Atlantic Yards: Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-project vowed to take their fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court hours after a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the developer on Friday morning. Comments (1).

Atlantic Yards: The City Council quashed a bid on Wednesday by two Brooklyn politicians to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in city and state subsidies from the Atlantic Yards mega-development. Comments (1).

Downtown: A Brooklyn Heights man — arrested last month for having an apartment filled with bombs that were discovered after he accidentally shot himself — was slapped with a 132-count indictment this week stemming from the explosives and his connection to a swastika graffiti attack in September. Comment.

Rezoning: City officials turned aside two parts of a Carroll Gardens Councilman’s three-pronged assault on supposed over-development this week — including the lawmaker’s bid for an immediate moratorium on new construction over 50 feet tall and a call to speed up a proposed downzoning. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: The Latin American food vendors in Red Hook Park will continue their struggle with the city to set up stands in a once-outcast location that became a weekend haven for foodies. Comment.

Regular passengers on the Sunset Park to Lower Manhattan ferry slammed New York Water Taxi for hastily announcing that it will suspend winter service on Jan. 31. Comments (3).

Smartmom: The owner of Union Hall, the Union Street bocce bar popular with hipsters, rockers and new moms, has changed his mind after a week of criticism for his hastily announced “No kids allowed” policy. Comments (11).

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist is cheating on his doctor. No wonder! The doctor didn’t even call him back when he complained of “considerable pain.” Comments (1).

Letters: Our mailbag is filled with letters about a failed development plan on Amity Street; a proposed tower in DUMBO; bus routes through the Battery, Brooklyn Bridge “Park”; Patrick Stewart, the actor; and PrattStore’s new framing business. Comment.

Politics: Voters across the political spectrum tell why they support their man (or woman). Comment.

Politics: Meet Erica Sattin. She’s smart. She’s young. She’s opinionated. So why can’t she make up her mind about which Democrat to support on Tuesday? Comments (1).

Politics: Brooklyn Republicans — yes, they exist! — are determined to not go down with Rudy Giuliani’s sinking ship. Comment.

Politics: The city can now penalize business owners for leaving circulars and menus on the doorsteps of homeowners who’ve explicitly said they don’t want them, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Spitzer on Tuesday. Comment.

Development: The Hotel Bossert, the swanky Brooklyn Heights building that was the site of the Dodgers’ knock-down, drag-out World Series victory party in 1955 and, more recently, has served as a dormitory for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is on the block. Comments (18).

Bay Ridge: The owner of a suspected steroid mill in Bay Ridge killed himself in an office above his Third Avenue drugstore on Monday night, leaving a note that begged for forgiveness for his role in selling the illegal muscle-builders. Comments (2).

A grief-stricken Windsor Terrace woman was reunited with her beloved Maltese pup on Wednesday — a full week after thieves broke into her apartment and stole the only valuable that mattered: her dog. Comment.

Park Slope: The 2nd Street Cafe, an 11-year veteran of Park Slope’s brunch scene, has folded, a victim, its owner said, of falling revenue and rising rent. Comment.

Downtown: The neighborhood that brought you solar-powered Christmas decorations now wants to take green living to the next level. Comments (1).

Carroll Gardens: A Red Hook moving company is breaking away from the competition by taking the dirty out of the dirty work. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Parents at PS 185 are angry about a new cellphone antenna that was just installed on a neighboring building. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A Boerum Hill community group is going postal about declining service at the Atlantic Avenue branch. Comment.

All the important meetings you should be going to. Comments (2).

Parenting: All the action for you and your kids! Comment.

In the spirit of encouraging a free exchange of ideas, The Brooklyn Paper makes this space available to our readers. Comments (1).