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From left: Bay Ridge Counseling Center Senior Director Joseph Scotto, Jewish Board Senior Director of Government Relations Cara Berkowitz, state Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, Jewish Board Chief Executive Officer David Rivel, state Sen. Marty Golden and Jewish Board Executive Program Director of Community Services Rebecca Wulf.

The Jewish Board holds open house reception at the Bay Ridge Counseling Center

On Dec. 22, The Jewish Board’s volunteers, friends, staff and supporters gathered for an open house reception at the Bay Ridge Counseling Center, a facility that offers mental health services to people of all ages in the Bay Ridge community. … Full Article
 
New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox (center) has holiday wishes for local GOP district leaders Mary John (left) and Francenia Hall, as well as Brooklyn GOP Chairman Arnaldo Ferraro and his wife Jean Ferraro. Photo courtesy of Lucretia Regina-Potter

State GOP chairman parties with Brooklyn leaders

New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox came to the Brooklyn party’s headquarters in Bensonhurst to help new Brooklyn GOP Party Chairman Arnaldo Ferraro and his troops celebrate the holiday season. Ferraro, who was elected chairman of the Brooklyn Republican Party on Sept. … Full Article
 
Welcome to Dyker Heights and its magical lights. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Dyker nights, Dyker lights

Better than Christmas carols. You might chance upon the strains of electropop filling the air when you make your seasonal visit to the famed holiday decorations of Dyker Heights this year. … Full Article
 
At last year’s SAW event, artist Deanna Lee painted the window of Hair Culture at 7910 Fifth Ave. The blue waves could be waves of hair, but they could also be ocean waves, the artist said. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Storefront Art Walk looking for artists

Calling all Brooklyn artists! The people behind the Storefront Art Walk (SAW), the Bay Ridge exhibition that brings creative minds and merchants together, are looking for artists to take part in the 2016 show. … Full Article
 
The windows of the 79th Street apartment where the fire took place have been boarded up. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

FDNY probes fatal Bay Ridge house fire

The Fire Department is investigating to determine the cause of a deadly Bay Ridge fire that killed an elderly woman early Tuesday morning. The fire erupted at 434 79th St., a three-story apartment building, at around 1:30 a.m., authorities said. … Full Article
 
Assemblymember Dov Hikind says he sponsored the seminar because, “We can’t just sit back.” Photo courtesy of Hikind’s office

Hikind, NYPD, OEM hold counter-terrorism forum

Officials from the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Unit and the city’s Office of Emergency Management came to Borough Park to offer a presentation on how individuals should respond to a potentially deadly situation involving a shooter bent on killing multiple numbers of people … Full Article
 
Therese, Jacqueline and Colleen Gallagher made their school, Bishop Kearney High School, proud in city and state cross-country championship events. Photo courtesy of Bishop Kearney High School

Bishop Kearney students on fast track to success

Bishop Kearney High School track stars Therese, Jacqueline and Colleen Gallagher are proving that running can be a family activity. … Full Article
 
Dozens of volunteers from Adelphi Academy worked at the Little North Pole event outside attorney Joseph Mure Jr.’s Neponsit Beach home. Photos courtesy of Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn

Adelphi Academy students make Little North Pole come to life

Students and teachers from Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn traveled out to Neponsit Beach in Queens to help a school benefactor make holiday wishes come true for kids with diabetes. … Full Article
 
Jacqui Lopez, whose husband Luis Lopez, a police lieutenant, died from an illness related to his work at Ground Zero, pleaded with the government to pass an extension of the Zadroga Act. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Pols express relief at Zadroga Act extension

With a mixture of joy and relief, elected officials and advocates reacted to a vote by the House of Representatives to extend a federal program that provides health care for first responders who contracted cancer and other life-threatening illnesses after working at the World T … Full Article
 
Nicole Malliotakis, New York State chairman of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign, says she’s pleased a number of political leaders have come forward to endorse her candidate. Photo courtesy of Malliotakis

Kassar endorses Rubio for president

A number of prominent Republican and conservative party leaders in Brooklyn have endorsed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for president, according to Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, his New York state campaign chairman. … Full Article
 

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