Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
Two sides of a Hasidic religious schism traded words in a public hearing Wednesday morning as the City Planning Commission heard testimony over whether a controversial development project, known as Rose Plaza, should be built on the Williamsburg waterfront.
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
Crime has been on the decline in North Brooklyn for the past year, but Deputy Inspector Dennis Fulton wants community members to take crime prevention into their own hands.
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
Have you ever attended an East River summer concert, hung out at Union Pool or wandered into a community board meeting and thought, “Who’s that cute boy in the corner?”
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
The little storefront museum that celebrates Brooklyn’s underdog spirit with exacting curatorial detail and a passionate devotion to artifacts large and small may be in danger of closing.
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Brooklyn Courier
By Gary Buiso
Hard-boiled cops are vowing to step up patrols in order to scramble Park Slope’s egg-tossing bandit.
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Brooklyn Courier
By Michèle De Meglio
The Summit Academy Charter School may have found a new home.
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Brooklyn Courier
By Michèle De Meglio
The PAVE Academy Charter School is staying put in P.S. 15’s building.
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
Registration has been a discombobulated mess, no one knows the route, and it is expected to be 26 degrees with a 50 percent chance of snow on Saturday, but that has done little to diminish Brooklynites’ unbridled enthusiasm for the 2010 Idiotarod.
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
A debate between the Hasidic community in South Williamsburg and cycling advocates over the removal of the Bedford Avenue bike lanes revealed that both sides have irreconcilable differences over improving transportation in Williamsburg.
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Brooklyn Heights
By Gary Buiso
Local streets are safer thanks to the efforts of Police Officer John Bolden, named Cop of the Year by the 84th Precinct Community Council last week.
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Williamsburg
By Aaron Short
Light manufacturing is dead. Long live light manufacturing!
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