Lee Mandell hosts a green dinner at his urban farm in Bushwick. At Boswyck Farm all the ingredients are local produced.
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November 16, 2009November 16, 2009Brooklyn Life
The Auction
By Katerina Valdivieso “Then, we’ll open at $415,000. Any one gives anything else?” said Judge Betsy Barros to nearly 40 bidders. The house on 437 Waverly was been auctioned in the judge’s chambers, in Brooklyn’s Supreme Court. For a decade the house had been vacant. Had it had eyes, it would have been passively watching...
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November 16, 2009November 19, 2009Brooklyn Life
Photo for 11/16/09: Foreman vs. Santos
Yuri Foreman, an Orthodox Jewish boxer raised in Brooklyn, became the first Jewish World Champion since 1932. On Saturday night in Las Vegas he defeated champion Daniel Santos to win the WBA Super Welterweight title. Foreman is studying to be a rabbi.
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November 2, 2009February 4, 2010Crime
‘Jayden, I’m sorry I couldn’t save you’
The time had come for Diana Tate to speak at her grandson Jayden’s funeral. She rose from her seat on the aisle at St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church and walked past his small white coffin.
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November 2, 2009November 13, 2009Brooklyn Life
Photo for 11/02/09: The election
The candidates for New York City Mayor delivered last-minute appeals to voters on Sunday. At a catering hall in Bedford-Stuyvesant Comptroller William Thompson urged New Yorkers to reject an incumbent “who thinks he’s above democracy.” Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked for a third term to “keep making progress.”
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November 2, 2009November 16, 2009Brooklyn Life
The Mother
We all worry about our loved ones, especially in dire circumstances. Here's a scene from Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush.
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October 16, 2009February 4, 2010Business
Living for the Weekend in Red Hook
On Friday night in Red Hook the streets are eerily still. During the weekdays, almost no one gets on or off here. But in less than 24 hours, Red Hook will be invaded.
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October 16, 2009November 16, 2009Brooklyn Life
D-Line
By Daniel Roberts Sunday afternoon. The subway ride to South Brooklyn is a quiet one. People sleep or try to read. But on this Sunday, the D-line is undergoing renovation. At the Prospect Avenue stop, the conductor makes a garbled announcement about this becoming an R-train. Passengers snap up from their stupor and look surprised,...