Month: September 2011
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Drug Orgies on the Northside
It would be hard to do, but in case you missed it, a resident of North 7th Street has posted videos of people huffing nitrous on North 7th Street after last Saturday’s Widespread Panic concert. I’d heard about these videos last night, but hadn’t seen them until just now. While I wouldn’t call this a…
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Church of the Annunciation
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/n-williamsburg-a-history/245262/#slide2
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St. Anselm Gets a Star
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/dining/reviews/st-anselm-nyc-restaurant-review.html
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Williamsburg Charter High School on Probation
NY1 [via Brownstoner] is reporting that the Williamsburg Charter High School has been put on probation by the Department of Education “for a string of violations”, including “illicit spending” and “misallocating funds”, all of which has left the school with $4 million in debt. According to the Times’ SchoolBook site, which originally broke the story…
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The MTA Does Not Want You to Leave Brooklyn
http://www.nag-brooklyn.org/2011/09/go-to-taste-instead/
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Open Wide for a Taste of Williamsburg & Greenpoint
http://gothamist.com/2011/09/13/taste_williamsburg_and_greenpoint_t.php
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The Brooklyn Restaurant Awards
http://www.thelmagazine.com/gyrobase/the-brooklyn-restaurant-awards/Content?oid=2176589&showFullText=true
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Another Williamsburg Cyclist Dies
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2011/09/03/2011-09-03_brooklyn_bicyclist_nicola_djandji_struck_and_killed_by_car_in_williamsburg.html
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Is Brooklyn a Disaster Area?
No. A hurricane hit Brooklyn dead on, and the damage we suffered was pretty minimal. Anytime you can say that, you are lucky. Brooklyn (and all of New York City) was very lucky. We planned well and were very well prepared, but at the end of the day, we were very lucky. Huge swaths of…