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DYKER HEIGHTS: Blonde roots! Norwegian-American girls return to Brooklyn
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyJust like the migratory Chaffinches of Scandinavia, the daughters of Brooklyn’s Norse diaspora...
View ArticleSHEEPSHEAD BAY: Plumb Beach to shut for repairs
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe US Army is invading Plumb Beach this summer — to make the world safe for the Belt Parkway. The Army Corps of Engineers announced...
View ArticleIT’S ONLY MY OPINION: One-man show honors Jewish Nazi hunter
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyTwo months ago I offered my thoughts about remembering the Holocaust and keeping the truth alive. There are those in this world...
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MILL BASIN: Bus benches for Mill Basin
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySeats for straphangers are coming to Mill Basin — but will vandals use them more? The Department of Transportation has finalized...
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PARK SLOPE: God complex
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Chuck O’DonnellBrooklyn DailyThe gods must be crazy — especially when it comes to family. The eons-old tales of Greek deities remain relevant and riveting — and...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Bath Beachers: Gird us against another storm surge
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyResidents of Bensonhurst and Bath Beach, and their local leaders, say it’s high time they get their own sea wall before the next...
View ArticleCRIME: Cops: Woman steals man’s car, nearly runs him over
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily60th Precinct Coney Island—Brighton Beach—Seagate Pure irony Police arrested a 43-year-old woman, who they say stole a man’s Toyota from...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: New coach to lead inexperienced Xaverian baseball team
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Mike MortonBrooklyn DailyA lot has changed for Xaverian’ baseball team in a short time. Two years ago the Clippers won the Catholic Intersectional title and last...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Burglar swipes thousands in cash and jewelry
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Dyker heist A lowlife lifted thousands in cash and jewelry from an 86th Street home on March...
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FLATBUSH: Cops: Shoplifter attacks guard
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily70th Precinct Flatbush—Midwood Sock and bop A 46-year-old woman was arrested for stealing socks from a Flatbush Avenue clothing store on...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Pitch-rich Poly eyes third-straight state title
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyNo matter whom you talk to from the Poly Prep baseball team, his assessment is the same: this is a club based on pitching — deep,...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Purse snatcher drags woman by bag
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Tug o’ sore A thug dragged a woman by her purse before yanking the bag away on 81st Street on...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: All-Brooklyn girls basketball honors
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn produced plenty of Division-I players and champions this season. Bishop Ford led the way by winning the school’s first...
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BOROBEAT: A cracking good time! Golden egg hunt brings out thousands
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyYou know what they say about rabbits! Thousands of tots and their parents hopped down the bunny trail into Shore Road Park on March...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: Can women priests be far behind?
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyI think that I just may like this new pope. Although very early in his reign, Pope Francis the First is kicking the heck out of the...
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Williamsburg native leads Louisville to Final Four
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyWilliamsburg’s Russ Smith will have a lot on his mind when hits the court for the Final Four this weekend, after mourning the death...
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BAY RIDGE: Another pedestrian hit in Bay Ridge
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyA car struck a woman as she crossed Fourth Avenue near the corner of 86th Street on April 1 — the latest in a series of collisions in...
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A history of violence against instruments
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyEli Smith and his band of banjo-abusing folkies aren’t the first to trash a perfectly good...
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THEATER: Superfund site specific: Water pollution play staged on banks of...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Natalie MusumeciBrooklyn DailyIt’s not just the feds who are dredging up issues in Gowanus. A community theater group is turning its venue into subtext by taking...
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GOWANUS: Here’s your chance to throw a banjo into the Gowanus Canal!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe Gowanus Canal is polluted with heavy metals — but for one day only it’s going acoustic. The second-ever Banjo Toss contest is...
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