Archive | December, 2008

Claus Confab

Who can come up with the best caption for this photo? (Yes, Santacon is today.) We have a winner: congratulations to Billy Reno for: “The North Pole bailout fell through. Who’s jumping first?”

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BHB Photo Club pic by esabet

The Christmas Trees of Brooklyn Heights

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DUMBO Art Sale

BHB pal/Brooklyn Tattoo owner Adam Suerte and other artists will be selling their work for $100 or less Saturday and Sunday (12/13, 12/14)  during Open Editions at reBar [147 Front Street] in DUMBO.  The event will take place both days from 12pm – 6pm and, in addition to Suerte, feature:  Louis Barak, Marianne Barcellona, Cannonball […]

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Eagle Profiles Heights Honey Juiceman

The Brooklyn Eagle profiles Brooklyn Heights resident/cancer survivor/Deluxe Honeydrop creator David Luks: Brooklyn Eagle: Heights Entrepreneur…: …he created Deluxe Honeydrop (David Luks’ nickname is “Deluxe”), a honey and juice-infused beverage that he launched in October at Natural Products Expo East trade show in Boston, the largest natural products trade show on this coast. Of 116 […]

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Nabe TV Reporter Finds Cheap Haircut

The New York Times reports today of some high-end hairdressers going rogue and giving after-hours haircuts outside of their usual tony surroundings. One client of this service is Reuters TV correspondent and nabe resident Manoush Zomorodi: New York Times: A Salon Look..: Like other hairdressers in New York and elsewhere, the stylist was working after […]

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LICH Interns, Residents Unionize; Vow to Save Hospital

Yesterday, the house staff physicians (interns and residents) of Long Island College Hospital voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, an arm of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Read more at Cobble Hill Blog.

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Cops Nab Pizza Deliveryman in Livingston Vandalism

According to the Brooklyn Paper, the pizza deliveryman caught on video camera vandalizing an elevator at 59 Livingston Street has been apprehended by police. Brooklyn Paper: Cops: The pizza deliveryboy… The boneheaded pizza deliveryman caught on security cameras scratching his cheesy tag into a Brooklyn Heights elevator during a drop-off in a Livingston Street building […]

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Storybook Theater for Kids

The Brooklyn Eagle reports on fun shows for kids staged by the Storybook Theater: Brooklyn Eagle: Producer Keeps Storytelling Alive…: Having started out in October, 2006 with “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” the Storybook Theater is now in its third season. Though surviving, Wood says, the ensemble could still use more support from the community. […]

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Rain Doesn’t Dampen Spirits as Heights Tree is Lighted

A small but enthusiastic crowd came out in a light rain to witness the lighting of the Heights Holiday Tree between the foot of Montague Street and the Promenade. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo), and Heights preservation pioneers Otis Pratt Pearsall and Nancy Pearsall, whose four year old granddaughter, […]

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Yassky Opposes Bloomberg Property Tax Moves

In an effort to deal with deteriorating city finances, Mayor Bloomberg has proposed, among other things, to (1) cancel the scheduled payment of a $400 per residence property tax rebate, and (2) terminate, effective January 1, 2009, a seven per cent property tax reduction that was to expire at the end of June of next […]

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