Boerum Hill: The battle between the congregation at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the church’s governing body could soon shift from the kingdom of heaven to a New York court. Comment.

Page 1: There’s no reason to wait until Friday for The Brooklyn Paper’s award-winning print edition to show up a various drop points all over town. Click the above link for all of the news, arts, features and calendars that make our paper so juicy. This week, check out our analysis of Mayor Bloomberg’s re-election victory (hint: half of Brooklyn doesn’t like this guy), our coverage of helicopter noise and our review of the big new show at St. Ann’s. It’s all in your Brooklyn Paper — keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

Politics: Mayor Bloomberg rolled to a third term on Tuesday, but he didn’t win Brooklyn. Comments (14).

Election: The Oracle was a shill! Comments (7).

For a moment, Mike Bruno thought he had hooked a contender in the final week of the inaugural Brooklyn Fishing Derby. Comments (1).

Saturday night’s annual Park Slope Halloween parade was a big success — even with a new route that took all the ghouls, ghosts and other very scary monsters (see far right) to Fifth Avenue for the first time. Our photographers caught some of the best costumes including (from left) a Heath Ledger–inspired Joker, a butterfly, a li’l pumpkin, a guy channelling Dennis Hopper in “Easy Rider” and our own editor, Gersh Kuntzman, who led the parade in a dress. Alas, that’s not a costume. Comments (1).