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U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis want to make it easier for residents to turn in their prescription pills. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Pols push to install drug boxes in police precincts

U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who started an initiative on Staten Island two years ago that allows residents to drop off their old prescription drugs at police precincts, are now trying to expand their give-back program citywide. … Full Article
 
The winners are pictured with Councilmember Vincent Gentile, state Sen. Marty Golden and Alumni Association leaders. Photos by Damir Kamalov/Fort Hamilton High School

Fort Hamilton Alumni Association inducts Hall of Famers

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge and the school’s Alumni Association decided to celebrate the major milestone in grand style with a gala dinner-dance, during which the organization inducted new members into its Alumni Hall of Fam … Full Article
 
Alice Morris used her ingenuity to make a balloon hovercraft. Photos courtesy of Saint Patrick Catholic Academy

Young scientists create excitement at St. Patrick fair

Young scientists created bold experiments and shared their findings with their classmates, parents, teachers and a panel of judges during a science fair held at St. Patrick Catholic Academy. … Full Article
 
Sheriffs complete their raid of the Prince Hotel Wednesday night, making good on a promise Mayor Bill de Blasio made to Bay Ridge residents to crack down on the alleged flophouse. Photo by Valerie Hodgson

Sheriffs raid Prince Hotel after de Blasio vows action

One night after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised hundreds of residents at a Bay Ridge town hall meeting that he would crack down on the notorious Prince Hotel, sheriffs raided the place, officials said. … Full Article
 
Mayor Bill de Blasio arrives to a warm reception at the town hall at Fort Hamilton High School. Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photo Office

De Blasio pulls plug on plan to build pre-k school on 86 Street

Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Bay Ridge for a town hall Tuesday night bearing gifts for local residents looking for solutions to a variety of issues, including the city’s plans to build a pre-K school next to a highway and the uneasy presence of a hotel allegedly rife with drugs and prostitu … Full Article
 
This is 35 78th St., which was going to be torn down and replaced with a new house but now is for sale. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Will 35 78th St. get a reprieve from demolition?

The handsome — but unkempt — house at 35 78th St. is getting a reprieve from demolition. Maybe. The couple who had planned to tear down the single-family house on the corner of Narrows Avenue and build a new one are selling the property instead. … Full Article
 
Ship ahoy beneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Who Do You Love? Favorite places in Bay Ridge

Who Do You Love? You remember this song. Not rapper YG's song, featuring Drake. It has words in it we never, ever say. Bo Diddley's old refrain is what keeps repeating in our head. … Full Article
 
Welcome to the Gingerbread House in Bay Ridge. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Drone deployed for Gingerbread House sales pitch

How do you show a big property like the Gingerbread House to full advantage? Deploy a drone, Marion Fiore says. … Full Article
 
Chris McCreight is one of the founders of the Bay Ridge Democrats. Photo courtesy of Chris McCreight

McCreight announces run for district leader post

Many voters don’t know that when they go into the polls on Election Day, chances are that political party district leaders had a hand in picking the local candidates they are voting for. … Full Article
 
Dr. Greg Ribakove is chief of cardiothoracic surgery. Photo courtesy of Maimonides Medical Center

Maimonides cites low re-admission rates for patients

Maimonides Medical Center, a hospital famous for its treatment of heart disease, has the lowest readmission rates of cardiac patients of any health care institution in New York City, according to hospital officials, who cited information from the New York state Department of Health (DOH). … Full Article
 

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