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The Fort Hamilton Parkway station is one of nine stations on the N line that will get a facelift next year. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations

Straphangers in southwest Brooklyn who ride the N train to work will have to put up with rerouted trains, closed subway platforms, construction noises and other commuter headaches starting in 2015. … Full Article

The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association collects and donates toys every year to Toys for Tots at its annual holiday party. Shown are officers of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association: Grace Borinno, Lisa Becker, Stephen Spinelli, Margaret Stanton and Joseph R. Vasile. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Bay Ridge Lawyers Association collects Toys for Tots at holiday party

The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association hosted its annual holiday party and judiciary night at the Bay Ridge Manor on Tuesday. There were more than 100 attendees, including judges, lawyers and Fort Hamilton-stationed U.S. Army members. … Full Article

A highlight of the brunch took place when students performed their own version of “A Charlie Brown Holiday.” Photo courtesy Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn

Adelphi’s holiday pageant features ‘Charlie Brown’ show

Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn welcomed nearly 200 families to its annual Holiday Brunch and Pageant, transforming the school’s John Lockwood Auditorium into Santa’s Village on a recent Sunday afternoon. … Full Article

Councilmember Vincent Gentile says the NYPD should expand its use of Tasers to allow more cops to have the devices. Photo courtesy Gentile’s office

Gentile wants more cops using Tasers to subdue suspects

At a time when thousands of New Yorkers are taking to the streets to protest a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, one Brooklyn council member is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to hire more cops and to let more o … Full Article

John S. Cnapich of the city’s Human Resources Administration tells Community Board 10 that the Office of Child Support Enforcement performs a variety of services for families. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

City performs DNA tests to establish paternity

The city’s Human Resources Administration does DNA testing to settle the question of whether a particular man has fathered a child. … Full Article

Community Board 10 Treasurer Greg Ahl (right), Board Chairman Brian Kieran, and District Manager Josephine Beckmann show a few of the many toys that members donated to Ahl’s toy drive. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Board 10 member’s toy drive helps kids in shelter

Children who have been ripped from their homes because of domestic violence will still have toys for the holidays, thanks to Bay Ridge civic leader Greg Ahl, who conducts a toy drive each year to make the season a little brighter for kids housed in a shelter sponsored by the Center Against Domest … Full Article