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• Hit-and-run driver still at large despite carting company’s cooperation with cops, rep says

  08-08-2017 18:24
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe city still hasn’t identified the garbage truck operator who hit and killed a cyclist in Greenpoint on July 22 18 days after the hit-and-run death occurred, even though a rep for the business that employs the driver said company records can trace workers to its trucks on that night.“Action Environmental Services continues to cooperate fully with the investigation,” said spokesman Ken Frydman.
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• Today on BPR: Kelly Barbieri of the pro-marijuana website ‘The Fresh Toast’

  08-08-2017 18:18
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperIt’s high times on Brooklyn Paper Radio! Or is it?On today’s show, Kelly Barbieri, the editor in chief of The Fresh Toast, a website that teaches everyone — including our square hosts — about the wonders of marijuana, will be in-studio to talk to the Lennon and McCartney of Community Journalism about the wonders of marijuana.
  And the boys can’t wait for the show to start.“You know, Vince, I ha
  
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• Why are there so many summer restaurant openings this year?

  08-08-2017 17:13
  Hudson Jane in Fort Greene is just one of the summer openings keeping Brooklyn interesting. Photo: Michael Tulilpan
  It used to be that bars and restaurants would wait until fall to launch. The summer was considered a slow season, a time when customers were less likely to show up at new spots, and while they might soft open to fine tune their menus and service, the grand opening wouldn’t take place until September.
  In New York City, that’s no longer the case.
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• “A Space Without My Name”: Talking with Darcie Wilder about Anonymity, the Internet, and Her Debut Novel

  08-08-2017 15:00 via bkmag.com
  For most of us, online personas offer reductive or escapist avatars of our mundane selves. But the best employ the rigid strictures of platforms—140-character ceilings, 1:1 aspect ratios, the remoteness of handheld screens—to convey mindfulness that isn’t cleanly expressed in speech. Darcie Wilder speaks with a precise, measured calm, such that during our interview I momentarily dismissed the fearless, almost unhinged candor of her online voice—the same online voice which
  
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• Volleyball players enjoy tourney on the beach

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThese players really rallied!
  Volleyball stars spiked the ball over the net and dove into the sand during the annual Volleyball Tournament on Coney Island Beach on Aug. 5, hosted by the Parks Department. One player who had been coming in second for years was proud to finally take home the gold with her teammate, said Rewa Chan, who lives in Midwood.“It was awesome, we were undefeated all day,” said Chan, who has been p
  
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• Tune back: Musician sings of returning to Brooklyn

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperEverything’s coming up Rose!A Fort Greene musician will celebrate her return to Brooklyn by releasing an album about how much she missed the borough. Frankie Rose, who will launch “Cage Tropical” at Baby’s All Right on Aug. 12, spent 18 months in Los Angeles while recording the album — and its songs soon reflected her desire to come back to Brooklyn.“At that time I was literally trapped in Los
  
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• Running home: St. Francis alum sparking cross country program

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Troy MaurielloBrooklyn DailyThe dream is still coming true.When St. Francis Brooklyn alum Chris Mills took over the Terriers’ cross country and track and field program last year — the same program he had set records for two decades earlier — he could barely believe his good fortune. Now, as he heads into his second season at the helm, not much has changed.“My first year on the job, I kind of had to pinch myself,” Mills said. &l
  
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• Pals play ball in memory of fallen friend for 10th year

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyDozens of friends and family came out to the ballfield on Aug. 6 for the 10th-annual Anthony Senisi Memorial Softball Game in Marine Park, sharing stories about their late friend, who was tragically murdered a decade ago, and enjoying a game of ball without worrying about the score, said one of Senisi’s childhood friends who helps organize the game every year.
  “We’ve been doing it for 10 years now, it’s bee
  
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• Oh baby! Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo announces birth of son

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about a little prince!Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo (D–Clinton Hill) gave birth to a baby boy on Aug. 4 at age 42, she announced on her Facebook page on Monday.“He is a healthy, beautiful, baby boy and I am in LOVE!!! I’M A MOM at 42!!!” she wrote.
  The pol named her son Prince Noah Oluwafemi, and is recovering at her Clinton Hill home after 24 hours of labor.Cumbo — who is running for re-election in th
  
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• Fans enjoy broccoli, Seinfeld tribute at MCU Park

  08-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey ate the vile weed!
  Three hungry contestants scarfed down chunks of the notoriously despised green vegetable during a broccoli-eating contest at the Salute to Seinfeld Night at MCU Park on Aug. 5. The Brooklyn Cyclone’s ode to the television sitcom featured the three eaters chomping down on the one food the character Newman hated so much he denounced it as “vile weed.” But it was actually pretty tasty, said t
  
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• Black Grape released their first album in 20 years, 'Pop Voodo' (listen)

  08-08-2017 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Shaun Ryder and Kermit return with their first new album in two decades, produced by Youth.
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