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Trade Brooklyn is coming to the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge on April 15. Vendors exchange information with business owners at the 2012 show. Photo courtesy Trade Brooklyn

Trade Brooklyn to focus on ‘Year of the Entrepreneur’

Owners of small businesses can learn how to use social media sites to boost sales, find out about economic opportunities downtown, and pick up tips on writing an effective business plan at the Trade Brooklyn exhibition set to take place on April 15. … Full Article
 
Bill Guarinello (far right) president and CEO of HeartShare, welcomes guests Alyse Best Muldoon, Tony Lo Bianco, Paul Torre, Rosanna Scotto, Ines Rosales and Mike Woods (left to right) to the gala. Photo by Dan Loh Photography

HeartShare Gala raises big bucks for non-profit agency

Celebrities from the worlds of movies, television and radio pitched in to help the Brooklyn-based organization HeartShare Human Services of New York raise nearly $600,000 at its 2015 Spring Gala and Auction at the New York Marriott Marquis, an event that attracted more than 950 guests. … Full Article
 
The New York Post and other publications have reported that A-Listers Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis possibly bought a Clinton Avenue mansion. Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Architectural eye candy — and celebs, we're fairly certain — on Brooklyn's Gold Coast, AKA Clinton Avenue

Ah, the gorgeous Gold Coast. That's what Clinton Avenue was called more than a century ago when a high concentration of Brooklyn's wealthiest citizens congregated in Clinton Hill and did their share of luxury home-building. … Full Article
 
City Councilmember Stephen Levin with Loretta, the abused cat he rescued on the BQE. On Monday, PETA announced it was awarding a Compassionate Action Award to the councilmember. Photo courtesy of BARC Shelter

Levin honored by PETA for daring cat rescue in Brooklyn

The kudos keep rolling in for New York City Councilmember Stephen Levin for his daring rescue of an abused and terrified cat – now named Loretta … Full Article
 
The Bark Avenue Adopt-A-Thon takes place April 15 in Carroll Gardens. Photo courtesy of Marion Fiore

Animal ‘Adopt-A-Thon’ coming to Carroll Gardens

The Bark Avenue Adopt-A-Thon — a free educational event sponsored by Douglas Elliman and designed to save the lives of New York City’s shelter animals — will be held Sunday, April 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Carroll Park (on Court St. … Full Article
 
Heavily armed U.S. Marshals stand guard outside federal court April 2, in Brooklyn. A fourth person was arrested in Brooklyn on Monday, accused of supporting ISIS. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

4th man charged in Brooklyn over ISIS recruitment plot

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A fourth man was charged on Monday in a terrorism case accusing him of raising money for a plot to have U.S. residents travel overseas to fight for ISIS. … Full Article
 
Eliza Factor. Photo by Kate Milford

‘Punk New York, Past and Future’ book event in Fort Greene to feature three authors

Brooklyn-based publisher Akashic Books is teaming up with Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene to feature three authors—Eliza Factor, Stacy Wakefield and Nathan Larson—at a joint launch event celebrating New York counterculture in the ’80s, ’90s and our forthcoming postapocalyptic city-state … Full Article
 
A bust of the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was sneaked into and installed in Fort Greene Park on Monday. AP Photo/Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork

Bust of Edward Snowden sneaked into, removed from Fort Greene Park

Suddenly, in the middle of the New York night, Edward Snowden's face appeared — deep in a public park. A 4-foot-high, 100-pound sculpted bust of the whistleblower now exiled in Russia was sneaked into Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park on Monday before dawn. … Full Article
 
John Loscalzo. Photo courtesy of Tracy Zamot

OBITUARY: Neighbors and readers mourn untimely loss of John Loscalzo, Brooklyn Heights Blog founder

John Loscalzo, AKA "Homer Fink," the big-hearted and witty founder of the Brooklyn Heights Blog, died suddenly this past Wednesday at the age of 52.  … Full Article
 
Thousands of people descended upon Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 for the opening weekend of Smorgasburg, Brooklyn’s massively popular weekly food festival. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Smorgasburg beats the weather during busy opening weekend

Smorgasburg season is officially upon us. The weekly food festival kicked off this past weekend, when thousands flocked to Williamsburg on Saturday and Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sunday to brave long lines and windy weather for a taste of the ’burg. … Full Article
 

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