Obituaries
When 73-year-old Patricia Ngozi Agbim of Ditmas Park was struck and killed while trying to cross Ocean Parkway at Church Avenue [/crime/pedestrian-struck-on-ocean-parkway-at-church-ave] last month, several politicians and residents began rallying for already-requested safety improvements [/transportation/residents-join-lander-to-
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Roz Cohen with a portrait of her late husband, Norman.Coney Island Hospital (2601 Ocean Parkway) and the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group dedicated a new exhibit space in the hospital to the memory of Norman Cohen, the late husband of Councilman Domenic Recchia staffer Roz Cohen. Cohen, 83, passed away
Obituaries
When many people in Ditmas Park think of what “neighborhood” means, about how it’s the people who make that concept a reality, they often think of Ric Menello, a man who even if you didn’t know him (and it seems everyone did), you at least saw him, someplace,
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Source: Brooklyn CyclonesWarner Fusselle, the only man to have ever called the play-by-plays for the Brooklyn Cyclones [http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/news/index.html?article_id=1331] (1904 Surf Avenue), passed away a week shy of what would have been his 12th Opening Day since the inception of
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Courtesy of NewNewYork2010 via FlickrNeal Lauro, the last remaining member of the six brother team that founded Sheepshead Bay-staple Stella Maris Fishing Station, passed away in his sleep early Sunday. He was 86 years old. Lauro, along with brothers Mike, Salvatore, Anthony, Tony and Joseph, partnered to found Stella
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Rabbi Abraham Abraham. Source: The Village VoiceSouthern Brooklyn has a lot less spirit this morning, as a kindly Herculean rabbi — infamous for donning bright orange Speedos while plunging every New Year’s Day into the freezing Atlantic waters off Brighton Beach, and who once froze himself [http://www.magictimes.com/
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[/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/powell.jpg] (l. to r.): Mary Powell, Pastor Ron Weinbaum of the King's Chapel, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Ed Jaworski at MMHCA's 2009 Holiday PartyMary Powell, the long-time president of the Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association, passed away on