Nonsponsored
Photo by John CassonWe’ve said goodbye to the holidays, but neighbor John Casson has offered us one more fantastic look at a display at Park Slope Barber & Hair (223 7th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets). Casson says: > “When I moved to Park Slope almost fifty years
News
> Sounding off on one of the most ridiculous anti-gun schemes introduced in some time: https://t.co/nDt77l6OuQ pic.twitter.com/JI86OQ5HI0 [https://t.co/JI86OQ5HI0] — Americas1stFreedom (@NRAA1F) January 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NRAA1F/status/684029853054570496] After an NRA-sponsored publication tweeted a photo of state Senator Roxanne Persaud
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Photo by Lia Chang [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Henry_Hwang_photo_by_Lia_Chang2013.jpg] .Just over one month after being stabbed in the neck [/blog/2015/12/03/blood-splatter-victim-identified-playwright-david-henry-hwang-is-recuperating-after-seemingly-random-slashing/] in an apparently random attack [/blog/2015/12/01/blood-stained-sidewalk-at-south-portland-streets-and-lafayette-avenue-startles-residents/] just feet away from his Fort Greene
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BY CHRISTINE BUSH Since temperatures dropped around the city, the “when is it going to snow” question has been a big topic of conversation in our house. If your kids are as snow crazed as mine, you might need a few winter projects to hold them off until Mother Nature
Kids & Family
Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! For more things to do around Brooklyn, and to add your own [/calendar] upcoming
Events
Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! For more things to do around Brooklyn, and to add your own [http://citykidcamp.
Animals
Neighbor William Levin removes a raccoon from inside his apartment wall. (Photo via YouTube [https://youtu.be/C0dWq8lRBfU])In the 1968 Beatles’ song “Rocky Raccoon [https://youtu.be/c5TDkfMXTwc],” Paul McCartney sings about “somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota.” While our neighborhood is nowhere near the Dakotas, our
Education
Photo courtesy of Del Scorcho [https://www.flickr.com/photos/delscorchosauce/136584515].Candido Brown, principal of Success Academy Fort Greene, has already begun a leave of absence, reportedly for personal reasons. The news comes two months after it was revealed in the New York Times [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/
Neighbors
Photo via mr_stephen_santos [https://www.instagram.com/p/BADHtkuQYph/?tagged=parkslope]It’s 2016, so that means it’s time for a new series. If you keep your ear(s) to the ground, you’ll hear some interesting things around the neighborhood. These snippets of conversation below are
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A rookie officer from the 88th Precinct as badly beaten and left with a broken jaw and multiple bruises after he reportedly tried to break up a fight at a bar in Manhattanthis past Sunday, January 3, at around 1:40am. Officer Timothy Keane, 24, was off-duty at the time
Announcements
Sammy Norrito and Eric Spruiell at the CB2 Youth Committee meeting.Community Board 2 is back in session now that the new year is here, so what better way to kick 2016 off than to get more involved in community leadership and government! If you’ve ever been interested in
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Photo by Clementine Bakery [https://www.instagram.com/clementinebakery/].A sweet start to a hopefully sweet year! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and