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Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Alex Zimmerman, Originally published by Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.
Business
Dine In Park Slope [https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope-2/], now in its third year running, holds a slightly heavier weight than usual. With restaurants, especially small, locally run restaurants, struggling to weather a pandemic, businesses need every bit of help they can get. Mark Caserta, the Executive Director of the
brownsville
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Buttermilk Channel – Just after 1:30 pm today, Thursday, August 13,
COVID-19
Lenore DiLeo-Berner, the principal of Park Slope’s MS 51 back in 2017. Photo by Kathy Park Price, with permission.PARK SLOPE — The Department of Education announced today that Lenore DiLeo-Berner, the principal of Park Slope’s MS 51, will be retiring, effective Monday, August 17th, less than one month
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza in the Blue Room at City Hall on Monday, August 10 , 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Alex Zimmerman, originally published on Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/11/21363943/ilearn-summer-school-nyc-gitches] After the coronavirus
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Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashYesterday principals of 34 public schools in District 15, which covers Park Slope, Gowanus, Red Hook, and Carroll Gardens, sent a letter [https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/District-15-Principals-Call-for-Delayed-In-Person-Reopening-.pdf] addressed to Mayor Bill De Blasio, Chancellor Richard Carranza, and
Business
Back in January and February, the Fort Hamilton Army commissary was able to get eggs for just about $1 a dozen from Hillandale Farms, however, as the shutdown was announced across the city, the price for eggs tripled. The dozen white extra-large eggs cost $1.18 on March 11, by
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Precious Dreams Foundation founder Nicole Russell visiting with kids pre-pandemic. Courtesy of Precious Dreams Foundation.COVID-19 has been rough for kids living in homeless shelters, Nicole Russell explained, especially those who had grown accustomed to receiving in-person visits from groups like Precious Dreams Foundation [https://www.preciousdreamsfoundation.org/about-us/], which
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CABBIE ROBBER – Cops are looking for an individual in connection to seven robberies of seven different taxi cabs in late July and early August. The person would enter the cab and point a firearm at the driver while demanding money, the seven cabbies reported to the cops. After the victims
Announcements
Photo by Annie Spratt [https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school-test?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – A month before the new school year begins, Governor Andrew Cuomo
Arts & Culture
Caption: Comedian Derek Gaines (@thegreatboy) performs at a recent @takeitoutsidecomedy show in Bed Stuy. Photo courtesy of JT Anderson (@jtcanshoot).On a recent luke-warm night, in an undisclosed outdoor location in Brooklyn, an audience of a little over a hundred people sat on an expanse of concrete steps and watched
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Pincus OrlanderMy great-great-uncle, Rabbi Levi Yitchok Gruenwald, fled Vienna after the Anschluss in 1938 and came to New York City with my grandparents where he started his own congregation. His Williamsburg-based synagogue included a yeshiva with dual curriculum within its education system, focusing on the faith as well as skills