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Friday, January 26, 2007

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A bit of ‘Jurassic Pk’ in Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Budding horticulturalists flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) like bees to a honey pot to welcome one of the world’s rarest and oldest trees.

The Wollemi Pine, a survivor from the dinosaur age and long thought by experts to have bee
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Borough teens are judge and jury

The apology and other forms of payback were requested and accepted when borough teens conducted trials for their peers involved in minor offenses at the Red Hook Youth Court.

Youngsters, 14 to 18 years old and drawn from a variety of area high sch
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Merchants’ 5th Ave. BID plans steam ahead

Members of the Park Slope 5th Avenue Merchants Association and several leading property owners recently met to continue their effort to create a Business Improvement District. The early morning meeting was held at the very popular Aunt Suzie’s Resta
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OEM chief honors nabe CERT team

New York City’s top crisis manager came to Brooklyn to personally congratulate local graduates for completing a disaster preparedness course, coordinated by Community Board 6’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Office of Emergenc
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Special permit debate

I write in response to the December 28, 2006 article, entitled, “Support for Special Permits Shows Signs of Faltering.”

I believe it is appropriate to correct some of the misstatements regarding the New York City Board of Standards and A
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Donut-lovin’ manners

On January 16, I went to the Dunkin’ Donuts on 9th Street (between 5th and 6th avenues), to buy a couple of donuts.

There was one customer in front of me and nobody behind me when I walked in. I waited for the customer to be served and the

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