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Mar
09
What’s The Latest in The Brooklyn Music Scene? One Artist Explores an Unconventional Sound

What’s The Latest in The Brooklyn Music Scene? One Artist Explores an Unconventional Sound

Adam Holmes playing in his music studio. Cai Pigliucci | BklynerAfter many years of trial and error, in his latest EP,
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Mar
05
Remembering Eugene Hurkin, 1925-2021

Remembering Eugene Hurkin, 1925-2021

Eugene Hurkin, family photo.If there was one thing Eugene Hurkin lived for, it was to laugh and make others
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Mar
03
Brooklyn Nurses Honored With NYC Health + Hospitals Awards

Brooklyn Nurses Honored With NYC Health + Hospitals Awards

Megan Alyssa Leyesa with nursing staff. Courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island.The pandemic has added a new layer
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Mar
01
An Extraordinary Officer: Det. Kim Walker Retires After Serving Flatbush For 22 Years At The 70th Precinct

An Extraordinary Officer: Det. Kim Walker Retires After Serving Flatbush For 22 Years At The 70th Precinct

Det. Kim Walker has retired after 22 years of serving Flatbush and Midwood at the 70th Precinct. Nathan Thompson/BklynerIt
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Mar
01
Mother of 2 Killed in Williamsburg by Drunk Driver

Mother of 2 Killed in Williamsburg by Drunk Driver

A drunk driver has been charged with manslaughter after fatally striking a woman in his gray 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Feb
25
Disagreements Over Reform and Party Screenings at Brooklyn Judicial Candidates Forum

Disagreements Over Reform and Party Screenings at Brooklyn Judicial Candidates Forum

Candidates for Brooklyn judgeships logged on to a virtual forum [https://www.facebook.com/cbidems/videos/1599686290232968] Tuesday night to
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Feb
24
Brooklyn Man Charged in 52-Count Indictment, Including Hate Crime For Attacking Light Skinned Women In Williamsburg

Brooklyn Man Charged in 52-Count Indictment, Including Hate Crime For Attacking Light Skinned Women In Williamsburg

Police outside the Morgan Ave station. Anna Conkling/BklynerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that Khari Covington, 29, who
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Feb
22
New BOE Counsel is a Boundary Breaker—and a Shrewd Political Choice

New BOE Counsel is a Boundary Breaker—and a Shrewd Political Choice

Hemalee Patel at a political event in 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerLast week, the city’s Board of Elections [https://vote.
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Feb
22
Remembering Jah Hammed: Musician, Bike Shop Owner, Brownsville Staple

Remembering Jah Hammed: Musician, Bike Shop Owner, Brownsville Staple

Cleveland Smillie, also known as Jah Hammed. (Image courtesy of Quardean Lewis-Allen/Youth Design Center)Cleveland Smillie, a laid-back Jamaican
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Feb
19
First Lady Chirlane McCray Tells Canarsie Vaccine Site Workers: “You are Loved”

First Lady Chirlane McCray Tells Canarsie Vaccine Site Workers: “You are Loved”

Chirlane McCray, center left, visits a Canarsie vaccination site. Around her, from left to right, are Department of Health First
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