By Sarah Portlock
The Brooklyn Paper / Sebastian Kahnert
Downtown: The feds giveth and then the feds taketh away.
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By Michael Lipkin
DUMBO: A penguin lover proposes to a woman in a DUMBO penguin store. This is a love story for the ages!
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By Sarah Portlock
Downtown: Talk about getting kicked while you’re down: A punk stole a Boerum Hill man’s cellphone on June 21 as the victim lay unconscious in the street after a cyclist hit him. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
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By Adam Rathe
Music: Beginning July 10, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will pack a whole season’s worth of programming into one long weekend.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Downtown: The controversial deal to turn the independent Polytechnic University into a part of New York University has been approved by the state, the final arbiter on the merger.
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By Sarah Portlock
Downtown: Cops arrested two thugs in Brooklyn Heights after they beat up a man and tried to steal his wallet on June 22. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Brooklyn Heights: The Garment District is for clothing, the Diamond District is for jewelry, and Montague Street is for cellphones? Apparently so, now that AT&T is moving to Monty.
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By Sarah Portlock
Downtown: A cook at Junior’s Restaurant turned shellfish — stealing lobsters from the Downtown institution, cops said.
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