February 23, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 8
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Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008

Boy wonder

Carroll Gardens: Three teens robbed and attacked a 10-year-old boy on the corner of Clinton and Union streets. Plus the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (1).

Bell tolls for the Gowanus

Carroll Gardens: The dream of a Gowanus Canal lined with homes and esplanades instead of oil companies and junkyards took a step forward as a developer of suburban McMansions unveiled its vision for a 447-unit development that actually uses the fetid canal as a selling point. Comments (4).

Parents win: Education Department agrees not to add charter school to Red Hook’s PS 15

Parenting: Falling to an aggressive political assault by parents, teachers and even the widow of a beloved former principal, the Department of Education caved this week, agreeing not to sandwich a charter school into Red Hook’s PS 15. Comments (8).