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MIDWOOD – It was announced at the school yesterday, and a letter from the principal was posted on the school’s website today [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZagicZNLiDNkWqXQ2wNUfqQOvKgcUbk/view] announcing retirement of longtime Principal Susan Schaeffer. Principal Schaeffer in an undated photo from IS234.“My time at this wonderful
community
MARINE PARK – In his Sheepshead Town Hall back in September, Mayor De Blasio promised many things [/mayors-promises-sheepshead-last-nights-town-hall/]. Among them was a STOP sign by a local school – which he was adamant would be installed by the end of October, if warranted. The exchange at the town hall was extremely memorable:
Business
Jomart Chocolates, 2917 Avenue R, Brooklyn NYMARINE PARK – I pull in front of an unpretentious ‘60s modern storefront at 2917 Avenue R, and enter what I momentarily mistake for a toy store, because of the explosion of color and playful form, except then there’s that aroma… No mistaking it.
Announcements
Ross Barkan campaign photo by Vanessa OgleBAY RIDGE: The elections for Marty Golden’s State Senate [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/martin-j-golden/about] seat won’t be for another two years, but we now know he will face at least one determined opponent in political journalist and columnist Ross Barkan
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One of the two screens in the overflow room.The room for the town hall last night was packed to capacity and overflow was filling up as the Mayor took the microphone from Council Member Chaim Deutsch. He started the evening off with a handful of promises before opening up
Business
Time to upgrade your morning coffee routine, Marine Park! Marine Park Coffee opened last week off the corner of E36th Street and Quentin Road. Jhonn Thomassen outside Marine Park CoffeeBrain child of the Marine Park resident Jhonn Thomassen, the spot offers high-quality, locally roasted coffee and focuses on craft coffee
Announcements
(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.Weather permitting, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations in three marshy areas and non-residential Brooklyn zip codes beginning tomorrow, from 6am to 7pm. An
Police & Fire
Intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue M, July 18, 2017 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On Sunday, an elderly man was struck and killed by a car while walking across Flatbush Avenue near the Marine Park border. The 83-year-old man was struck by a Toyota driving southbound on Flatbush Avenue,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via BKLYNER reader)A Mill Basin man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting on Parkside Avenue Friday morning [/2-men-shot-near-parade-grounds-gunmen-bikes-cops-say/] that left one man dead and another wounded, said cops. Damani Thomas, 29, was arrested and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and two
Central Brooklyn
> #BK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BK?src=hash]: THE MOTORCYCLE AX ON #MCDONALDAVE [https://twitter.com/hashtag/MCDONALDAVE?src=hash] & #DITMASAVE [https://twitter.com/hashtag/DITMASAVE?src=hash] WAS FATAL. #NEWS12BK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEWS12BK?src=hash] #BROOKLYN [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BROOKLYN?src=hash] pic.twitter.
Police & Fire
(Photo by Patti Pappagallo)Cops arrested two teens late Saturday night, one suspected of firing a gun inside Kings Plaza Mall earlier that evening. The gun was fired just before 6pm on Saturday, June 8 at 5100 Kings Plaza, said cops. Mallgoers told CBS News [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/
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One of the joys of living in New York City is that, no matter how long one lives here, there is always some unfamiliar area of the city to explore. Unfortunately, we sometimes feel we have to limit ourselves because of transportation options—or lack thereof. And even if getting