STANDING O: Editor’s choice inked by Teen Ink
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge Teen author at Poly Prep Can a Pulitzer be far behind? Not for Poly Prep junior Jada Baijnath, a teen author who received...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: Go for a picnic while snow’s still on the ground!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Jaime LutzBrooklyn DailyThis is one winter game that you won’t find in the Olympics this year. “Competitive Winter Picnicking” — the brainchild of local artist...
View ArticleFORT GREENE: Graphic scenes: Art Spiegelman puts graphic novels on center stage
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Samantha LimBrooklyn DailyIt is comics as you have never read them before — live on stage! An unusual artistic endeavour is...
View ArticleWILLIAMSBURG: Pulling the plug: Guitarist goes off the grid to recharge
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Robert HamBrooklyn DailyAs electric as his playing is, guitarist Ryan Ferreira prefers an unplugged life. At least twice a year, the 33-year-old modern jazz...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Local leaders skeptical of grant program that promises lots of...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyLocal leaders are unimpressed by the decision to include Mill Basin, Marine Park, and Canarsie in a program that will invest more than...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Eat up! Slope sandwich shop headed to Ridge instead of Coney
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailySandy swamped their People’s Playground dreams, so now they’re seeking higher ground. Park Slope hero hub Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe was...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: He’s out! Clones manager Donnelly headed to West Coast
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyHe’s going, going … gone! Cyclones skipper Rich Donnelly is abandoning Brooklyn for Washington State, dropping the Mini-Mets after...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito put a...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyNew Yorkers deserve better than to have a terror sympathizer such as new Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on the public payroll....
View ArticleBAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge Nights is rocking all weekend!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyWelcome back to Bay Ridge Nights. It is a great week for live music in the ’hood — and we are letting you know where to hear it! The...
View ArticleJabbed at John Jay blood drive
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyReach reporter Megan Riesz at mriesz@cnglocal.com or by calling (718) 260-4505. Follow her on Twitter @meganriesz. Comment on this story.
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Mall stores fear the school bell
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyMill Basin school kids may be saved by the bell, but Kings Plaza merchants hear the chimes of hell. Kings Plaza may have weathered a...
View ArticleInferno sends four to hospital
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA fourth-floor apartment in the Louis Pink Houses was gutted with flames on Jan. 15, in a disaster that sent four people to the hospital...
View ArticleChess kings of Kings County
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThey don’t call it the Game of Kings for nothing. Two Brooklyn schools swept two New York City...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Banged up Nazareth, Usilo post statement win over...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyNazareth senior star Samson Usilo said beforehand that he wouldn’t playing in the team’s contest with first-place Monsignor...
View ArticleBIG SCREECHER: Read this Carmine if you need a good laugh!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Carmine Santa MariaBrooklyn DailyI’m madder than a three-legged dog in a potato sack race over the fact that the lot of you don’t understand that the ol’Screecher...
View ArticleLETTERS: Sound Off to the Editor
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, Shavana Abruzzo, your Jan. 10 column beat all (“Inauguration Day Bill-oney,” A Britisher’s View). I simply must Xerox it numerous times...
View ArticlePARK SLOPE: Talented Slope twosome get Oscar nod for Disney ditty
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyA pair of Park Slope songwriters are up for an Oscar for a tune they penned in Prospect Park. Bobby Lopez and his wife Kristen...
View ArticleDUMBO: Lit legend Joyce Carol Oates launches new novel in Dumbo
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Meredith DelisoBrooklyn DailyJoyce Carol Oates always has a story to tell. The famously prolific writer has published more...
View ArticleFORT GREENE: Call him Ishmael: Former child soldier pens book on life after...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyNovelist Ishmael Beah is wise beyond his years. He has no choice but to be — between the ages of 13 and 16, Beah was a soldier in...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: There’s a reason Stan has herring on his breath
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyWe continue this week with more of the mixture from the scraps of paper in my pockets. The year is barely three weeks old and...
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