A Wild Rumpus event will be held tonight in Brooklyn to celebrate the life of child author, Maurice Sendak, who died earlier today at the age of 83 in his home in Connecticut. For more: http://gothamist.com/2012/05/08/celebrate_maurice_sendaks_life_toni.php
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May 8, 2012September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn kosher food agrees to pay $577,000 to disgruntled employees.
The Washington Post reported that after five years, twenty former food manufacturing employees have reached a $577,000 settlement with a Brooklyn kosher food manufacturer after complaining about working conditions that led to more than 120 supermarkets to stop selling the company’s products. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/brooklyn-kosher-food-maker-agrees-to-pay-577000-to-20-ny-ex-workers-to-settle-federal-case/2012/05/08/gIQALVzoAU_story.html
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April 18, 2012September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Feminist Art Post Made Permanent at Brooklyn Museum
A seven figure donation by art collector and philanthropist Elizabeth A. Sackler to support the Brooklyn Museum’s feminist art center has cemented the job of feminist art curator for the future. The gift, whose exact sum was not disclosed, will endow the salary and the activities of the curator. Read more at: The New York Times
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April 18, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime, Live Wire
Elderly Man Shoots Wife
A Brooklyn man was arrested today for the fatal shooting of his wife. Angelo Devito was charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Police did not comment on what led to the shooting. Read more at: The Wall Street Journal
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April 18, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Waitlisted for Kindergarten
Over seven hundred children have been placed on a waitlist for spots in local kindergartens this coming September. The number is 38 kids higher than last year and critics say more schools need to be built to accomodate the growing population of Asian and Hispanic residents. Read more at: NY Daily News
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April 5, 2012September 30, 2019Audio, Brooklyn Life, Crime
With Seven Cases of Sexual Abuse in City Schools So Far This Year, One Brooklyn Mom is on Alert
Sitting on bench near the entrance to P.S. 262 in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, Maddy Cruz patiently awaits for her daughters to come out of the doors. “I always tell my kids, ‘Don’t talk to any adult.’ I don’t care who it it is,” she says, shaking her head. Cruz’s warnings to her children could...
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March 29, 2012September 30, 2019Business
Investors Are Rushing to Brooklyn Says Mad Money Host
CNBC’S Mad Money host and frequent Squawk Box guest commentator, Jim Cramer is well known for his savvy insights, investing know-how and feverish financial stock rants. His latest hot tip: pump money into Brooklyn housing. Cramer surprised fellow Squwak Box anchors Wednesday when he voiced his belief that the housing market in Brooklyn was the...
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February 29, 2012September 30, 2019Live Wire
Boy Shot at Bronx Deli Returns Home, Safe and Sound
Eight-year-old Armando Vigo who was shot outside a deli in Soundview last week has returned to his home and is heeling well, the NY1 reports. Vigo was released from hospital on Monday with a bullet still lodged in his shoulder and claims not to remember the shooting. The suspect, 15-year-old Eduardo Rodriguez, has been arrested...
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February 29, 2012September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn Rapist Sentenced to 47 years in Prison.
A man who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl was slapped with a 47-year prison sentence by a New York judge this Wednesday, Fox News reports. A jury in December convicted Adam Wright, 44, of sexually assaulting the girl several times on a Canarsie, Brooklyn, rooftop after DNA connected him to the crime. The second attack...
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February 26, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
The Purrfect Indicator
It is good to be a dog in parts of Brooklyn these days. Or a cat. Or maybe a snake or a canary. Local pet-care stores say business is booming, matching a national trend that is bucking the trend of a generally slow economy. In 2010 the American Pet Products Association declared the pet industry...