September 13, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 36
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Thursday, Sep. 11, 2008
White collars want golden glove green light
DUMBO: Ordinary Brooklynites are fighting for the right to fight. Comment.
DUMBO is rejoined! Mr Bloomberg tore down that wall
DUMBO: Now that the city has rejoined the two halves of DUMBO by return turning a long-blocked road to the public, it’s time to look at customs and cultures on each side of the hip neighborhood in our first-ever East DUMBO vs. West DUMBO tale of the tape. Comment.
Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2008
A state Senate upset
Brooklyn Heights: Newcomer Daniel Squadron beats 30-year incumbent Marty Connor. Comments (1).
Hey, Marty! Pass the pickles — and let’s gut term limits
Downtown: Here’s our photo op of the week — all five borough presidents (who are they again?) dining with our own Beep, Marty Markowitz, at Junior’s on Monday. Comments (1).
Got something to say? Let’s hear it
Art: In one of the noisiest parts of DUMBO — the Pearl Street Triangle — two local artists will soon establish an oratory oasis: a “speaker’s corner,” where people can stand on soapboxes and rant and rave, or just talk to their hearts’ content. Comments (1).
Glass acts
Brooklyn Heights: Cops have narrowed their search for two perps who smash car windows in DUMBO. Plus all the other crime news from DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.
Deli-vered! It’s a sandwich shop for Court St.
Dining: Downtown Brooklynites will be unsuspecting guinea pigs at a new deli on Court Street: the Italian-sounding F. Martinella delicatessen near State Street is actually a retail concept store for the Boar’s Head cold-cut conglomerate. Comments (1).
Seamus O’Toole, Montague Street tavern legend, 58
Brooklyn Heights: Seamus O’Toole, the co-owner of the beloved Brooklyn Heights bar and restaurant Eamonn’s and a de facto “Mayor of Montague Street,” has died. He was 58. Comment.
Tuesday, Sep. 9, 2008
Mr. Bloomberg tore down this wall!
DUMBO: Long-divided DUMBO was reunited on Monday when the city finally reopened a walkway under the Manhattan Bridge overpass to pedestrian traffic. Comment.
