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New York City Council Members Jumaane D. Williams (D-Flatbush) and Lewis A. Fidler (D-Southeast Brooklyn) have set forth to combat illegal gambling in New York City, in general and Brooklyn specifically. … Full Article

Brooklyn residents lost the B37 bus three years ago, when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority eliminated the Bay Ridge to downtown Brooklyn bus line. … Full Article

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a bomb scare -- an apparent prank that hit Bay Ridge several days ago, police said. … Full Article

Should taxpayers be obligated to pay for candidates to run for political office? At a Bay Ridge rally Wednesday night organizers called a “Rally for Fair Elections,” dozens of people answered a resounding “yes” to that question. … Full Article

Confidential student records could wind up in the wrong hands, violating youngsters’ privacy, because of a move by New York State to open school files to certain organizations, a parent panel is warning.  … Full Article

The ballroom of the Bay Ridge Manor looked like the dress department at Macy’s on Tuesday, as scores of teenage girls arrived to pick out the elegant dresses they would wear to the senior prom. … Full Article

Residents on one Bay Ridge block, whose nerves might have been jittery in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, had even more reason to be frightened when someone left what looked like a bomb on the front porch of a house on April 17.  … Full Article

It was exactly one year ago that the Poly Prep Blue Devils' varsity baseball team was shaking out of a middling start to what would ultimately become its second straight New York State Independent Schools Championship season. … Full Article

Members of an elite anti-terror unit from Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton Army Base were deployed to Boston to assist in the recovery effort following the horrific April 15 bombing, a lawmaker has revealed. … Full Article

If you had $1 million, how would you spend it? … Full Article