz is expected to revive plans to establish ferry commuter service between Manhattan and Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods including Sheepshead Bay. Markowitz’s push comes less than a year after a city study determined Southern Brooklyn
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Leaders of the Manhattan Beach Community Group (MBCG) launched a three-pronged political offensive last night, two against familiar enemies – the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association (MBNA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) – and a third against the neighborhood’s only representative to the City Council – Councilman Michael C. Nelson. While topics
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The changes to Coney Island Avenue intersections as proposed by DOTLocal leaders are looking for ways to put the brakes on what they say are dangerous and complicated changes around the Coney Island Avenue Belt Parkway overpass being proposed following a Department of Transportation study. The changes are part of