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A proposal from the Merchants of Third Avenue business group to hold another “Summer Stroll on 3rd” event in Bay Ridge this July and August cleared its first major hurdle when a key committee of Community Board 10 voted unanimously in favor of the plans Tuesday night.  … Full Article

Looking to avoid being stopped and frisked by the NYPD? Try moving to Bay Ridge. … Full Article

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Midwood/Borough Park), who recently led a protest against the Brooklyn College Political Science Department’s co-sponsorship of a lecture advocating a  … Full Article

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. … Full Article

Three Poly Prep Country Day School seniors -- Alexandra Capellini, Zachary Kaletsch, and Sam Nakagawa -- have carried out remarkably sophisticated research projects over the course of the past three years as part of a special Science/Engineer … Full Article

Bay Ridgeite Sal Albanese, a maverick Democrat hoping to become the city’s next mayor, blasted the man who currently occupies that post, Michael Bloomberg, for his final budget in office. … Full Article

City Councilman Vincent Gentile says he wants to make life easier for constituents who want to seek his help but who work during the week and cannot get to his district office in Bay Ridge. … Full Article

Need a good laugh? Who doesn’t these days? Narrows Community Theater, Inc., a Bay Ridge-based theatrical company, will provide plenty of laughs with its new production. … Full Article

The infamous 93 Lounge incident is still the talk of Bay Ridge.  … Full Article

The decision by the Brooklyn College Political Science Department to endorse the BDS movement—which includes the boycotting of Jewish-Israeli academics—has been “justified” on freedom of … Full Article