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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Summer of fizzle

Coney Island: Coney Island’s “Summer of Hope” has gone from sizzler to fizzler. Comments (3).

Love and skate

Theater: Growing up in Bensonhurst, actress Kerry Butler roller-skated like any other kid, but when the time came to strap on skates for “Xanadu,” the Broadway production in which she plays the lead role of Kira, it wasn’t so easy anymore. Comments (1).

Another one bites the dust?

Bay Ridge: For Bay Ridge’s so-called “Faith Avenue,” the end is near. Comment.

From crack house to your house; drug bust will lead to auction on 93rd

Bay Ridge: Cops closed down two Bay Ridge crack houses last month, but the 93rd Street drug dens might remain the best places in the neighborhood to get a deal. Comment.

‘Sixth’ sense; final suspect nabbed

Bay Ridge: Cops apprehended a sixth suspected drug dealer who had been on the lam since a June 20 raid on two alleged crack houses on 93rd Street. Comment.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

GOP outsider is in; But they keep pushing him back out

Bay Ridge: A former Republican Assemblyman who was driven out of power by his GOP rivals four years ago has been ushered back into the fold as the party’s official choice to represent Bay Ridge and Staten Island in Congress. Comment.

Can you steal me now? Thugs grab phones in daylight

Bay Ridge: A big time cellphone heist — plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.

He didn’t want work — so they stabbed him!

Bensonhurst: A man standing on a corner is stabbed — plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.
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