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A Community Farewell to Martha Atwater

By on March 2, 2013 8:01 am in Obituaries

Mourners overflowed Grace Church on Friday afternoon to bid farewell to Martha Carr Atwater, killed Friday, February 22 when a truck jumped the curb at the corner Clinton and Atlantic Avenues, striking her. Atwater, 48, lived on Remsen Street with her husband Tom and two daughters, Chloe and Olivia; an Emmy-award winning television writer and [...]

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Not-So-Welcome New Neighbors: Rats Invade Brooklyn Heights

By on February 7, 2013 12:44 pm in Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Miscellany, Nature, News

We all know that our neighborhood is enticing for both residents and visitors, but some recent newcomers have not been received with customary Brooklyn Heights warmth. Not a few regular BHB comments have observed over the last few months that rats in the neighborhood seemed to be on the increase, and in today’s New York [...]

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Two Members of the Central Park Five Visit Packer Collegiate

By on February 7, 2013 9:31 am in Brooklyn Heights, Education, Legal, movies, News

On Wednesday at the Packer Collegiate Institute, students and faculty listened raptly as two members of the Central Park Five shared their stories of being arrested, convicted, and jailed for the infamous 1989 Central Park jogger assault—a crime they didn’t commit. Raymond Santana and Yusef Salaam spoke to members of the Packer community for two [...]

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