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This Week In Ditmas Park

This Week In Ditmas Park
Bumblebee & Flowers on E 17th Street

This week we experienced the longest heat wave in 18 years! The longest one on record (anyone remember it?) was in 1953, with 12 blistering days in a row. Here’s hoping this is the longest one we see for at least another decade or two.

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Here’s a recap of the past week:

• The state will vote on a liquor license next week for a bar that wants to open on Cortelyou.

• A lovely remembrance of neighbor Patricia Ngozi Agbim by her brother-in-law.

Billy and Barbara DeQuaglio talk about living in a house on Rugby for 41 years.

• Local reflections on the death of Trayvon Martin following the Zimmerman verdict.

• The Dorchester mural is done, and it’s got a plaque to tell you a little about it.

• How is the trash outside of PS 139 looking this weekend?

Nine tasty drinks around Ditmas Park that will quench your thirst.

• If you use Bedford Ave near Brooklyn College, note the upcoming construction.

Bill de Blasio campaigned at the Church Ave subway station.

• Neighbors had a lot of great car window repair shop recommendations.

• Is this the summer of vermin?

• A neighbor has started a flower subscription service.

• Stymied by all the squash you got at the Greenmarket or CSA? Try this recipe!

• A look at when Foster Avenue had a butcher.

Apartments have been listed in the new building at 480 Stratford.

• Finally, how is your garden growing?