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State Sen. Marty Golden (left) is running for a seventh term in office. James Kemmerer (right) is trying to stop him. The two candidates are pictured at a recent political debate. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Golden-Kemmerer race heats up a week before Election Day

State Sen. Marty Golden is a man on a mission, according to sources in his re-election campaign. The lawmaker, who is running for a seventh term representing the 22nd Senate District in southwest Brooklyn, is focused not only on trying to win on Nov. … Full Article

Alyssa Brown, photos courtesy of Poly Prep

Five Poly Prep seniors earn nationwide academic honors

Five Upper School seniors at Poly Prep have earned nationwide academics honors, including three as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and two students as National Achievement Scholarship semifinalists. … Full Article

The DOT is painting extensions of curbs at a handful of intersections in Bay Ridge. The effect, as this photo of a curb on 18th Avenue and 84th Street in Bensonhurst shows, is to offer a wider area of space that is off-limits to cars. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

DOT extending curbs on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge

In an effort to give pedestrians a safer passage as they cross Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is extending the curbs at some of the busiest intersections along the avenue, according to Community Board 10 officials. … Full Article

State Sen. Marty Golden says technology shouldn’t keep the executor of a will from carrying out vital responsibilities.

Golden drafting bill to help executors access emails of deceased

A person who has died left behind a will designating a relative as the executor of his estate. But the deceased also did his banking and paid his bills online and never gave anyone his passwords. … Full Article

Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis has picked up support from law enforcement unions in the city in her re-election bid. Photo courtesy Malliotakis campaign

Malliotakis wins support from law enforcement unions

Cops are in Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis’ corner. The lawmaker was endorsed on Tuesday by the leaders of nearly all of the law enforcement unions in New York City. … Full Article

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, pictured at a debate last month in Bay Ridge, will go on trial in federal court on Feb. 2.

Grimm’s trial postponed until Feb. 2

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm learned on Tuesday that he will not go on trial in federal court in December, as originally scheduled. Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement of the Republican congress member’s criminal trial until Feb. … Full Article