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Daily Archives: August 25, 2021

Posted inFeatured News

Brooklyn’s Best Window Boxes Celebrated in Annual Greenest Block Competition

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021September 3, 2021

It might not have been the traditional scope, but local gardeners gave the Greenest Block in Brooklyn competition their all with creative displays in the “small but mighty” window box. […]

Posted inEducation

What do we Know About the City’s School Reopening Plan?

by Miranda Levingston August 25, 2021November 19, 2021
Posted inHousing

A BK Grandfather Subjected to Deed Theft Can Keep His Home

by Anna Bradley-Smith August 25, 2021September 3, 2021
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

Devastated Son Raises $10K for Mother Fatally Shot in Crown Heights

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021September 3, 2021
Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping as Sanitation Tries to Clean Up Increasingly Dirty City

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021August 25, 2021
Brooklyn family considering legal action after loved one found with bruises at nursing home
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Brooklyn Family Considering Legal Action After Loved One Found With Bruises at Nursing Home

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021August 25, 2021
BK Cops Beat Men, Pregnant Woman In Wrongful Arrest, Lawsuit Says
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

BK Cops Beat Men, Pregnant Woman In Wrongful Arrest, Lawsuit Says

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021August 25, 2021
Brooklyn Music School, Local Stakeholders Support Fort Greene Tower Expansion
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Brooklyn Music School, Local Stakeholders Support Fort Greene Tower Expansion

by Brooklyn Reader August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

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