Brooklyn Paper News Headlines Archive for July 23, 2009

Update! Parks Dept. will go after the dirty birds!

Meadows of Shame

Park trashers speak! ‘We were going to clean, honest!’

By Gersh Kuntzman

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Our readers debate: Who is to blame for trash in the park?

By Brooklyn Paper

This is a cartoon of a crying squirrel.

Meadows of Shame

Pick up your trash!

By Brooklyn Paper

The real blame for ‘Meadows of Shame’

Meadows of Shame

The real blame for ‘Meadows of Shame’

By Cristian Fleming

The Olympics are coming to Park Slope

The Olympics are coming to Park Slope

By Meredith Deliso By Meredith Deliso

Life’s a picnic — with the Go Brooklyn field guide, that is

Arts & Entertainment

Life’s a picnic — with the Go Brooklyn field guide, that is

By Thomas Nocera and Jared Foretek

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Subway

The Oh So Feisty One’s not-so-excellent adventure

By Louise Crawford

Atlantic antics! Yards hearing goes haywire!

Atlantic antics! Yards hearing goes haywire!

By Mike McLaughlin

What the ’Nell is going on?

Red Hook

Red Hook says ‘Adios’ as LeNell seeks B and B (and B) in Mexico

By Mike McLaughlin

Fin-tastic! Girl wins fishing contest for first time ever!

Sports

Fin-tastic! Girl wins fishing contest for first time ever!

By Jared Foretek

This is a cartoon version of a woman holding a baseball bat with a ball cap on.

Sports

Cyclones take the nightcap

By Gersh Kuntzman

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Politics

They’re off! Fields are set for September primaries — and The Brooklyn Paper is there

By Mike McLaughlin and Ben Muessig

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

Greenwood Heights

Pig iron! Porky animal sacrifice dumped at cemetery gate

By Ben Muessig

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