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• Non-kissing cousins! Deutsch fighting challenge from family member!

  15-06-2017 22:55
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyWell, at least it’s all in the family.Community Board 14 member Kalman Yeger, who announced last week he is running for the Council, is slamming his cousin-in-law and competitor for the seat, incumbent Councilman Chaim Deutsch, claiming he makes too much money from his private real estate to be an effective member of the city’s legislative body.“He’s one of the few council members who earns an outside incom
  
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• Thursday Leads Punk/Emo Revival (Not That it Was Ever Dead) Through Northside Festival

  15-06-2017 21:40 via bkmag.com
  
  Geoff Rickly walked to McCarren Park from his apartment to close out Northside Festival 2017 on Sunday. Rickly, the lead singer of post-hardcore band Thursday, has lived in Greenpoint for years, and he took the opening minutes of Thursday’s set to gush about his neighborhood and praise the way it embraces diversity. He also took some time to celebrate the diversity of the Northside lineup, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to play the same stage as Kamasi Washington and Miguel. Two
  
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• The Best Bites From the Fourth Annual Taste of Bushwick

  15-06-2017 19:39 via bkmag.com
  
  How many notable local food and drink businesses can you pack into a Boar’s Head distribution facility? According to the Fourth Annual Taste of Bushwick festival, four dozen and counting.
  Once again, by showcasing the area’s small batch bakers, microbrewers and, yes, Michelin-starred chefs, the event convincingly chronicled the neighborhood’s steady culinary rise. And through a series of standout dishes, the following participants definitely did the ‘Wick proud.
  Guadalupe
  
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• These Brooklyn high schoolers and scholarship recipients are going on to big things

  15-06-2017 18:59
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyFort GreeneCheers and kudos to the seven super-smart seniors at Brooklyn Technical High School who were this year’s recipients of the UFT-Albert Shanker College Scholarships.
  The outstanding grads from the borough of churches included Krishna Roy of Kensington, Bing Chen of Sunset Park, Sandy Jean-Charles of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and Jimmy Xie of Bensonhurst. The other three students, Emily Cheng, Tamanna Hussein, and
  
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• Celebrating Ourselves With Girlpool

  15-06-2017 18:12 via bkmag.com
  
  Cleo Tucker wanted to know if I was going to the show. “The new Lexie is incredible,” they assured me, “I mean, Greta in general is incredible.”
  “Greta” is Greta Kline, who performs spacey diaristic songs in minute-long chunks as the wistful Frankie Cosmos. “Lexie” is the new outfit she has put together with members of the punkish Atlanteans in Warehouse. “The show” is tonight’s sold-out Northside Festival set at Williamsburg&rsqu
  
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• Your Ideal Week: June 15-21, it’s time for the Mermaid Parade

  15-06-2017 16:33
  
  Don’t you feel better, just looking at the ocean? Photo: Kate Hooker
  It’s Thursday, which means we’ve got less than 36 hours until the weekend is here, and I don’t know about you all, but I am fired up about it! This week has felt particularly long, not in small part due to the fact that I wrenched my neck and shoulder last Sunday during my annual “carry the A/C up from the basement by myself because it is suddenly far too hot to go another minute without it and I
  
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• TNT Backstory Studio Celebrates Claws Premiere at Kinfolk 90

  15-06-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  To celebrate the premiere of their new series Claws on June 11, TNT threw a day long party spotlighting female artists and creators at Kinfolk 90 last weekend.Photo cred: Jon Simmons 
  TNT collaborated with nail artist Lady Fancy Nails to offer complimentary manicures all day, with five custom designs to choose from, inspired by characters on the show. Hot Girls Eating Pizza dropped in to host a pizza party, with pizza from Sizzle Pie and chill, summery beats spinning all
  
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• These Brooklyn high schoolers and scholarship recipients are goign on to big things

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyFort GreeneCheers and kudos to the seven super-smart seniors at Brooklyn Technical High School who were this year’s recipients of the UFT-Albert Shanker College Scholarships.
  The outstanding grads from the borough of churches included Krishna Roy of Kensington, Bing Chen of Sunset Park, Sandy Jean-Charles of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and Jimmy Xie of Bensonhurst. The other three students, Emily Cheng, Tamanna Hussein, and
  
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• Non-kissing cousins! Deutsch fighting chellenge from family member!

