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Jan
12
Hatzolah EMS Service Could Land Flying Ambulances On City Streets

Hatzolah EMS Service Could Land Flying Ambulances On City Streets

Rendering of the new CityHawk air ambulance (Image from the Urban Aeronautics website)To avoid traffic, Hatzolah wants to take
4 min read
Dec
30
Four Synagogues In Midwood Tagged With Hateful Graffiti Last Saturday

Four Synagogues In Midwood Tagged With Hateful Graffiti Last Saturday

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a series of burglaries that occurred within the confines of the
1 min read
Dec
04
Learning About The NYPD: What Are The Sector Meetings Coming Up, And Why You Should Attend

Learning About The NYPD: What Are The Sector Meetings Coming Up, And Why You Should Attend

Pandemic has made all kinds of public meetings move online, and the Police Community Council (PCC) meetings are no exception.
3 min read
Dec
02
America’s First Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Is A Native Brooklynite

America’s First Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Is A Native Brooklynite

1480 Ocean Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)MIDWOOD – America’s first Second Gentleman, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas
1 min read
Dec
01
Syed Bukhari, A Midwood Cabbie, Delivered 40,000 Meals During Pandemic

Syed Bukhari, A Midwood Cabbie, Delivered 40,000 Meals During Pandemic

Syed Bukhari.MIDWOOD – Last year, Syed Bukhari, 37, got tired of driving a cab, something he had been doing for
6 min read
Nov
25
Woman Fatally Struck By Car In Midwood, Driver Arrested

Woman Fatally Struck By Car In Midwood, Driver Arrested

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
1 min read
Oct
01
Midwood’s 11-Year-Old Alyssa Cheatham Stars in New Nickelodeon Series

Midwood’s 11-Year-Old Alyssa Cheatham Stars in New Nickelodeon Series

11-year-old Brooklyn native Alyssa Cheatham has a powerful voice. That voice, on full display in her two singles ‘The Weekend’
2 min read
Sep
30
Project Dignity: PAYS Looking For Clothing Donations For Those In Need

Project Dignity: PAYS Looking For Clothing Donations For Those In Need

PAYS giving out clothing last weekend. (Photo: PAYS)MIDWOOD – The Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) [https://www.paysusa.org/] is
2 min read
Sep
28
Infection Rates Keep Climbing In Southern Brooklyn, Governor to Deploy Rapid Tests

Infection Rates Keep Climbing In Southern Brooklyn, Governor to Deploy Rapid Tests

On Sunday, 27% of positive tests in New York State came from just ten ZIP codes where just 3% of
1 min read
Sep
24
Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeFollowing the closure of two Yeshivas [/two-yeshivas-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-spike-in-southern-brooklyn/] (undisclosed) by the City’s Department of Health (DOH)
1 min read