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North Brooklyn archive

Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Choco-holic! This moonshine’s chock full of cocoa

By Kate Briquelet
Dining: When life gives you leftover cocoa husks, make chocolate moonshine! Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012

Comedian tells Brooklyn what it’s like having agoraphobia

By Juliet Linderman
Books: Not only did Sara Benincasa conquer her agoraphobic fear of leaving her apartment — she became a standup comedian, and wrote a whole book about it. Comments (2).

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012

NYPD grilled for Lefevre investigation

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: The mother of a deceased Bushwick cyclist blasted police at a tense City Council hearing on Wednesday for failing to thoroughly investigate the hit-and-run accident that took her son’s life four months ago. Comments (7).

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Teen killed in grocery store parking lot

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comments (3).

Ruffians attack man on Bedford Avenue L train platform

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comments (2).

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Greenpoint’s fart factory could be built with nabe’s cleanup cash

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: A power company might turn Brooklyn’s farts into fuel by using money the state promised to spend cleaning up Greenpoint, a city environmental insider revealed. Comments (4).

In a neighborhood of condos, condoms

By Kate Briquelet
Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet
Williamsburg: Williamsburg’s hot dog king is doling out a different kind of sausage casing for Valentine’s Day. Comments (1).

Bushwick hospital bails from $450-million merger plan

By Aaron Short
Bushwick: A $450-million state plan to merge three ailing Brooklyn hospitals could be in jeopardy because a financially troubled Bushwick health center refuses to sign off on the proposal and lose its independence. Comments (2).

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Booze at Smorgasburg? Not yet, says W’burg civic group

By Aaron Short
Dining: The Williamsburg food festival Smorgasburg wants to add alcohol to the menu — but neighborhood leaders put that plan on ice. Comments (14).

City closes W’burg’s PS 19; Community calls it a ‘travesty’

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: A Department of Education panel voted 9–4 to close the Roberto Clemente School during a highly charged five-hour meeting at Brooklyn Technical High School on Thursday night, ending the run of a primary school that served Williamsburg’s Latino population for generations. Comments (3).
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