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Motorists driving on Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge are going to have to slow down, now that the city has declared an eight-block stretch of the roadway a “Neighborhood Slow Zone.” The speed limit during arrival and dismissal times at schools in the zone is now 20 miles per hour. … Full Article

“Flower Power,” a 1960s expression popularized by hippies and all but forgotten over the years, is making a comeback, at least in the Brooklyn art world. … Full Article

 A plan to hike water usage rates in New York City by 5.6 percent is all wet, according to state Sen. Marty Golden. … Full Article

Narrows Community Theater, Inc., a Bay Ridge-based theater company famous for presenting revivals of Broadway musicals, is venturing into the world of office politics with its next production. … Full Article

The mayor isn’t the only person in New York City who is term-limited. Community Board 10 Chairman Joanne Seminara has served for three terms and is prohibited by the board’s bylaws from running for a fourth term. … Full Article

Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., a Democrat who is hoping to unseat incumbent US Rep. Michael Grimm (R-C-Brooklyn-Staten Island) in the 2014 election, said his campaign fundraising has gotten off to a fast and furious start. … Full Article

Bay Ridge residents are demanding action to combat drug dealers who they said are invading the area around an important commercial zone making neighbors and storeowners fearful and angry. … Full Article

The immigration reform package presented by a bipartisan group of eight senators contains a lot of good ideas but doesn’t go far enough, according to US Rep. Jerrold Nadler. … Full Article

US Rep. Michael Grimm said he told the federal Transportation Security Administration that allowing passengers to bring knives onto airplanes was a bad idea. And now, the TSA appears to be backing off. … Full Article

Brooklyn as a whole will not prosper unless everyone has a shot at prosperity, state Sen. Eric Adams told a group of Democratic Party loyalists at a fundraising party thrown by two district leaders in Bay Ridge on Sunday afternoon. … Full Article