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Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Public LibraryIn our rapidly changing borough, it is more important that ever to preserve and document the stories of the people who call Brooklyn home. The Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] (BPL) has been doing just that through their Our Streets, Our Stories initiative
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Arts & Culture
Southern Brooklyn sci-fi fans, get ready to geek out. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced he’s put together a free drive-in movie screening [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=585007601668071&set=a.356773884491445.1073741827.100004765095752&type=3&theater] for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at Manhattan
Animals
Monk Parakeets. (Photo: Gary Leavens [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_leavens/21475923575/] / Flickr)Frequent power outages have frustrated southern Brooklyn residents during the last several years. And while blackouts and brownouts (a drop in voltage that causes lights to dim) are often attributed to a fallen tree [/almost-7000-people-lose-power-two-outages-strike-southern-brooklyn/] or
Police & Fire
Police arresting an alleged drug dealer at Avenue W and East 19th Street. (Photo provided by an anonymous reader)Two weeks after a resident pleaded with police at a community council meeting [/gun-busts-rise-cops-escalate-drug-raids-sheepshead-bay/] to crack down on brazen drug activity near her home, cops busted her heroin-dealing neighbor handing out
Education
Photo courtesy of Paypaul via FlickrA Kingsborough Community College professor has filed a lawsuit accusing top administrators of creating an culture of “systemic anti-Semitism” in which Jewish faculty were openly harassed and discriminated against. The lawsuit [http://thelawfareproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Lax_Complain_EDNY.pdf], first reported by
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News
Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [http://sunsetparkvoice.com/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School
Events
(Photo by Ilmicrofono Oggiono [https://www.flickr.com/photos/115089924@N02/12212669496/in/photolist-jBc8ab-4SZr5R-5od7Mn-9pcZBM-32KHdN-fGdZA5-6ZLoLZ-9dRzTD-4SZqYD-6ZQp11-pCi9v-fGe2yL-fFWqkx-cPwHcC-cqgwjh-nK6Jvu-auUqyt-9QbBAr-okKmib-4k2Mgi-6PCvb-4V2d3B-fGdYuJ-NJ9nw-5M8hxf-fGe4vA-4V2d4F-QNH7w-4LjYEX-7ZguPA-bY3Vb-onxgfi-crMKB5-acAKbc-4T3ZB-5M477X-auUrf8-8vDfLh-acDyKq-fGe381-rMjiZa-okuRnc-7df1e2-5M8iYL-qutPhM-o4hs9Y-5M8hQE-oDxMSq-czk24-acDyyq] / Flickr)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this weekend.
Announcements
The Future of Work Summit [http://weblink.ibrooklyn.com/events/The-Future-of-Work-Summit-1791/details] is presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with LiquidTalent and the Chamber’s Workforce Development Committee. The summit will explore what the next generation of work will look like in Brooklyn. It will discuss the
Events
Riders enjoying the Cyclone roller coaster. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Elected officials gathered in Coney Island Saturday to christen the newly refurbished cyclone at the spring opening ceremony for Luna Park. The celebration had been postponed one week because weather reports predicted a Nor’easter [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] on the first
Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Two shootings marred Easter celebrations in Coney Island on Sunday, according to authorities. The day started when a 33-year-old man was shot twice in the leg just before 8pm outside the Carey Gardens housing project on West 23rd Street, near Mermaid Avenue, according to police. The