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Boardwalk of shame! Boutique shuttered for criticizing Coney landowner

By Mike McLaughlin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:54:02 EST

The Lola Staar boutique on the Coney Island Boardwalk — part souvenir stand, part rallying place for critics of a real-estate developer’s plan for a Vegas-style Xanadu — has not been offered a new lease, a casualty of its owner’s outspokenness.

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90 to watch in ‘09!

By The Brooklyn Paper staff — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:03:22 EST

It’s time for our annual roundup of who and what will matter this year. At the top of the list? Tolls!

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Sitt seeks more Coney land

By Mike McLaughlin — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:15:56 EST

A reclusive fast-food mogul who once dreamed of saving Coney Island with his own massive amusement park is close to selling his long-dormant land to the current self-styled savior of the “People’s Playground” and, in doing so, make it harder — and more expensive — for the city to assemble land to realize its own vision for revitalizing the area.

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Hugh-ge affront at the court

By Sarah Portlock — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:38:58 EST

The federal courthouse in Downtown was named after Theodore Roosevelt this week. How did that happen? Here’s how: Former Gov. Hugh Carey — and current Rep. Ed Towns — got screwed by Sen. Charles Schumer.

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Saved! Austin Nichols Warehouse will be preserved

By Ben Muessig — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:14:37 EST

A historic, Cass Gilbert-designed building on the Williamsburg waterfront will be preserved in perpetuity — no thanks to the city.

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New wine bar in old bottle on Henry Street

By Sarah Portlock — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:34:16 EST

New life will soon come to the disgraced corner of Henry and Cranberry streets — and the two popular neighborhood restaurateurs say they have no connection to the arrested operator of the previous establishment at the site.

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City scolded on im-port-ant plan

By Mike McLaughlin — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:59:51 EST

The city and Red Hook locals are still battling over the future of the waterfront — and The Brooklyn Paper brings you inside last night’s debate.

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Dough isn’t rising on Court Street

By Evan Gardner — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:47:53 EST

A much-loved, but short-lived, Court Street bakery will close at the end of the month because the ingredients for success just never came together — and its famous rugalach-baking owner is left with a bitter taste in her mouth over the “has-been” quality of Cobble Hill’s Main Street.

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Run down! CB1 Committee Chair booted over bikes?

By Ben Muessig — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:15:55 EST

Fasten your seatbelts, Williamsburg — next week’s community board meeting is going to be a “showdown” over the stunning Christmas Eve dismissal of the chairwoman of the transportation committee, who was deposed, some say, because of her support for a pair of controversial Kent Avenue bike lanes.

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Drinking in some great art

By Gersh Kuntzman — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:30:50 EST

For all of you who have looked at a piece of modern art and muttered, “My kid could do that,” boy, do we have an art show for you.

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Bike opponents seek ‘Detour’ on Kent Ave

By Ben Muessig — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:06:40 EST

Opponents of a pair of controversial bike lanes on Kent Avenue have been using school buses to block the street in an act of automotive disobedience — and now they’re publicizing their plans with a billboard blaming the resulting traffic jams on cyclists.

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Ice twice as un-nice

By Gersh Kuntzman — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:10 EST

A man is beating with a piece of ice. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.

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Broad daylight shooting!

By Sarah Portlock — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:13 EST

A mugger shoots his victim twice on Schermerhorn Street. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.

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Vicious mugging

By Ben Muessig — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:06 EST

A box cutter is the tool of choice for this thief. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct.

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This thief is a real Grinch

By Mike McLaughlin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:11 EST

He stole the Christmas presents — and more. Plus all the crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct.

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Who were those hooded men?

By Ben Muessig — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:09 EST

Two hoodie-wearing punks brutalize a man. Plus all the police news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct.

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This crime stinks

By Emily Lavin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:13 EST

Crooks load up on perfume before Christmas. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.

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Horrifying shop mugging

By Mike McLaughlin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:44:12 EST

Two men pulled guns and pistol-whipped an auto shop worker. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and the Hill’s 88th Precinct.

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Christmas in Cali for Smartmom

By Louise Crawford — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:19:46 EST

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Smartmom day at BrooklynPaper.com. This week, it’s a very special Smartmom as the family treks to Hepcat’s ancestral farm in California.

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Can this family get back in synch?

By Louise Crawford — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:15:54 EST

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Smartmom day at BrooklynPaper.com. This week, Smartmom and clan try to get back to their old routines after a long holiday.

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Brooklyn Flea to land in DUMBO

By Gersh Kuntzman — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:21:29 EST

Call it “the wee flea.”

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It’s story time! Moth series comes to Brooklyn — tonight!

By Ben Muessig — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:55:31 EST

Park Slope bar-goers: get ready to spill your guts.

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Oh, babies!

By Moses Jefferson — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:38:27 EST

Like Bono once said, it’s always quiet on New Year’s Day — until the first baby of the year comes screaming into the world.

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Frank Verderame, former Assemblyman, is dead at 79

By Mike McLaughlin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:19:45 EST

Longtime Carroll Gardens activist and former state Assemblyman Frank Verderame died on Dec. 17. He was 79.

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Nun left! Now neighbors want to save convent building

By Mike McLaughlin — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:39:38 EST

A quest by Clinton Hill preservationists to save a historic convent building has become even more urgent now that the last remaining nuns are moving out and the religious complex may be put up for sale.

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Burnt to death in Owls Head Park

By Zeke Faux — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:21:30 EST

Police are investigating the death of an apparently homeless man, whose burnt corpse was discovered by firefighters after they put out a blaze in Owls Head Park early on Tuesday morning.

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Bee smart about health

By Sarah Portlock — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:03:27 EST

Why carbo-load on energy drinks when you can “bee” natural?

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