President Bush will send disaster relief funds to victims of the Aug. 8 storm that unleashed a tornado on Bay Ridge — but the White House is only sending the money to Queens, not Brooklyn. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: All of Hollywood is talking about the demise of A-list sweethearts Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams — but the pair’s Boerum Hill neighbors are much more interested in the real gossip: who will get the couple’s $3.5-million Dean Street brownstone! Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Reporters hoping that something explosive would happen at the opening of the Khalil Gibran International Academy on Tuesday were sorely disappointed: The school opened and there were no problems. Comment.

Red Hook: The Queen Mary 2 is a sinking ship when it comes to creating new jobs and revenue in New York, according to a report issued last week by an industry trade organization. Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: The White House has changed course and asked the Federal Emergency Management Administration to release relief funds to residents of Bay Ridge whose homes and cars were damaged in the Aug. 8 tornado, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comment.

The Hampton Jitney’s foray into Brooklyn — a daring three-month experiment for the Manhattan-centric luxury bus-line — has been declared a success and will be continued at least through January. Comments (2).

Downtown: A new International House of Pancakes restaurant is being slapped down on Livingston Street near Bond Street in Downtown. IHOP, as its fans know it, is popular nationwide for late-night service and cheap eats — but for now, we’ll skip the “Rooty Tooty Fresh ’N’ Fruity” breakfast in favor of the Lumberjack Breakfast at the nearby Carroll Gardens Classic Diner on Smith Street. The only other Brooklyn location for the California-based chain is on Ralph Avenue in distant Flatbush. Comment.

Why are Red Hook’s chickens getting a stage at Farm Aid? Comments (2).

Politics: Global warming is happening. The scientists say it, the mayor says it, and even the president is talking the talk. Now, one Brooklyn artist is walking the walk. Comment.

Downtown plan: Duffield Street homeowner Joy Chatel believes that if someone would just give her a chance to meet with Mayor Bloomberg, she could get him to abandon a longstanding plan to raze her home — which many historians believe was a stop on the Underground Railroad — to make way for a new park and an underground garage. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: More than 2,000 new housing units are in the works in Carroll Gardens and the gritty area east of the Gowanus Canal between Sackett and Fifth streets. But a growing number of naysayers want to slow the pace of development. Comment.

Brooklyn South: A tale of a landlord who may or may not have sniffed his tenant’s panties. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — tells the real story of the McCarren Park pool. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist uncovers a rash of stroller-jackings in Bay Ridge! Comment.

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hits the back room at Ricky’s and finds that she doesn’t even blush. Comments (1).

PS … I Love You: Our columnist weighs in on the blog war against Elementi, a new — and actually good — restaurant. Comments (1).

Greene Acres: Our columnist goes to a lecture by some old ladies and discovers that the so-called “good old days” weren’t so great. Comments (2).

Editorial: Two new reports show that Brooklyn’s leaders need to do more to attract visitors and keep them here long enough to spend their money. Comment.

Red Hook: Our cartoonist’s take. Comments (1).

Smartmom: Smartmom and her fellow mom-friends mark the opening day of school. Comment.

Letters: Somehow, our columnist’s anti-litter call angered some former Park Slopers — plus letters on Brooklyn hospitality, the late John Gallahue, plans for a rodeo in Prospect Park, President Bush’s slow response to the Bay Ridge tornado, a former brothel in Park Slope, and the fine work being done by our Bay Ridge reporter, Matthew Lysiak. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: In our back-to-school issue, The Paper sits down with a rising star principal Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: Threat? What threat? Comment.

Downtown: This summer has been no fruit smoothie for businesses along Pineapple Walk, thanks to the enormous blue scaffolding that transformed the once sunny pedestrian shopping strip into a forbidding, gloomy cave. Comment.

Bay Ridge: This may be Club Shadows’ last dance. On Aug. 22, the embattled Fourth Avenue nightclub’s plea offer was rejected by the State Liquor Authority who came back with an offer of its own — give up your liquor license or go to trial. Comment.

Fort Greene: Cafe Lafayette, whose reputation was poisoned after it popped up on a politician’s “dirtiest-restaurant” list two years ago, has cleaned up its act, yet remains on the verge of death. Comments (1).

Art: Local artist Dillon de Give has a new gimmick: TV sets broadcasting his quirky videos have popped up in three stores. Comment.

Judith Zuk, who ran the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for 15 years and was an influential botany educator and a lover of magnolias, died last week after a long struggle with breast cancer. She was 55. Comment.

Downtown: DUMBO goes to the mat to protect cobblestones. Comment.

Park Slope: It took months in a hot real-estate market, but Jennifer Kliegel has finally found a new home for her Park Slope Dance Studio — though it’s not technically in Park Slope anymore. Comment.

Park Slope: Roz Bayne is smiling again, now that Pizza Plus, her popular Seventh Avenue pie joint that was virtually destroyed by a fire in May, is back serving the masses. Comment.

Our former editor and his wife have a new baby! Read all about it. Comment.

Parenting: All the fun you and your family could be having. Comment.

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