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Arts & Entertainment

48th annual Brighton Jubilee draws thousands for food, culture and community celebration

By Robert Pearl

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News

Campaign to honor beloved barber Jack Skolnick with street co-naming underway in Brighton Beach

By Olivia Seaman

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Politics

NYC Primaries | Meet the candidates running in Council District 48

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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News

Sun and surf return as Brooklyn’s beaches open for swimming on May 24

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Arts & Entertainment

Brighton Beach honors NYPD, celebrates culture at annual Family Fun Day

By Robert Pearl

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News

‘It’s not a party’: Brighton Beach Pride embraces themes of resistance ahead of May 10 parade

By Matt Tracy

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Business

TD Bank celebrates new Brighton Beach branch with weekend-long grand opening

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Arts & Entertainment

‘A fight for freedom everywhere’: Brighton Beach gala highlights Brooklyn’s solidarity with Ukraine

By Robert Pearl

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Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn takes the spotlight as Brighton Beach-based film ‘Anora’ sweeps the Academy Awards

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Arts & Entertainment

Freedom Gala for Ukraine to mark three years since Russian invasion at historic Brighton Beach theater

By Robert Pearl

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Politics

Stephen Chan celebrates historic win at State Senate swearing-in ceremony

By Lauren Rapp

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Brighton Beach drivers, pols pan city over lack of enforcement at municipal parking lot

By Adam Daly

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News

‘Victory over darkness’: Brighton Beach menorah lighting brings hope on first night of Hanukkah

By Lauren Rapp

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Brooklyn DA cracks down on crypto scams targeting Russian community

By Lauren Rapp

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Food & Drink

New American eatery with Eastern European flair, Breva, opens on Brighton Beach boardwalk

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

Southern Brooklyn toy drive brings holiday joy to Ukrainian Children

By Brooklyn Paper

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Politics

Razor-thin margin: Republican incumbent Michael Novakhov leads Joey Cohen-Saban in tight race for 45th Assembly District

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Politics

Republican Alec Brook-Krasny poised for re-election in 46th Assembly District, Chris McCreight concedes

By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil

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Arts & Entertainment

Brighton Beach seniors get glam for ‘Your Highness Grandmother’ pageant

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price

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E-bike battery fire kills 69-year-old man, injures two others in Brighton Beach

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

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