St. John’s Bread & Life’s Food Pantry Goes High Tech

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

BROOKLYN — St. John’s Bread and Life’s already high-tech Digital Choice Food Pantry, which allows those in need to customize their food needs through a computer terminal, will become even more technologically advanced in the coming months ... Thanks to a $10,000 ...

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Cancer Cluster Map, and What Lies Under Brooklyn

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Published June 9, 2010 at 2:26 a.m.
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While we're all thinking about the oil spill, CORD reminds us that New York State recently unveiled a cancer cluster map. CORD says: ... "In our humble opinions, we all need to keep a careful eye on this map (though it is slow to upload on some computers) especially those of us along the Gowanus Canal Corridors AND Public Place areas as many more residences are ultimately planned for those sites.   That will obviously expose us all to even more risks of varying kinds due to all the toxic

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DINING: Make the perfect burger

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Published May 31, 2010 at 6:28 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gersh Kuntzman ... The Brooklyn Paper ... There’s something about summer that triggers the primal need to put meat on a bun — and the good news is that Brooklyn is in the midst of its biggest burger renaissance since the invention of the George Foreman grill ... The wider availability of grass-fed, organic beef has brought some vegetarians back over from the Bark Side, but the main reason for that everyone is jumping on the patty wagon is taste ...

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CINEMA: Outdoor film series and festivals take over Brooklyn this summer

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Published June 3, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Ben Kochman ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Brooklyn will be a hotbed this summer for movie-lovers, with myriad film series happening all over the borough. Here’s a run-down of a few of our favorites: ... Old Stone House ... Four nights of free outdoor film fun, including two classic films, short films, and student films ... July 7: “Kiss Me Kate”; July 14, “Girl Shy”; July 21: Short Film Contest; July 28: Piper Film Workshop Student Films ...

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PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Once bitten

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Published May 2, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... Community Newspaper Group ... Chomp chump ... A teenage thief bit a woman’s hand as he tried to snag her iPod on Eastern Parkway on May 6 ... The 26-year-old victim said she was between Washington and Underhill avenues at 7:25 pm when the thief ran by and grabbed the iPod from her hand ... But the woman refused to release the popular digital music device, prompting the thug to chomp down on her hand ... He got the player — and she

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BAY RIDGE: Shore Road smash-o-rama for a dozen cars

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Published May 4, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Heavy-handed thieves converged on Shore Road on May 1, looting a dozen cars parked along the usually serene strip of park land ... Police confirmed that EZ Passes, navigation systems, laptop computers and loose change were taken from the cars parked between 94th and 99th Street. The thefts, mostly smash-and-grabs, occurred sometime after midnight, said Insp. Eric Rodriguez, the commanding officer of the 68th

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WILLIAMSBURG: Beating with a Latin flavor

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Published April 20, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Aaron Short ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Text punch ... A gang of eight alleged Latin Kings members punched and kicked a teen on Bushwick Avenue on April 14, but a few were soon collared by the police ... One of the teen gang members texted the victim to “come to the corner” of Maujer Street at 9 am. Upon his arrival, he was punched in the face and then brutally beaten by the remainder of the gang ... Worse, one perp stole the teen’s phone, and the

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CARROLL GARDENS: Area Kids is robbed

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Published April 20, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gersh Kuntzman ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Kid and rob ... Cops busted a woman who tried to steal clothing from Area Kids on Smith Street on April 13 ... According to police, the 44-year-old thief entered the store, which is between Butler and Douglass streets, at around 3:40 pm and grabbed a T-shirt, shorts and a white dress ... The manager confronted the would-be thief, who pushed the worker into a display case and fled. But Officer Patrick Kwan, who

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Work It Brooklyn

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 10:32 a.m.

                                                            ... Work It Brooklyn February 24th7 - 10pm Arsenal 170 N4th btw Bedford & Driggs AveFree ... Calling all freelance creative workers of Brooklyn! ... Join us on February 24th for Work It Brooklyn , a networking event formed to connect inspired creatives working independently within the creative fields. Graphic designers, dancers, musicians, tech gurus, painters, and others are

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CONEY ISLAND: Coney Island is the next mayor’s problem

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It’s tempting to see Tuesday’s announcement of new rides this summer to Coney Island as the culmination of a decades-long effort to revitalize the area’s internationally known amusement core ... Indeed, most of the media coverage of the unveiling of 19 temporary, trucked-in rides suggested that Mayor Bloomberg had finally saved Coney Island ... Forgive us if we’re skeptical of yet another bit of ballyhoo from yet another

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