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Seth Phillips, Dale Mason with her son Tristan, and Senator Daniel Squadron. Photo by Mary Frost

New middle school changes the game in Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights
Talk about dedication: Even with two broken arms, P.S. 8 Principal Seth Phillips was on hand to greet students and parents at P.S. 8’s brand new middle school on the first day of school Thursday. The middle school — dubbed M.S.
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Reverend Ana Levy-Lyons, the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn's first female Senior Minister.

First Unitarian calls its first woman Senior Minister

Brooklyn Heights
The First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn has called the Reverend Ana Levy-Lyons to be its first woman Senior Minister, effective Aug. 1. She will preach her first sermon this Sunday, Sept.
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Brooklyn remembers

Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn will mark the 11th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, with the annual “Tribute in Light” visible from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park. In Bay Ridge, people will gather on the 69th Street pier at 7:30 p.m.
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LETTER: Brooklyn Bridge Park is too small to accommodate velodrome

Brooklyn Heights
Henrik Krogius writes that Brooklyn Bridge Park "has lots of room" and therefore "can easily accommodate" the proposed track-cycling velodrome on Furman Street.
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Robber of Sovereign Bank branch in Brooklyn Heights gets 26 years

Brooklyn Heights
Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Tuesday announced the sentencing of Edward Pride, 49, to 26 years in prison for robbing the same Sovereign Bank twice in two weeks, in February 2011.    
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Smorgasburg

Popular food carnival ‘Smorgasburg’ expanding to DUMBO

Brooklyn_Heights_Area
Fans of Teriyaki balls, artisonal granola, house-made sausages and chocolate-dipped bananas rejoice: The Brooklyn food festival known as Smorgasburg is coming to the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO on Sundays. … Full Article
 

Remembering Irene

DUMBO
Last year on this date, children in Dumbo, in view of the Manhattan Bridge, waded through floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Irene, which weakened to a tropical storm just before hitting shore at Coney Island. … Full Article
 

Architects selected to renovate Hotel Bossert in Heights

Brooklyn Heights
Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates Architects (GSKA) has been selected to preserve and return the historic Hotel Bossert to its original use as a luxury hotel destination. … Full Article
 

Tour reveals progress of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Bridge Park is really coming along. … Full Article
 

OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Park evolves

Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Bridge Park is a very different place, in both larger and smaller elements, since the first “American Landscape” plan in the form of a Harbor Park, sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Association and designed by Terry Schnadelbach, was presented in 1988. … Full Article
 

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