August tends to be slow in news land, but around these parts lots of stuff happens! Not surprisingly...
On Monday, we introduced readers to the fact that in Gowanus, you can take . Yes, turn your deceased pet into a mummy and treasure him/her forever!
On Tuesday, we exposed how fears of Atlantic Yards customers and crowds are getting in the way of high-culture minded establishments. The newly opened avant-garde music space Roulette, was .
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Also Tuesday, our Green Matters columnist Molly Culver about the newly passed City Council bills that promote local, sustainable foods. Lander was a co-sponsor of four of the five bills.
The sudden death of political up and comer Hope Reichbach inspired her friends and family to start a . The fund will provide stipends to Brooklyn college students taking unpaid internships in public service or community organizing fields.
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We also exposed the this week. Lots of residents have been seeing the rats, and one even called the furry rodents with long tails "brazen."
Last but not least, PTA embezzler
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