Things will be much quieter the next time the Bishop Kearney girls’ basketball team works on its free throw shooting. Comment.

Jasmine Odom didn’t quite take over the game in the fourth quarter. But the sophomore on the South Shore girls’ basketball team definitely made her presence felt. Comment.

Jai Kellman’s transition from JV to varsity has been littered with ups and downs. Consider Monday the high point. Comment.

Happy Birthday, Mary A. Whalen! Comment.

Canarsiens will get one more chance to make their case against the establishment of a medical waste transfer station in the community. Comment.

Community input has always been a key feature of the city’s land use decision-making process. Comment.

The city is finally giving motorists a break. Comment.

Three alleged cop killers charged with the murder of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko suffered different fates in court last week — a guilty verdict, a not guilty verdict and a mistrial. Comment.

With a unanimous vote, Community Board 18 approved the sale of city-owned land in Canarsie to a business with long Brooklyn roots. Comment.

The city should be dipping deeper into the deep pockets of cell phone companies to help balance the budget, say two Brooklyn legislators. Comment.

A feared request for proposal (RFP) put out by the city’s Department for the Aging for their widespread modernization plan, which many believed would lead to a consolidation and closure of senior centers, has been pulled. Comment.

Imagine driving home to Manhattan Beach in your electric car and plugging it into a solar-powered outlet — heck, imagine driving home to Manhattan Beach in anything and finding a parking spot. Comment.

Brooklyn will host the upcoming courtroom battle to determine the legality of the City Council’s recent vote to extend their stay in City Hall for another four years, it was determined this week. Comment.

Political battle lines for 2009 are already being penciled in, in southwestern Brooklyn. Comment.

As ambitious plans to bring more amusements and condominiums to Coney Island continue this week, many already living here are wondering if they’ll have a place in the new scheme of things. Comment.

Jamaica Bay took center stage recently, at a recent symposium organized to highlight efforts to improve this vast natural resource. Comment.

An ocean of tears are being shed for 56-year-old Salvatore Stellaccio, a Brooklyn-born boat enthusiast who died tragically as he catered to his “Obsession” — his beloved fishing boat. Comment.