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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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! Comment.

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

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

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

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

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

Carroll Gardens: They say the neon lights are bright on Smith Street — but looking at them just gives locals the blues. But not for long. American Apparel has agreed to turn off its lights at night. 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.

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

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

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

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

Letters: Letters from our Stoop readers. 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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. 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.

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

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.

Parenting: A full weekend’s worth of fun for parents and kids. Comment.

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