By Jeannette Neumann For many of Brooklyn’s faithful, the holiest week in the Catholic calendar was marred by accusations of anti-Catholic bigotry on the one hand and claims of criminal cover-ups on the other. The Vatican spent much of Holy Week doing damage control on a sexual abuse scandal that has ensnared the Pope himself....
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February 22, 2010February 23, 2010Multimedia, Slideshow
After the Fire: The Funeral
By Jeannette Neumann Brooklyn’s Guatemalan community gathered on Friday in a Coney Island funeral home to remember the five people who died at the end of January in a blaze allegedly set by a man living in their building. The funeral had been postponed until the bodies were identified.
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February 10, 2010February 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
Homeless seek shelter from cold
Today a group of men huddled outside the Bedford Atlantic homeless shelter saying they had no place else to go.
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February 10, 2010February 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
In Focus: Brownsville celebrates snow day
Families in Brownsville hit the park to sled and enjoy the snow day Wednesday after school was canceled in anticipation of the storm some are calling “snowmaggedon.”
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February 9, 2010February 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
Homeless in the Snow – The City Reacts
The city will step up efforts to get the homeless off the streets and into shelters if the Wednesday storm covers Brooklyn in snow as forecasters predict, authorities told the Brooklyn Ink Tuesday.
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February 9, 2010February 10, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime
After the Fire – Part Two: The Unforgiven
Five lives were lost in the early morning hours on January 30 in a fire allegedly set by the victims’ neighbor. The Brooklyn Ink plans to chronicle the aftermath of this devastating Bensonhurst fire on the people whose lives it touched and the community in which it occurred. This is Part Two. By Jeannette Neumann...