HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Tireless Vondrak pitches Blackbirds to victory
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Mike MortonBrooklyn DailyIt was going to be a long day for the Long Island University softball team and ace Cassie Vondrak against Wagner. The Blackbirds fell...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Medgar Evers’s Baird eyes the Olympics
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyKadecia Baird hopes her first taste of international competition won’t be her last. In late March, the Medgar Evers track star...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Gun-toting goon holds up straphanger
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Great train robbery A gun-toting villain held up a man for his iPhone and duffel bag aboard a...
View ArticleFLATBUSH: Cops: Teen steals jewelry
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn Daily70th Precinct Flatbush—Midwood Bejazzled A teenager was arrested for allegedly taking more than $3,000 worth of jewelry from an...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Thugs hold woman down, steal purse
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Tag team Two brutes held a woman down and took her purse on 69th Street on April 7, police...
View ArticleNOT FOR NUTHIN’: Mea culpa! My left-foot!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyA few weeks ago I wrote about the new pope and his blowing a fresh new wind into the stuffy old traditions of the church. Well it was...
View ArticleMILL BASIN: Environmentalists blast auto mall expansion
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe long-awaited expansion of a Mill Basin auto mall is finally underway, but locals say the plan is a lemon. The city has finalized its...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Big Screecher’s big bash!
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyIt’s the one night of the year the Big Screecher isn’t mad — the Bensonhurst West End Community...
View ArticleMUSIC: Kronos kids
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Danielle FurfaroBrooklyn DailyBy DANIELLE FURFARO A requiem for youth never sounded so good. The Kronos Quartet, the nearly forty-year-old group popularly known...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Sinkhole street still a wreck 10 months later
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyTen months later, the sinkhole is filled, but life nearby is still the pits. Residents of 92nd Street between Third Avenue and Ridge...
View ArticleCONEY ISLAND: You won’t find another deal this good on a pre-owned Eldorado!
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyIn the market for a sleek, pre-owned car with great gas mileage that a little old lady used to drive back and forth to bump into...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Tate’s last-second jumper gives Brooklyn girls Wheelchair...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBishop Loughlin’s Imani Tate was already in the air when she caught the inbound pass in the final seconds of the game. Her fade...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Celebrating the life of Jackie Robinson
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThe folks at Municipal Credit Union, working with the Brooklyn Cyclones, treated 200 kids from Brooklyn Youth groups to a free screening...
View ArticleJOE KNOWS: Bushwick’s Severe takes his time
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyPatience has long been a crucial part of Jon Severe’s career, and his college decision is no different. The Bushwick native, who...
View ArticleSTANDING O: ‘The Heat’ is on
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyGerritsen Beach Ten rounds to Heather “The Heat” Hardy on boxing the lights out of her opponent Mikayla Nebel at Roseland Ballroom on...
View ArticleSTANDING O: Pint-sized pageant winner
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyManhattan Beach Delaney Druckman is ready for her close up. This beautiful pre-teen is fresh off the competition trail and is getting...
View ArticleBOROBEAT: Grandmothers compete for crown
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyBrighton Beach’s most venerable damsels vied for top honors at the Your Highness Grandmother beauty pageant and talent show at the...
View ArticleSTANDING O: If he designs it, he will win
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyDyker Heights If he designs it, he’ll win Four cheers and a big huzza to Sam Nakagawa. The Poly Prep senior generated four wins for...
View ArticleMARINE PARK: Dog bites dog
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt’s a dog eat dog world A pit bull belonging to a 81-year-old man broke away from his elderly...
View ArticleA BRITISHER’S VIEW: Boston Marathon bombings show that Americans are terror...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyThe FBI claims to have foiled 53 terror plots against America since 9-11, but deadly pandemonium is just one successful terrorist...
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