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Senator Velmanette Montgomery, photo via her official NY Senate Page.Velmanette Montgomery — the longest-serving member of the State Senate, with 35 years under her belt — officially announced her long-rumored retirement on Saturday, and endorsed Assemblymember Tremaine Wright to replace her in her central and western Brooklyn district. Wright announced her
Boerum Hill
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] hosted the first ULURP public hearing for the Brooklyn Detention Center Thursday at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene. Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Last month the NYC Planning
Senator Velmanette Montgomery
As spring gets warmer and locals keep trying to dodge the rain, many have taken beautiful shots of the nabe. Here’s just a small sampling of the past week’s goings-on and what locals are doing to celebrate the season. The nabe is home to many pooches – and they’
Duane Reade
Melt Massage offers customer-tailored massages and classes at its new space in Fort Greene. (Photo courtesy of Melt Massage and Bodyworks)Becky Raik and Alexis Nalhoum started Melt Massage and Bodywork [http://www.meltmassagenyc.com/] three and a half years ago in the center of Fort Greene. At the time,
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The Brooklyn skyline and a few skyscrapers from lower Manhattan viewed at dusk from Clinton Hill. (Photo by Francisco Daum) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/]The calendar says it’s fall, but the weather has been saying otherwise. The temperatures are still warm enough to be outdoors at almost