It’s hip to be clean, a survey released last week confirmed. Comment.

At P.S. 255’s, Barbara Reing School, children and parents bond together over crafting. Each year they unite to make home made holiday presents. This year’s event, a walloping success, allowed over 200 parents and children to attend. Comment.

A plan to plant a million trees is being met with opposition from homeowners not in the loop on where they are planted. Comment.

It’s not exactly the chicken and the egg, but the MTA boss came to Brooklyn last week and answered the borough-wide question: Which comes first – tolls over the East River bridges or more express bus service to Manhattan? Comment.

Budding Lance Stephensons soared to new heights when they challenged mettle in a basketball contest at St. Bernards’s Church, presented by the St. Bernard’s Council of the Knights of Columbus. Comment.

An eight-year-old Flatlands boy was clinging to life Sunday after he was struck by a rampaging SUV and flung into the air, landing atop another car heading in the opposite direction. Comment.

Two Metropolitan Jewish Health System agencies – Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center (MJGC) and Metropolitan Jewish Adult Day Health Center (Adult Day) – both of which have significant populations of Chinese patients and clients receiving services, hosted Chinese New Year celebrations. Comment.

Con artists in utility company clothing are once again preying on area residents. Comment.

When Public School 153 first opened in 1909, a loaf of bread cost four cents, the national population was 90,490,000, New York Harbor had yet to be graced with the Statue of Liberty and the average American income was less than $1,000 a year. Comment.

Talented teens rang in Year 2009 by holding the audience spellbound with their musical skills during a winter concert at Edward R. Murrow High School. Comment.

Firefighters scrambled to a seven story high-rise in Midwood last week after a fifth-floor apartment caught fire. Officials said that the all hands fire erupted inside the Ocean Avenue building, located near Avenue O, at about midnight on February 2. Firefighters scaled ladder trucks to get to the fire, which was put out in a half hour. At least one person was taken to Lutheran Medical Center for medical attention, officials said. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was still under investigation as this paper went to press. Comment.

While everyone is crying the blues over the fiscal downturn, cops from the 66th Precinct are celebrating another downturn -- a criminal one. Comment.

A beloved Marine Park cop who languished in a coma for seven months following a near-fatal motorcycle accident has died. Comment.

City officials are learning never to underestimate the mettle of treasure hunters with steely resolve. Comment.

There were more than one comment on the “luck of the Irish” February 8 as members of the Bay Ridge Irish American Action Association stepped outside to a balmy, almost spring-like afternoon to begin their annual Bloody Sunday march to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica. Comment.

The sign on the lily pond read thin ice. Comment.

Calling all Brooklynites -- if you think you might have some old photographs or home movies of Astroland from the 1960s kicking around your attic or basement, documentarian JL Aaronson wants to hear from you. Comment.

The city Department of Education (DOE) has finally revealed how it will utilize the new school building on East 107th Street in Canarsie. Comment.

A foot chase leading to a cache of illegal drugs, a loaded gun and several arrests netted a 70th Precinct anti-crime team “Cop of the Month” certificates. Comment.

An eight-year-old Flatlands boy was clinging to life Sunday after he was struck by a rampaging SUV and flung into the air, landing atop another car heading in the opposite direction. Comment.

New York Congregational Nursing Center hosted health care professionals from the Brooklyn community during a ribbon cutting ceremony opening of the newly renovated Rehabilitation Suite and Stroke Specialty Program. Comment.

Two Metropolitan Jewish Health System agencies – Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center (MJGC) and Metropolitan Jewish Adult Day Health Center (Adult Day) – both of which have significant populations of Chinese patients and clients receiving services, hosted Chinese New Year celebrations. Comment.

Forget the recession, Brooklyn’s going high end. Comment.

It’s not exactly the chicken and the egg, but the MTA boss came to Brooklyn last week and answered the borough-wide question: Which comes first – tolls over the East River bridges or more express bus service to Manhattan? Comment.

So far, so good. Comment.

A beloved Marine Park cop who languished in a coma for seven months following a near-fatal motorcycle accident has died. Comment.

It’s not just books you get from the library these days. Comment.

Rebels against dodgy Rent-A-Center consumer practices took their fight to Borough Hall last week, where they claimed Borough President Marty Markowitz had taken money from the rent-to-own retail chain. Comment.