By Michael Keller This is the story of two tattoos of ordinary things. One man’s is six numbers, the other’s is a crescent and a star. They were meant to mark the two forever and they failed. Frederick Terna has been many things. A student of poetry. Amateur historian. Professor of art. Lecturer. Painter. Spy....
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Missing Person, Chrislaine Saint, 43
Police are asking for assistance in locating Chrislaine Saint of Crown Heights described as 5’5″, 185 lbs African American woman. She was last seen last Tuesday on October 19th 2010 at approximately 7:30 am at 660 Kingsborough 6 Walk in Brooklyn. If you have information, police are asking you to contact Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Bed-Stuy Boy, 12, Shot Following Party
The New York Daily News reports that 12-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder while walking home around midnight Sunday morning from a party. Police do not know who shot the boy or why he was shot, according to the Daily News. According to the report, he was walking near the corner of Lafayette and...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Man Shot and Killed in Crown Heights
Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting to find a 58-year old man with a gun shot wound to his chest inside of Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights, police say. He was transported to the Kings County hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. No arrests have been made and the...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Arrest Made in Bed-Stuy Salon Shooting
Police arrested Winston Cox, 19, in connection with Saturday’s shooting at a hair salon in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police say. Winston was wanted by police for the attempted murder of an off-duty officer involved in the shooting but he has yet to be charged. Officer Ferris Jones of the NYPD Crime Lab in Jamaica, Queens was a customer...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Paladino to Meet with Williamsburg Orthodox Today
Republic Carl Paladino is meeting with Orthodox Rabbis in Williamsburg, Brooklyn today according to an article by Voz Is Neias, a Jewish publication in Brooklyn. The last meeting Paladino held with the Jewish community led to a speech in which Paladino made had anti-gay remarks. Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the speechwriter and then-recent endorser of Paladino,...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
City Paying Rent for Property Already Given to Lopez-Supporting Group
The city gave away property in Bushwick to a senior citizen group founded by Assemblyman Vito Lopez yet has continued to pay rent to the same group for the property, the New York Post reports. The city has paid the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizen’s Council between $112,000 and $157,000 in rent for years, the Post....
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Paladino’s Hometown Paper Endorses Cuomo
The hometown paper of Republican Carl Paladino endorsed his rival on Sunday, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. The Buffalo News wrote in their endorsement that “here is no choice for governor but Andrew Cuomo,” and that he has the skills, “the desire and fortitude to reform an oppressive government that is...
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October 25, 2010October 25, 2010Live Wire
Shots Exchanged at Bed-Stuy Salon
An off-duty police officer shot and wounded an attempted robber in a hair salon Saturday night, the New York Daily News reports. Winston Cox, 19, is wanted in connection with the attempted murder, police say. Officer Ferris Jones of the NYPD Crime lab in Jamaica, Queens was getting her hair done at Sabine’s Hallway on Franklin...
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October 18, 2010October 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
Ft. Greene SNAP Works to Improve Family Housing
By Caitlin Kasunich
Last July, a 25-year-old victim of domestic abuse packed up her belongings, left her apartment with her two children and arrived at the Auburn Family Shelter in Fort Greene in hopes of starting a new life.