EVENT: Your guide to Memorial Day parades

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Published May 29, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... The Brooklyn Paper ... If you want a traditional Memorial Day, hit one of the four parades around town on Sunday and Monday: ... Today ... Greenpoint ... 9 am ... Start: Manhattan Avenue and Driggs Avenue ... Monday ... Canarsie ... 11:30 am ... Start: 92nd Street and Conklin Avenue ... Gerritsen Beach ... 10 am ... Start: Gerritsen Avenue and Whitney Avenue ... Bay Ridge ... 11 am ... Start: 87th Street and Third Avenue ... Comment on this story ...

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ART: Corny island! Artist turns Smith Street corner into a mini-farm

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Published May 26, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Nebraska’s got nothing on one Boerum Hill corn-er! ... A small field of corn sprouted on Tuesday at Bergen and Smith streets, a vegetal oasis off an otherwise green-starved roadway ... But the crops are not for sustenance — at least not bodily. Part of an art project called Maize Field, Christina Kelly’s planting is actually a reflection about life’s vicissitudes and a

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DINING: At this event, the borough is ‘Made’ to be eaten

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Published May 3, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Meredith Deliso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Brooklyn is a borough of foodies — not just those who like to eat, and eat well, but for makers of goods, too. Inspired by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming food event “Bklyn Made” at Borough Hall on May 14, which will spotlight more than a dozen of the borough’s food and beverage brands, we decided to check in with some of our oldest, thriving

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TV: Reality TV saves the day! Vermont Market, long defunct, is reborn

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Published May 4, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It was back to the future this week in Carroll Gardens, as a 1920s-era pharmacy was renovated courtesy of the magic of television, a reawakening of a Henry Street relic that has stood fallow for over a decade ... On Tuesday, crews from the Discovery Channel reality show, “Construction Intervention,” were finishing up the final touches on the four-day restoration of the old

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Savings in Brooklyn: Deals in Canarsie

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Published May 3, 2010 at 5:43 p.m.

With cool breezes, pretty homes with gardens and a diverse community, Canarsie is a great place to live ...

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BOERUM HILL: Ear’s to this corn-fed Brooklynite!

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Published May 4, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Christina Kelly might be the corniest artist in Brooklyn ... The Carroll Gardens resident will soon plant corn in Boerum Hill, part of an art project called “Maize Field” that examines the borough’s agrarian past and offers a living meditation on the idea of change ... “It’s interesting how much things have changed in kind of a short period of time without leaving any trace,” she said. “It’s a very

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On This Day in History: February 11, 2010 Street Corner Harmony:The Impalas

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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

The singing group covered in this segment got together in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn when some white teenagers began practicing in a local candy store and on local street corners in the late 1950s. A black teenager, “Speedo” Frazier, took notice of them and offered to help in their harmonizing. They accepted and the ...

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In Case You Missed BP Marty Markowitz' State of the Borough Speech

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 10:46 p.m.

Here's the two-minute summary of yesterday's State of the Borough, as sent to us by the office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz: ... On February 3, BP Markowitz was joined by Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, New York City Comptroller John Liu, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and more than a thousand guests and honorees for the 2010 State of the Borough Address at the Park Slope Armory.

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GB Voter Guide: Lew Fidler Re-Elect for City Council District 46

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Published Aug. 29, 2009 at 9:08 a.m.

[Video NBC Video Voter Guide - Lew Fidler]Lew Fidler, is our current city councilman he also represents Canarsie, Marine Park, Mill Basin and Spring Creek. He has provided about $2 million in funding for the construction of Seba Avenue Skate Park, $12,500 per year goes to the Vollies for their insurance. Other money goes to [ ... ] ...

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FORT GREENE: Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson bash is a complete success

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Published Aug. 30, 2009 at 12:42 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Will Yakowicz ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... For one afternoon in Prospect Park, Michael Jackson was still alive ... Of course, the guest of honor was not able to make it to Spike Lee’s birthday party on Saturday in the park’s Nethermeade area, but thousands braved the initial downpour to honor their fallen idol, the King of Pop, who died in June at age 50 ... Some came in costume, some came with posters of the singer from his many musical eras, but

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