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyWell, at least it’s all in the family.Community Board 14 member Kalman Yeger, who announced last week he is running for the Council, is slamming his cousin-in-law and competitor for the seat, incumbent Councilman Chaim Deutsch, claiming he makes too much money from his private real estate to be an effective member of the city’s legislative body.“He’s one of the few council members who earns an outside incom
  
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• Mer-made to party: Where to go after the Mermaid Parade

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe sirens will be going all night!Brooklyn’s beloved Mermaid Parade will launch this Saturday afternoon at 1 pm — but once it wraps up three hours later, the party is not over! Once the floats, marching bands, antique cars, Queen Mermaid Deborah Harry, and more than 1,000 mer-men and women have traveled down Surf Avenue for the 35th Annual Mermaid Parade, the many participants and watchers will all want a place to par
  
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• Kids at IS 218 create better tomorrow with science fair

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyEast New YorkCheers to the children at the Police Athletic League Beacon IS 218 after-school program for participating in the seventh annual Science Fair.
  More than 100 fourth-through-eighth-grade students from league centers from around the city explored the theme “Creating a Better Tomorrow” by conducting experiments and sharing their findings on ways to conserve the Earth. Topics included the science behind decomp
  
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• It’s grrr-eat! Local fifth-graders write, publish rescued tiger’s tale

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey gave children’s book a whole new meaning.Fifth-graders at a Park Slope public school wrote, illustrated, and published a storybook based on the true-life tale of a tiger that fascinated the world after she was left for dead, rescued, and successfully returned to the wild — and the amateur authors’ book is the real deal, according to a wildlife expert who helped with the project.“They didn’t sugar
  
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• Healthy buzz! Spiked smoothie bowls intoxicate Ft. Greene foodies

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey’re drunk on wellness!
  A Fort Greene cafe serving off-the-menu boozy smoothie bowls offers patrons a one-stop-shop to eat better — and get drunk while doing so — according to the dish’s creators.
  “Often times you don’t do wellness and drinking at the same time, but I don’t understand why,” said Gabby Mann, the owner of Baba Cool on Lafayette Avenue and S. Elliott Place.
  The concoct
  
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• Food on view: Cecconi’s opens on Dumbo waterfront

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperSalute!A swanky new Italian eatery is now offering high-end pasta and amazing views of the waterfront in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Cecconi’s, which opened on Tuesday, will give locals and tourists alike a new spot to celebrate a milestone, or simply kick back and relax with a drink as they take in its stellar sights, said its executive chef.
  “It’s a place for special occasions and it’s a place for the everyday,&r
  
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• Bomba-astic! Sunset Park parade celebrates Puerto Rican pride

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyTalk about a celebración!Brooklyn Boricuas celebrated their island roots at the Sunset Park Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 11. The Caribbean celebration reached its three-year milestone — after a 20-year drought of processions without permits— with a watershed moment for the borough’s Puerto Rican community, said one parade volunteer.
  “It’s definitely legitimizing to the Puerto Ricans in th
  
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• Bishop Kearney senior wins ‘Police Commissioner for a Day’

  15-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBensonhurstCommish for a dayBishop Kearney High School senior Jenna Fiordimondo was selected the winner for the “Police Commissioner for a Day” Essay Contest from more than 2,000 entries from high school students throughout New York City.The contest, sponsored by the Police Athletic League, asked students to answer the question, “What initiative would you implement to address the issue of drug use among the cit
  
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• O’Malley! Moses! The devil of Brooklyn is crowned on BPR!

  15-06-2017 00:39
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperIt’s official! Walter O’Malley and Walter O’Malley alone is to blame for the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles in 1958 — breaking the hearts of Brooklynites for generations to come including that of Brooklyn Paper editor-in-chief Vince DiMiceli’s mom, who vowed to never again root for a shortstop named “Pee-Wee” when the soul was ripped out of her home borough.Or maybe it was R
  
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