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Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

Stableton?!

By Mike McLaughlin
Kensington: Residents of a seven-square-block micro-neighborhood south of Prospect Park are succeeding in their quest to have the community renamed “Stable Brooklyn” — yes, that’s the name of the neighborhood, not the local bumper-sticker slogan. Comments (4).

Pawns in the game of love

By Sarah Portlock
Event: Finally, a place where you can check out potential mates while also check-mating them. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008

Brooklyn Museum gives a huge gift to the Met

By Zeke Faux
Prospect Heights: Say au revoir to Christian Dior! The cash-strapped Brooklyn Museum is shipping its storied couture collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan to save money. Comments (1).

Neighborhood killed the video store

By Sarah Portlock
The Brooklyn Paper / Allyse Pulliam
Park Slope: Video Free Brooklyn will go out of business at the end of the week, following a rocky 10 months in Park Slope. The owner blames “the collapse of everything.” Comments (3).

A mildly considerate thief

By Evan Gardner
Park Slope: This thief didn’t break through the window — he gently removed it. Plus all the other crime news (and there wasn’t too much of it this week) from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

It’s plane noisy

By Sarah Portlock
Park Slope: Park Slopers are sick and tired of the airplane noise roaring overhead — and now they’re issuing demands! Comments (6).

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

The signs are right in South Slope

By Moses Jefferson
The Brooklyn Paper / Julie Rosenberg
Park Slope: Despite the economy, work continues at two key eateries on Seventh Avenue in the South Slope, including Hanco’s Vietnamese Sandwiches at the corner of 10th Street, and Brook–vin, the new wine bar between 11th and 12th streets. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008

Cat burglars declawed

By Zeke Faux
Prospect Heights: Two would-be burglars are collared. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.
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