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• On BPR: Kelly Barbieri of the pro-marijuana website ‘The Fresh Toast’

  09-08-2017 23:54
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperIt was high times on Brooklyn Paper Radio!On the latest episode of America’s most beloved podcast about Brooklyn and week, Kelly Barbieri, the editor in chief of The Fresh Toast, a website that teaches everyone — including our square hosts — about the wonders of marijuana, talked to the Lennon and McCartney of Community Journalism about the wonders of marijuana and why they should — legally — use it
  
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• Hammock set to release 'Mysterium' (stream two songs)

  09-08-2017 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Nashvillepost-rock/ambient/shoegaze duo will release their new album at the end of August.
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• prehistoric crocodile named after Motorhead's Lemmy

  09-08-2017 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Behold, the formidable, leathery Lemmysuchus obtusidens
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• Sparks share "Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)" from new LP, add 2nd BV-presented show

  09-08-2017 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Edith Piaf" has all the Mael brothers earmarks: arch humor, grandiose style, and a beat you can dance to.
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• Bruisers bash and rob woman after dispute

  09-08-2017 21:37
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillTeamed up
  A crew of four baddies bashed a woman and stole her pocketbook after they got into an argument with her on DeKalb Avenue on Aug. 6.The victim told police she got into a verbal dispute with three women and one man near Vanderbilt Avenue at 2:05 am. The brusiers got upset and began to strike her while the man encouraged them, according to a report.
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• Screens, Stars, and Summer Lovin’

  09-08-2017 18:50 via bkmag.com
  A lot of things stand out about summer in New York City, but one of them, certainly, is the weather. It can be brutal at times, sure—the hair-melting heat can be a bit much for this writer to handle—but when it’s on, it’s really on. And when the weather is on, and a beautiful day evolves into a nice, crisp evening, there isn’t much better than going to an outdoor movie screening among friends, food, fun, and Mother Nature herself. While a mad dash for a traditional
  
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• Clones continue losing streak with defeat by Black Bears

  09-08-2017 17:48
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperWest Virginia 7Cyclones 3Aug. 8 in West VirginiaIt was bad news for the Cyclones.Brooklyn pitchers Jose Geraldo, Trey Cobb, and Marcel Renteria allowed seven hits and seven runs, and the Cyclones mustered up only three runs in the team’s fifth-straight defeat, this one at the paws of the Black Bears.The Cyclones and the Black Bears exchanged runs early on. West Virginia got on the board first when Chris Sharpe reached home a
  
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• They’re awfully sexy: Strippers perform to world’s worst music

  09-08-2017 06:43
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn DailyIt’s going to be terrible.At the “Maim that Tune” burlesque show on Saturday night, strippers will dance to the worst music they can imagine, including commercial jingles, inept ballads, and Toby Keith songs. The nauseating numbers chosen by the nearly-naked performers at the Sideshows by the Seashore theater in Coney Island on Aug. 12, will lead to an evening like no other, said its producer.
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• Youngsters enjoy Family Day at Kaiser Park

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyIt was the most fun way to get ready to go back to school!
  Youngsters got to take home new backpacks in preparation for heading back into the classroom next month during Family Day at Kaiser Park on Aug. 5. It was great to see all the free grub, games, and activities — even the backpacks — put a smile on all the kid’s face, said a local pol.
  “Family Day has become a favorite among residents in our community
  
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• Trash ticket: City issues summons for pile of garbage it told neighbors to dump

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn DailyNeighbors are outraged that the city tried to fine a Bay Ridge woman $100 for letting other residents’ garbage bags pile up in front of her 94th Street home — after it ordered residents of a nearby private street to leave them there for pick-up.Earlier this year, the Department of Sanitation ordered residents of four private streets to start hauling their trash to the nearest public street corner to be collected, an
  
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• Sneaks swipe woman’s wallet at department store

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Daily63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachIn a flashTwo bandits stole a wallet from a shopper at a Ralph Avenue department store on Aug. 5.The woman told police that she was in the retail place near Flatlands Avenue around 2 pm when she got to the register and noticed her bag was open and her money pocket missing, according to police.
  Cops said that store footage identified two women approaching
  
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• Police: Guy whacked man in the head with metal tool

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachStruck outPolice cuffed a guy for striking a man in the head with a metal tool on Bath Avenue on Aug. 1.The victim told police the two got into a verbal argument near Bay Seventh Street at about 7 pm when the suspect started hitting him in the hand and forehead with the metal tool, according to authorities.
  Cashed outA lout stole a guy’s cash and phone from his car parked on 86th Stre
  
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• Not for Nuthin! Here’s a classic column

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyNFN is on a well-needed vacation, here is a re-print of the winner of the New York Press Association’s Best Humor Column in its 2006 Better Newspaper Contest. It ran on ran around June 6 of that year under the headline “Trying hard to get the better of ‘the Beast.’
  Trying Hard to Get the Better of ‘the Beast’ on 6/6/06.Men make plans. The Fates decide…I wasn’t taking any chances;
  
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• Lout slugs man on Sixth Avenue

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  SluggerSome brute slugged a man on Sixth Avenue on July 22.The victim told police he was near 11th Street at 11:15 pm, when the fiend waltzed up and nailed with him with a sucker punch.No arrests have been made in the case, which has been closed, cops said.So-long-oA thief rode off with a man’s Solano-brand bicycle he chained up on Hanson Place on July 23.The victim told police he locked his bike near
  
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• Kids cut a rug! Hundreds of local tots compete to perform for Brooklyn Nets

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall them dancing tweens!
  Hundreds of youngsters auditioned for the Brooklyn Nets kids dance team on Aug. 5 at Long Island University’s Paramount Theater, busting their best moves for the chance to shake it on the Barclays Center court, according to the mom of a pint-sized performer.“She would love nothing more than to represent and be on that stage performing for that crowd,” said Sabrina Lewis, whose 9-year-old d
  
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• Hit-and-run driver still at large despite carting company’s cooperation with cops

  09-08-2017 06:00
  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, 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,” said rep Ken Frydman. “We have records of our employees, the NYPD is conducting the investigation.”The
  
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• Great Scott: South Shore standout ready for senior year

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Troy MaurielloBrooklyn DailyThere’s still more to prove.The South Shore girls’ basketball squad has won three-straight city championships, and its first-ever New York State Federation title, but star guard Earlette Scott and her fellow Lady Vikings don’t believe the job is done.The rising senior has made remarkable strides in three seasons, but this year, Scott and her teammates will be assigned increased roles on and off the court.
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• Brutes beat up former gang member on R train

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSubway gang
  Cops are searching for a crew of bruisers who beat up their former gang member and stole his phone on a Manhattan-bound R train as it was leaving the station near Pacific Street on Aug. 3.
  The victim told police he was on the train by Fourth Avenue at 7:45 pm, listening to music from his phone, when he noticed approximately 10 guys use the end trai
  
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• Bandits try to break into diner, rob bodega instead

  09-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendTry, try againSome malefactors tried to break into a diner on Nostrand Avenue and cut down its wires on July 31, police said.The punks cut the wires on the liftgate and broke three locks to try to get into the eatery near Avenue V at about 2:40 am, according to authorities. But the crooks couldn’t get in and instead broke into the bodega next d
  
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