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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Saturday, May 31, 2008

‘Super’ opera

By Adam Rathe
Music: Traditionally, opera doesn’t require much technology. There are no microphones, and lights are about all you need. But at the Regina Opera, the Dyker Heights–based belter’s brigade, high-tech “Super title” equipment has been installed to project an English translation of the librettos above the stage. Comment.

Spaces everywhere, but no place to park

By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper / Sebastian Kahnert
Bay Ridge: Teachers at a Bensonhurst-area school are in open revolt against a plan to take their parking lot and turn it into a new park. Comment.

Cropsey’s new light reviewed

By Sebastian Kahnert
Bensonhurst: A new traffic light on Cropsey Avenue is annoying drivers — and pleasing pedestrians. Comments (1).

Quick(er) fix for Verrazano

By Ben Muessig
Bay Ridge: Repairs of the Staten Island–bound lanes of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge could be completed before July 4, two months earlier than expected and more than a year ahead of schedule, state officials announced this week. Comment.

Victory loses emergency

By Ben Muessig
Bay Ridge: Victory Memorial Hospital’s emergency room became an “urgent care center” on May 22, bringing the ailing Dyker Heights hospital one step closer to its scheduled June 30 shutdown. Comments (1).

You’re fired?

By Marie Cunningham
Bay Ridge: Someone stole $5,000 from a Fifth Avenue car dealership — and the three employees who had the only access to the cash say they didn’t do it. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

He’s the McMahon

By Mike McLaughlin
Bay Ridge: Democratic party leaders from Brooklyn and Staten Island anointed Staten Island Councilman Mike McMahon as their chosen candidate for the congressional seat spanning the two boroughs that is being vacated by disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella. Comments (1).
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