By Ben Muessig
Podcast: On the same day that Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) admitted that he’d sired a child with his mistress, Brooklyn Democrats for Change gathered to endorse a candidate to take on the embattled, six-term congressman. But they couldn’t do it — an indication that the race has gotten more serious.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: A Brooklyn Angle exclusive: Gersh gets the prognosis from his doctor, Tom Lyon of Lutheran Medical Center.
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Podcast: Just two weeks after reporters at The Brooklyn Paper started posting quick-hit Podcasts on the award-winning BrooklynPaper.com Web site, our efforts were noticed by Gawker.com.
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By Ricky Barlin
Bay Ridge: Rep. Vito Fossella called the press to a hotel in Staten Island to address his Thursday morning drunk-driving arrest in Virginia. Here is the six-term congressman’s opening statement, as captured by BrooklynPaper.com cameraman Ricky Barlin.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
DUMBO: Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senor Editor Vince DiMiceli head for the new hot dog stand in DUMBO — but both big eaters are sorely disappointed when they get there. Watch how it all went down — or, in this case, didn’t! — on May 2, 2008 near our DUMBO offices.
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By Mike McLaughlin and Gersh Kuntzman
Development: It turns out that Forest City Ratner overstated a deal that it signed with that big Manhattan law firm, Weil, Gotshal. The white shoe firm just told BrooklynPaper.com that it will not be relocating its front office to Metrotech, but rather some back offices.
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Bay Ridge: Workers started digging up coffins at the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church — and The Brooklyn Paper’s Ben Muessig was there.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Bay Ridge’s Key Food, a fixture on Third Avenue and 95th Street, will close, leaving just one supermarket in the southern part of the neighborhood. Editor Gersh Kuntzman brings you all the drama.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: The Brooklyn Paper’s Web site, BrooklynPaper.com, has just been named one of the three best weekly-paper sites in the country by Editor and Publisher magazine. Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senor Editor Vince DiMiceli talk about the latest honors.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Following up on our controversial photo of two pigeons eating chicken parmagiana, The Brooklyn Paper presents this latest evidence that pigeons will eat anything: Here’s a rock dove on Fourth Street eating…a chicken wing! Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman brings you all the action.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman went to the Shredfest at J.J. Byrne Park in Park Slope on April 27, 2008 to destroy incriminating documents — and to shred the competition.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: His broken ankle finally healed, Editor Gersh Kuntzman is back on his bike, riding into work for the first time on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. How’s the ankle? Watch the podcast.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Muessig
Podcast: Vice president Dick Cheney will be in the city today, April 21, 2008, to endorse Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) for a sixth term. Will it help? Ben Muessig has the answer.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper senior reporter Mike McLaughlin has the scoop: Ikea’s Red Hook store will open early — on June 15, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman gets the low down on Tom Otterman’s new art installation on DUMBO’s grassy knoll!
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Muessig
Podcast: Gersh talks with newbie Brooklyn Paper reporter Ben Muessig about the fire at Gristedes on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Mike McLaughlin
Podcast: Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senior Reporter Mike McLaughlin give you the inside story on how Brooklyn councilmembers voted on the mayor’s “congestion pricing” plan. See the full story in this week’s Brooklyn Paper!
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