By Sarah Portlock
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DUMBO: A proposal for an 18-story tower next to the Brooklyn Bridge has bitterly divided Community Board 2 on the eve if its controversial vote on the project — and the fight has riven the community amid charges that each side is lying or intentionally manipulating the facts.
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By Zeke Faux
Nightlife: The rejections are piling up on Fulton Ferry Landing.
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By Sarah Portlock
Brooklyn Heights: Making a beer run has a whole new meaning for these punks. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.
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By Sarah Portlock
Brooklyn Heights: The deep recession is not only casting a pall over the future — it’s ruining the past, too.
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By Sarah Portlock
Downtown: 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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Dining: 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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By Sarah Portlock
Brooklyn Heights: 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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