Editorial: Our editorial board explains why our esteemed leaders must be questioned at all times — because they lie. Comments (2).

DUMBO: Brooklyn’s own Rafael Soler was snubbed at Saturday night’s Vendy Award ceremony, but that doesn’t mean our own editor, Gersh Kuntzman, had a bad time. With video … Comment.

Gowanus: Whole Foods now says it can’t build its supermarket at Third Avenue and Third Street without a development partner — but could that mean a shopping mall, businesses, housing? Comments (4).

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge’s so-called “Green Church” is now a verdant pile of rubble — so let the blame-casting begin! Comments (3).

Mean Streets: Major changes are coming to one of the worst intersections in Brooklyn — changes that would give pedestrians a leg up on cars for the first time in years. Comments (1).

Williamsburg Waterfront: Some Williamsburg residents aren’t shy about voicing their political leanings. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: It’s the same F-ing story at the crumbling Smith-Ninth Street station: repairs are going to cost more — much more — and take much longer. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: The nation now knows that “Joe the Plumber” is a myth. But Joe the plumber is real. Comment.

If a man hangs a pin-up calendar above his desk at work, he’s an ogre. If a woman does it, she’s a sexual trend-setter. Comment.

Politicrasher: Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery in “real America,” but in Park Slope, the liberal ladies who dressed up like Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday decided it’s definitely not sincere and it’s certainly not flattery. Comment.

Red Hook: The first year of the city’s tightened control of the vendors in Red Hook Park is drawing to a close this weekend and no one is happy with the results. Comment.

Cartoon: This week, our award-winning cartoonist Cristian Fleming looks at the imminent demise of Long Island College Hospital. Comment.

Music: You gotta hand it to One World Symphony. Where other classical music outfits are content to do the same old thing, One World’s evil genius maestro, Sung Jin Hong (pictured), has crafted a shrewdly sinister Halloween program at the St. Ann and the Holy Trinity church. Comments (1).

Event: George Shea, the P.T. Barnum of bile, the Bob Barker of barf, will be honored next Monday night by the freaks, geeks and other wonders of human curiosity at the Coney Island sideshow. “George turned a small event into an international sport on ESPN,” said Zigun, himself a connoisseur of publicity stunts. “I take all my hats off to him, including my derby and my straw.” Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag is full again — and features missives about our recent cover story about the decline of vegetarianism. Comment.

Theater: What if the American colonists didn’t rebel against England — until 2008? Comment.

Dining: Is the revitalization of Red Hook back on schedule? Consider the latest evidence: a former Van Brunt deli is now the upscale New American bistro Kevin’s — a sit-down eatery with a local feel. Comments (3).

Event: Picking up where we scarily left off last week, here are the rest of the events in our frightful fortnight of fun. Comment.

Bay Ridge: A horrifying uptick in burglaries has residents of one of the borough’s safest neighborhoods living in fear. Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge residents are urging shop owners to install see-through roll-down security gates — and are moving toward proposing an out-and-out ban if storeowners do not replace their solid metal shutters in favor of the fence-like guards. Comments (3).

Parenting: All the fun you could be having with your kids. Comment.

Correction: Our recent story, “Prospect Park no longer goes to the dogs” (Oct. 18), suggested that the newly installed “No dogs” signs barred leashed canines from the Long Meadow. In fact, the restrictions only apply to paths around the ballfields at the southern end of the meadow. Leashed dogs are still allowed on the grass at all hours and are allowed off-leash during specified hours. The Brooklyn Paper regrets the error. Comment.

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

Link: If it’s Wednesday, it’s Police Blotter day on BrooklynPaper.com. Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list.

Dooley Noted: Our columnist previews the annual Halloween Parade in Park Slope. Comment.

Boerum Hill: Residents of Dean Street are caught in the middle of a battle between the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Education that has left the area near PS 261 so filthy that some neighbors are tossing the school’s garbage bags back over the fence into the yard. Comments (2).

Mean Streets: A request to turn several Clinton Hill blocks into one-way streets hit a dead end amid vehement opposition from residents. Comment.

Downtown: A myriad of Downtown Brooklyn boosters rallied outside an empty and decrepit Metropolitan Transportation Authority office building on Jay Street on Monday to call for the cash-strapped agency to sell the building — but the MTA says it has a better idea. Comments (1).

Smartmom: If it’s Tuesday, it’s Smartmom day on BrooklynPaper.com. This week, we learn why Smartmom is not going to be a very good empty nester! Comments (1).

Gowanus: The stench of raw sewage in the Gowanus Canal may get worse before it gets any better. Comment.

Williamsburg Waterfront: A portion of the Williamsburg waterfront will open for public access later this month, giving residents of the park-starved neighborhood some of the open space that was promised under a contentious 2005 rezoning. Comment.

Fort Greene: The city has had 100 years to prepare for next month’s Prison Ship Martyrs Monument centennial, but workers are still racing to restore the centerpiece of Fort Greene Park to its former glory in time for the big day. Comment.

Podcast: Editor Gersh Kuntzman was about to break some big news in an exclusive Brooklyn Paper podcast, but all of a sudden, a special delivery changes the agenda in our DUMBO newsroom. Guess we’ll never find out what the actual “breaking” news story was. With video … Comments (1).

Development: Nerves about our collapsing national economy have finally sent jitters through Brooklyn’s real-estate market, with the number of property sales down more than 24 percent over the last three months — and the prices on those apartments and homes that did sell down almost four percent, a new report revealed this week. Comments (1).

Park Slope: A group of Park Slope activists are begging the MTA to make minor repairs at the dour Fourth Avenue subway station because they don’t believe that the cash-strapped transit agency will make good on its promise to fully renovate the station. Comments (4).