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Photo via davidbowiefanpage [https://www.instagram.com/p/e1TI7evBnG/?taken-by=davidbowiefanpage]Many of us woke up yesterday morning to the sad news of the death of David Bowie, who died on Sunday. His passing came two days after his 69th birthday (1947-2016). His final album — Blackstar [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/
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BY CHRISTINE BUSH With temperatures freezing outside, parents across the five boroughs are desperately seeking fun activities for the kids that take place inside. Finding just the right spot can be especially tough, though, when your child is on the autism spectrum, has sensory processing disorder, or countless other special
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Image via National Weather Service [https://www.facebook.com/NWSNewYorkNY/?fref=ts].This morning’s cold temps have warmed up a bit, so the previously forecast snow may become snow showers, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), which released these forecast maps today. “A quick moving area of low
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From left to right, Councilmember Brad Lander, John Casson (Awards Administrator), Gilly Youner (PSCC Co-President), Julie Markes (award recipient) , Rosemary Spano (award recipient), Michele Sola (award recipient), Joe Rydell (award recipient) and, Judith Lief (PSCC Co-President). Not pictured: award recipient Tamara Draut. (Photo courtesy of Park Slope Civic Council)The
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Photo by Fort Greene FocusFile under: “oh no.” The Clinton-Washington Avenue C station, as well as the Classon Avenue and Flushing Avenue G line stations, are among 30 subway stations proposed to be completely shut down in coming years [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/
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Photo via Halstead [https://www.halstead.com/]A developer is receiving pushback over plans to convert Park Slope’s Tracy Mansion [/?s=tracy+mansion] — part of the neighborhood’s historic district — into an apartment building by adding another floor and a rear extension to the building, New York YIMBY reports
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Image via New York YIMBY.Living in a historic district has its perks — gorgeous architecture, stable (and rising) housing prices — but it also means there are extra limits to how much and what kind of renovations you can do to your house. That is why the homeowners of 48 Downing
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Photo via ana_lee_smith [https://www.flickr.com/photos/7383661@N08/9935974514/in/photolist-g91t4q-47NkhL-oDXpkB-3FB77p-hvwpNA-7nKaBk-eeAC2j-4sX6xe-742DbU-4otxSs-oYiCWv-eMus3y-6qHNkZ-665tbF-pvNfKB-e1z8VU-k9riUv-5ZMRvg-cVs5EL-n7Pb7t-eKBs2d-8VhgKX-grfV78-4idjfg-8aQA4H-9yuRq8-98qKsF-bxnC9y-iNBu7W-97Z4tz-4oxjKS-eiC4Bk-e12XAd-8khUY6-6DowCV-cVs5Rf-yUEVs-oShccr-77N4Za-n2Hyrn-cVs5du-7HLvtn-8S3tLX-9tRB1-gb7zYK-8S6zdh-7eu16G-sa1sgV-3Xmh4u-edYkam/] “News guy wept when he told us Earth was really dying / Cri
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Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through January 12) Kid Calendar [/blog/2016/01/05/things-to-do-this-week-with-the-kids-through-january-12/]. Submit your event listing [/calendar/
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Photo by Mary BakijaThe driver who was behind the wheel of a school bus that crashed and flipped on its side last Friday [/blog/crime/updated-fdny-reports-7-injured-after-school-bus-flips-in-crash-on-4th-avenue-video/] has been suspended, according to the NYC Department of Education [http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm]. “The NYPD will provide a final report to
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He still has his license and it’s not to be suspended. So said New York City Criminal Court Judge Marguerite Dougherty on Monday, January 11, after reviewing the case of Marlon Sewell, the 39-year-old Brooklyn man who drove his car onto a busy sidewalk at Fulton Street and South
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Todd Barry is just one of the featured comedians this Tuesday, January 12 at Union Hall. (Photo via Todd Barry [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153774491589509&set=pb.504694508.-2207520000.1452536499.&type=3&theater] )Nope. Nope. Nope. No need for the winter blues. We have