All the important meetings you should be going to. Comment.

Downtown: Curiosity almost killed a cat named Dolphin last week when the feisty feline went on the lam in DUMBO. But Dolphin is now back in her Jay Street home. Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: Will the Alpine Cinema — saved last year in a much-celebrated transaction — ever return to its former glory? Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: An elite anti-terror response team focused on chemical, biological, and radiological attacks will soon be stationed at Fort Hamilton — as long as some final hurdles are cleared. Comment.

Downtown: The grimy Pearl Street triangle is about to get a sprucing up by the city. Comment.

Park Slope: Want a book? You could go to the library, or you could walk two steps further and see Skibo. Comment.

Park Slope: Here’s some news that will have Brooklyn readers cheering: The Brooklyn Public Library’s $16-million renovation is almost done. Comment.

Downtown: A dirt-filled truck overturned on Cadman Plaza West on Tuesday morning, stopping traffic, but not halting landscaping work at the apartment tower at 75 Henry St. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Local officials want the city to test the soil at a Boerum Hill playground that federal officials say rests atop toxic waste before moving forward with a proposed makeover. Comment.

Park Slope: A city proposal to put bike lanes on both sides of Ninth Street in Park Slope is looking unstoppable. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Bensonhurst residents had a simple reaction to a new report that the air in their neighborhood was filthy: Tell me something I don’t know. “You can feel the thickness,” said John Fruente, 15-year resident of 25th Avenue. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist tells a great Memorial Day story about America’s real hero soldiers. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist visits with a legendary Park Slope artist. Comment.

Letters: Letters from our Stoop readers. Comment.

Letters: Lots of letters about our Arabic language and culture school coverage — plus more mail on Atlantic Yards and litter. Comment.

Park Slope: Last week provided Park Slopers with an object lesson in why they need to guard their personal papers as at least three people reported identity thefts that resulted in losses of thousands of dollars, cops said. Comment.

Park Slope: A man and woman pulled the old distraction trick at a popular Japanese restaurant on May 16 and walked out with more than $600 in cash and goods — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope! Comment.

Fort Greene: A robber asks for dough — and he’s not looking for bread. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Comment.

Park Slope: The peaceful vibe of a Park Slope street festival was shattered on Sunday, when a brawl erupted outside a Mexican restaurant, leaving a man bleeding on the floor and three men arrested for assault, said police. Comment.

Downtown: A well-dressed man robs a Downtown store — plus all the other crime news from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Rapper Method Man is busted with pot — plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill. Comment.

Brooklyn South: Two gardening centers fight a war of the roses in Red Hook. Comment.

Bay Ridge: A bride-to-be has her handbag stolen in Bay Ridge — plus all the local crime news! Comment.

Cinema: The Brooklyn International Film Festival enters its 10th year. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom sees a rare bird and learns about being a better mother. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Bay Ridge: It’s neighbor against neighbor on 87th Street, where one man is building a 60-foot wall. Comment.

Music: Indie rock pioneer Calvin Johnson makes his way to Brooklyn. Comment.

Dining: Park Slope’s crusader for breast cancer awareness, Lenore Arons, has now cajoled 14 local restaurants into donating a portion of one night’s profits to the fight against the dread disease. Comment.

Fort Greene: The city is investigating whether to discipline a high-school football coach who allegedly kicked two youth soccer teams off a city-owned field two weekends in a row. Comments (3).

Dining: GO’s guide to the best outdoor eats in town. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: A new art show on nannies gets our guest columnist thinking about their role in our neighborhood. Comment.

Fashion: This summer, take advantage of all Brooklyn has to offer and pack yourself a stylish and totally local beach bag before you leave the house. Comment.

Fort Greene: The rich guys at Goldman Sachs get dirty at Fort Green Park. Comment.

Park Slope: The Park Slope Civic Council wants to reduce by half the number of free newspapers available on a busy street corner, claiming that newspaper boxes are unattractive and a nuisance. Comment.

Beach bums beware, being a shady lady can pay off. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: It may be National Dog Bite Prevention Week, but local mail carriers are on step ahead of their canine enemies: they’re armed with Mace! Comments (1).

Downtown: A three-quarters-empty Hampton Jitney made its maiden voyage from Brooklyn to Montauk last week — yet despite the low turnout, the busride was a resounding success for at least one reason: no one had to travel with “snooty Hamptonites,” one customer said. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Mail scammers who tricked a Bay Ridge woman out of nearly $10,000 went after a bigger fish this week — the woman’s congressman, Rep. Vito Fossella. Comment.

Cyclones: Normally, the only exercise Brooklyn Cyclones beat reporters get is from tapping on keyboards and stuffing their craws with free food in the press box — but on June 2, they’ll find out what life between the foul lines is really like. Comment.

Dining: Carniceria chef Alex Garcia chats about his past and his future. Comment.

Fort Greene: Brooklyn pet owners must think their animal companions are just talentless slobs. How do we know? No one has entered his dog or cat or bird in the borough’s first-ever animal talent show! Comment.

Fort Greene: The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAM Rose Cinema, the only movie house in Fort Greene, is raising prices to $11, making admission among the most expensive in the city. Comment.

Dining: Cobble Hill’s Hibino is on a roll. Comment.

Downtown: About four dozen Downtown residents, historians and preservationists roundly slammed a city plan to seize 22 lots by eminent domain to make room for a park and underground parking lot — and they focused their anger on an ironically named city official: Jack Hammer of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Comment.

Fitness: One of our ad salesmen — overweight, tired, burnt out — signs up for the “Boot Camp Challenge” in hopes of saving his life. Check out the “Before” pictures! Comment.

With city’s swimming holes closed ‘til nearly July, how can Brooklynites keep cool? Comment.

Politics: A Brooklyn lawmaker has persuaded Mayor Bloomberg to make a three-point turn and require the city’s smoke-belching taxi fleet to be fully replaced with fuel-efficient hybrids by 2012. Comment.

Here’s a story about a man with a five-inch-long nipple hair. Don’t laugh — it’s about to be a Guinness-verified world record! Comments (1).

During a press conference on Tuesday, The Brooklyn Paper asked Mayor Bloomberg why the city’s plan for redeveloping the state-owned Hudson Rail Yards is going through a distinctly different process than Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development in Prospect Heights. Comment.

Mayor Bloomberg was in Brooklyn twice this week, fueling speculation that he was running for president. Turns out, he’s not. Comment.

Politics: Borough President Markowitz is back from his free, six-day ride on the Queen Mary 2 — but don’t worry, it’s all legit, according to the city. Normal people pay up to $23,399 for the transatlantic crossing, but Markowitz got his for free because he talked about Brooklyn tourism while on board. Comment.

No wonder you’re reading this online: BrooklynPaper.com just received an award from a national newspaper trade group. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Our editorial on the politically motivated purge of community board members by Borough President Markowitz. The board members dared question the Atlantic Yards mega-development of Markowitz buddy Bruce Ratner. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Nine community board members were purged by Borough President Markowitz because they didn’t toe his Atlantic Yards line, raising questions about the future independence of the city’s most local governmental forum. Comment.