By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Federal disaster aid for residents of Bay Ridge who were pummeled by the Aug. 8 tornado is being held up until President Bush, who is on vacation in Texas for the rest of the month, decides whether he wants to release the funds.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: The death of Dyker Heights firefighter Joseph Graffagnino in Saturday’s massive Deutsche Bank blaze horrified an entire city, but also turned a typically raucous Third Avenue bar into an impromptu memorial this week.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge fatty Will Millender is still in the hunt on the new reality show “Fat March.” And you know what? He looks great!
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By Matthew Lysiak
Yellow Hooker: Our columnist is wary of the mayor’s new plan to send inspectors to every city street.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: A plan to build a new Home Depot and 214 units of housing atop a vacant Bay Ridge railyard moved a step closer to reality after gaining the approval of Borough President Markowitz last week.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Borough President Markowitz signed off on Century 21’s plan to turn an old bowling alley into a six-story parking garage.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Two men were attacked outside the V-Lounge, a popular Eighth Avenue nightclub, on Aug. 17 in a case that may have been racially motivated, police said.
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By Matthew Lysiak and Michael Giardina
Bay Ridge: Three men robbed a popular Third Avenue candy store on Aug. 19, but did nothing to conceal their identities as they fled — plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) scored a huge victory in his war against the Department of Sanitation last week when the city tightened the rules regarding how recycling violation summonses can be written.
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