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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/this-week-in-ditmas-park-101-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2014-03-09T21:11:59.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T03:50:09.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: #API-Imported

![newkirk dog by Melissa Miles](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-46-600x450.jpg)

  
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And please send news tips, photos, and more to [editor@ditmasparkcorner.com](mailto:editor@ditmasparkcorner.com)!

Here’s a recap of the past week:

- The President of the PS 139 Parents Association [allegedly stole upwards of $25,000](/blog/crime/ps-139-parents-association-president-allegedly-stole-more-than-25000-from-pa-bank-account) from the association’s bank account.
- A group of neighbors and a marketing company [make waves in The New York Times](/blog/neighbors/nyt-takes-on-ditmas-parks-clubhouse-the-question-of-monetizing-cool).
- Neighbors Frank Hechenberger, Kathy Libraty, and Elisa Lovelie (and their super cool house!) [were featured in Brooklyn Magazine](/blog/neighbors/a-look-inside-the-william-lulu-norwood-house).
- In more positive PS 139 news, the girls from the Chess Ninjas are hoping to go to nationals in Chicago this year–and you can [help them get there](/blog/education/fight-alongside-the-ps-139-chess-ninjas-send-the-girls-to-nationals).
- You won’t believe what the intersection of Ocean and Caton Avenues [used to look like](/blog/photos/ditmas-history-fewer-horses-more-housing).
- Officer Kim Walker is made Detective, we have a dramatic drop in shootings, and more in a recap of the February [70th Precinct Community Council meeting](/blog/crime/notes-from-februarys-70th-precinct-community-council-meeting).
- It’s that time of year again! Here’s how to [celebrate Purim](/blog/events/celebrate-purim-with-family-events-near-ditmas-park) nearby.
- The Cortelyou Library Friends [are looking for Spring reading volunteers](/blog/kids/cortelyou-library-friends-seek-spring-reading-volunteers). Lend them an hour!

*Photo by Melissa Miles*