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City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Less than two weeks after an 81-year-old Coney Island woman was roughed up and robbed [/burglar-posing-as-con-ed-worker-robs-81-year-old-woman-at-knifepoint/] by someone posing as a Con Ed emplyee, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced he will introduce legislation to keep New Yorkers safe from people posing
Events
The 2015 Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (Photo: Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade [https://www.facebook.com/brparade/photos/pb.178108715628472.-2207520000.1458162193./655194874586518/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Are you planning to “go green” this Thursday in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day? Sheepshead Bay
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(Photo: Daniel Oines ["https://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967b/7761039946] / Flickr)The Department of Transportation (DOT) will be taking out some of the pesky potholes in our neighborhood beginning next week, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced. Deutsch allocated $200,000 from his capital budget towards street repaving this year
Police & Fire
Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl — the third teenager reported missing [/police-searching-for-missing-teen/] in Sheepshead Bay during the last week — who was last seen Monday morning in front of her home at the Nostrand Houses. Authorities say Redacted went missing after she was spotted outside her home, near Bragg Street
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Neighbors
Albert Dashevsky (Photo provided by Albert Dashevsky)NY1 recognized Albert Dashevsky, a Manhattan Beach resident who offers his handyman skills free-of-charge, in their latest New Yorker of the Week [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/nyer-of-the-week/2016/03/11/nyer-of-the-week--handyman-albert-dashevsky-gives-a-helping-hand-to-everyone.html] feature. Last year, we published a story [/following-fathers-murder-neighbor-honors-memory-with-free-handyman-service/] about
Education
> Brooklyn H.S. chess team heads to nationals after winning state championship https://t.co/bB6ym9ReUq pic.twitter.com/VSSQcxfiNS [https://t.co/VSSQcxfiNS] — NYDN Local (@NYDNLocal) March 14, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYDNLocal/status/709378023984861184] Edward R. Murrow High School’s chess team won their 19th state championship
Police & Fire
> Woman ‘screaming racial profanities’ attacks passenger at King’s Highway Station https://t.co/FrWQ3fepD8 pic.twitter.com/q7tbI1OllH [https://t.co/q7tbI1OllH] — PIX11 News (@PIX11News) March 12, 2016 [https://twitter.com/PIX11News/status/708680517030440960] A woman yelled “racial profanities” at police when she was arrested Saturday at the
Announcements
Courtesy of Luna Park/FacebookBrooklynites rejoice! Coney Island’s Luna Park, the Thunderbolt, and the iconic Cyclone rollercoaster will all re-open for spring on March 20 at 12pm. The iconic coaster, which has brought fearless daredevils to the park for almost a century, has been refurbished and painted, bringing it
Police & Fire
Photo: NYPDCops are turning to the public for help in locating a man who went missing from Coney Island over the weekend. Michael Davis, 49, was last seen on Sunday, March 13, at approximately 8:30am, inside of Mermaid Manor adult home. Davis is described as a male black, 6
Education
Parents rallying outside P.S. 193. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A group of P.S. 193 parents — who say they’ve been getting the runaround from officials about a father’s controversial arrest [/arrest-p-s-193-spurs-calls-principals-removal/] — are not backing down from calls to have their principal removed because of the incident.
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