Brooklyn Today for Dec. 21, 2012

December 21, 2012 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Good morning. Today is the 356th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Dec. 21, 1854 reported on efforts by the City of Brooklyn to buy the Water Works Company of the City of Williamsburg, with which it would soon merge. At that time, Brooklyn looked to streams in Long Island as the source of its water, but the access to many of these streams was controlled by Williamsburg.

Well-known people who were born today include Hall of Fame baseball player Steve Carlton, former baseball player Steve Garvey, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and TV journalist Diane Sawyer (“60 Minutes”).

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Today at 2:30 p.m., the Cold Stone Creamery at 3165 Harkness Ave., Gerritsen Beach, will reopen after suffering devastating damages during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 28.Owner Eric Steinweiss was able to rebuild after receiving a loan from the city Department of Small Business Services and Economic Development Corp. He learned about the disaster loans when he attended an information meeting of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.