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• Today on Brooklyn Paper Radio: Legendary River Cafe owner Buzzy O’Keefe

  01-08-2017 21:43
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn Paper Radio is ‘Buzzin’!Today on the show, River Cafe owner Buzzy O’Keefe talks to hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli about his 40 years serving food on the water beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.O’Keefe, of course, took an unused portion of a decrepit waterfront and turned it into world-renown restaurant with food as delicious as its views of the Manhattan skyline.That and more on today’s
  
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• Even In A Stadium, Tom Petty Feels Close

  01-08-2017 20:54 via bkmag.com
  
  We had the incredible privilege last week of attending one of the 40th Anniversary shows for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Below, check out dueling perspectives: one die-hard, and one more casual fan, as they work through their reaction to the Rock and Roll legend’s NYC show. The Die-HardIt’s a song I’ve heard hundreds of times. Yet, every single time I hear the opening chords of “Free Fallin'” a wave of happiness pours over
  
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• Culture Essentials for August

  01-08-2017 20:21
  August is one of my favorite months of the year. It’s hot and sleepy and you don’t really expect people to answer emails or pick up the phone when you call. It’s a good-natured, lazy stretch of the year before fall electrifies the air and makes you want to accomplish things again. This month I mostly want to lay on a blanket–at the park, at the beach, at the pool–and read novels, and there’s some fine fiction coming out this month. I also want to eat overprice
  
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• How Car-on-Demand Is Transforming the Weekend Getaway

  01-08-2017 17:30
  Sponsored By:Free-floating car share by ReachNow lets you pick up and return a car from anywhere in the Brooklyn home area with affordable rates by the minute, hour or day.
   
  A weekend getaway for Brooklynites without cars was formerly a giant, throbbing headache. Prices for car rentals have always been prohibitive, so Brooklynites needed to get creative with other transportation options. Remember when tales of sardine-packed Jitney trips ruled the water cooler on Monday morning?
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• Cyclones win a game, end five-game losing streak

  01-08-2017 16:39
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 4Aberdeen 3July 31 at AberdeenThe Cyclones bats’ powered a four-run rally late in the game, erasing a three-run deficit beating the Ironbirds to snap a five-game losing streak.Of course, this is a 2017 Cyclones game, so the win didn’t come easy. In fact, our boys were down 3–0 by the end of the first inning.Cyclone starter Colin Holderman coughed up a dinger to T.J. Nichting with two on in the bottom of
  
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• Your August Kids Calendar: 8 ways to finish the summer strong

  01-08-2017 16:05
  Summer in the city is the time to make family memories with puppet shows, cheap fun, and ice cream. Be sure to save all the feels by ordering Box Art Photos (above) to remember these glory days. Photo: Laura Corrin/ Box Art Photo
  We’re in the homestretch of summer. The kids have been swimming, hiking, biking, and have licked enough ice cream to last a lifetime. They’ve stayed up late looking at stars, slept outdoors, and caught fireflies. They’ve eaten everything from lobster r
  
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• Your August Kids Calendar: 8 ways to finish the summer

  01-08-2017 16:05
  Summer in the city is the time to make family memories with puppet shows, cheap fun, and ice cream. Be sure to save all the feels by ordering Box Art Photos (above) to remember these glory days. Photo: Laura Corrin/ Box Art Photo
  We’re in the homestretch of summer. The kids have been swimming, hiking, biking, and have licked enough ice cream to last a lifetime. They’ve stayed up late looking at stars, slept outdoors, and caught fireflies. They’ve eaten everything from lobster r
  
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• Woman rear-ends police car on Knapp Street

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyAn allegedly overtired driver rear-ended a police car on Knapp Street on July 29, police said.
  The 27-year-old woman was driving home when she told police she fell asleep at the wheel at about 6 am and couldn’t hit the brakes fast enough before slamming into the back of the 61st Precinct four-wheeler parked near Emmons Avenue, according to authorities.
  Emergency responders transported two police officers to an area hospital
  
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• Today on Brooklyn Paper Radio: Legendary River Cafe owner Buzzy O’Keeffe

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn Paper Radio was ‘Buzzin’!River Cafe owner Buzzy O’Keeffe’s told hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli about his 40 years serving food on the water beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.O’Keefe, of course, took an unused portion of a decrepit waterfront and turned it into world-renown restaurant with food as delicious as its views of the Manhattan skyline.That and more on today’s show!Brooklyn
  
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• Stark parks: Local moms demand upgrades for neighborhood playgrounds

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA group of local moms are livid that their neighborhood parks — IS 278 and Lenape Playground — are falling apart, with regularly clogged spray showers, uneven flooring, and chipped paint, and they’re demanding the city give the play-spaces a makeover before a kid trips and gets seriously hurt.“There’s just a lot of equipment that seems very old and the floor has a lot of holes. Really young kids will
  
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• Sheepshead Bay man stabbed to death

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops are hunting for the knife-wielding villain who fatally stabbed Sheepshead Bay resident Maxim Doukhan in broad daylight outside his Avenue Z apartment building on July 30.
  Emergency responders discovered the 48-year-old victim unconscious and unresponsive with a stab wound to his chest between E. 11th and E. 12th streets a little before 1 pm, and transported him to Lutheran Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead, according
  
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• Not a shot! Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets, vets say

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperSome Brooklynites are refusing to vaccinate their pets against virulent and potentially deadly illnesses — some of which could spread to humans — thanks to a growing movement against the life-saving inoculations, according to borough veterinarians.“We do see a higher number of clients who don’t want to vaccinate their animals,” said Dr. Amy Ford of the Veterinarian Wellness Center of Boerum Hill. &ldqu
  
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• Not a shot! Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyCall it an outbreak of stupidity.Brooklynites are refusing to vaccinate their pets against virulent and potentially deadly illnesses as a result of a growing crusade against the life-saving inoculations, according to borough vets.“We do see a higher number of clients who don’t want to vaccinate their animals,” said Dr. Amy Ford of the Veterinarian Wellness Center of Boerum Hill. “This may be stemming from th
  
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• Let the good times stroll! Bay Ridge hosts Summer Stroll for residents

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperSummertime and the living is easy!A group of local business owners transformed Third Avenue into a pedestrian playground on July 14 and 21 for the sixth-annual Summer Stroll, where Bay Ridgites flocked to enjoy cultural festivities in the company of their neighbors.“It’s a great cultural experience for the entire family,” said Brian Chin, who is on the event’s committee. “Providing events like this fo
  
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• Dirty words: Smutty Book Club talks erotic fiction

  01-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailySmut the front door!An X-rated book club has started steaming up a Park Slope bar with its monthly discussion of racy reads. The Brooklyn Smutty Book Club, which meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Paddy’s of Park Slope, gives lovers of the steamy sub-genre of romance novels a rare opportunity to dissect naughty books with like-minded fans, said one of the organizers.“Where else can you talk about these boo
  
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