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Source: Nick Ares/FlickrMidwood resident Marcello Trebitsch, the 37-year-old son-in-law of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of nearly $6 million over the course of seven years, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced. Trebitsch
Events
Photo by Chun KitLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. End-of-Year Party With Madison-Marine Homecrest Civic [/tonight-madison-marine-homecrest-civic-invites-you-to-their-end-of-year-party/] When: Thursday, December 17, 7:
Arts & Culture
Does this hard knock life have you feeling blue? Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that the sun will come out tomorrow, because we’re giving away four tickets to the December 19 performance of Annie [http://www.kingstheatre.com/shows/annie] – currently in production at Brooklyn’s majestic
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(Photo: Ned Berke)Below you’ll find subway changes over the weekend on the F and Q lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/]. F Line > No F trains between Kings Hwy and Stillwell
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The Carmine Carro Community Center. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association [/?s=madison-marine-homecrest] is holding their annual holiday party tonight, and the entire community is invited. The festivities kick off at 7:30pm at the Carmine Carro Community Center, near Fillmore Avenue and Madison Place, in Marine
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Photo by Elise FeinsteinHappy 88th birthday to my grandfather Abe Feinstein, I love you so much.You are very special to me and I am honored that I am your granddaughter and that we both share the love of photography that you passed down to me. I will always follow
Business
Attorney Eric Palatnik explaining the new parking plan for the health center at 3133 Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community Board 15 gave the go-ahead Tuesday night to a controversial special zoning permit that allows an Emmons Avenue healthcare center to enlarge its property by adding an extra
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Photo by Jesse CoburnComptroller Scott Stringer on Tuesday charged NYCHA with being “woefully unprepared” for another emergency and said the agency had failed to learn lessons from Superstorm Sandy. And audit by the comptroller’s office discovered alarming deficiencies in NYCHA’s plans to assist tenants with disabilities, disaster trainings
Events
District Leader Lew Fidler standing in front of the donated toys at the 2010 event. (Photo: 41st A.D. Democrats Club [https://www.facebook.com/374767270767/photos/pb.374767270767.-2207520000.1450290953./479214485767/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The 41st Assembly District Democrats Club continues to lead the pack with the
Food & Drink
Photo by Bob De ThomasOn Christmas Day, many shop owners close their stores so that they and their employees can enjoy the holiday at home. But for those who don’t recognize the birth of Christ as a reason to unwrap gifts and string lights around a freshly-cut conifer, December
Police & Fire
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The klutzy Mill Basin liquor store owner who accidentally discharged his 9mm Ruger [/mill-basin-man-shoots-brighton-beach-woman-in-head-at-glitzy-waldorf-astoria-wedding/] during a wedding at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was arrested Tuesday after turning himself in to police. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus
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