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Sunday, April 10, 2005

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Bare Naked Ladies Bow to Prim And Proper Complaints

By Thomas Tracy

The new advertisement that replaced the naked ladies of the “L Word” near the corner of 3rd Avenue and 77th Street couldn’t be purer.

The ad, which is for a new kind of Playstation game, is stark white, with
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Community Salute to Outstanding Women

A principal, a gym owner and a grassroots activist were among the notables hailed for their service to the community during a Women’s History Month celebration presented by State Senator Marty Golden.

The Brooklyn lawmaker presented the plaud
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In the Line of Duty: Special Salute to Hero Cops

Against the haunting skirl of bagpipes, community residents joined forces with their law enforcers to hail the memory of two of Brooklyn’s Finest during a tribute benefit at El Caribe Country Club.

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Ke
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Controversy Over Brooklyn Bridge Park Budget

By Christy Goodman

The annual maintenance and operations budget of Brooklyn Bridge Park has dropped to $15.2 million, but some people in the community say it needs to drop more.

Using labor and cost standards throughout the city, analysts
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Experts Say Waterfront Greenspot Will Break Even

By Christy Goodman

The budget gap that had residents worrying whether Brooklyn Bridge Park could sustain itself beyond its first 15 years of existence without the revenues from additional housing, has reportedly been closed.

Gina Lubin of
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Irish Parade

The 30th Annual Brooklyn Irish American Parade on March 20 welcomes visiting Irish Minister Mary Hanafin and Irish Consul General Eugene Hutchinson to Brooklyn at a pre-parade Mass at 9 a.m. to be held at Holy Name Church, 245 Prospect Park West.

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Gifted Program

Public School 233 is seeking qualified students for its in-house gifted program, Stimulating Outstanding Achievement through Reading (SOAR), which offers an academically challenging and stimulating curriculum to gifted and motivated youngsters.

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Brooklyn Boy Hunts For Next Crop of NBA Stars

By Robert Elkin

Terence Mullin was never a big star at St. John’s University, for he played behind the likes of Jayson Williams, Malik Sealy, Bo Harvey, and Robert Werdann in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. These were household names
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New Girls Softball League At the Plate

By Thomas Tracy

TWO NABBED FOR ROBBERY: Two men were taken into custody for allegedly robbing a woman in front of a Sheepshead Bay bank, officials said.

Police said that Trevell Pouncy, 22, of 7733 Bristol Square and Derick Cambell, 24, of
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Sex Molest Rap For KCC Prof.

A Kingsborough Community College biology professor has been charged with assault for allegedly sexually molesting a student, according to a complaint filed last week in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

The student is also suing the school and the teacher f
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Search For Missing S.I. Extends to Brighton Beach

The search for a Mariner’s Harbor teen that has been missing for over a month has come across the Verrazano Bridge into Brighton Beach.

Word of the search for Arkadiy “Ark” Tashman was spread by Tashman’s sister, 27-year-old N
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Moldova, Belarus to Be Inscribed On Holocaust Monument

By Joe Maniscalco

“Of course I’m happy,” Yakov Goodman told the Bay News this week after learning that the Parks Department had given the green light to adding the names of Moldova and Belarus to Holocaust Memorial Park’s cente
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Vandals Deface S’head Bay Mural

By Michèle De Meglio

A cultural focal point of the Sheepshead Bay community has been defaced.

Thugs bearing cartons of eggs and spray paint vandalized the colorful mural located beneath the Sheepshead Bay train station on East 15th St
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Grady High School Football: A Team Without a Gridiron

By Stephen Witt

While government agencies and a public/private non-profit corporation continue to punt the ball back and forth, Grady High School remains without a field to practice or play on.

Currently, there is a large field named Grady
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Do Your Neighbors Say, ‘I Do’ to Gay Marriage?

By Stephen Witt

Can a person be for gay rights yet against gay marriage?

This was one of the questions raised in a spirited discussion on gay marriage at last week’s held at the Bay Ridge Veterans Post #157, 345 78th Street.

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