Just received word that starting September 14, alternate-side parking regulations will go back into effect in the Brooklyn Heights area, following a nine-week suspension as new signs were installed. The suspension affected the Brooklyn Heights area north of Joralemon Street while the Department of Transportation installed more than 2,000 new, reduced street sweeping regulation signs. […]
Archive | August, 2009
Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper 8/31/09
Here are some of last week’s BHB headlines you may have missed: Official BHB Reader Endorsement Poll: The Herd for the 33rd Markowitz Featured in Good Housekeeping Article BHB Contributor Talks to Jayson Blair, Life Coach Area Man is Vanilla Ice Expert Marty Backs Lopez’s Levin for 33rd Park Progress: Twenty-Fifth Report, and a Contest […]
Is Brooklyn Heights Man Engaged to Supermodel?
Entertainment news sources are speculating that Tyra Banks is now engaged to financier/ Brooklyn Heights resident John Utendahl after she was spotted wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring at last night’s Daytime Emmy Awards. Banks’ talk show won a Daytime Emmy last night in the “informative” category. The pair were recently seen in […]
Urban Sketcher’s Take on LICH ER
While waiting to have his tongue stitched back together, Urban Sketcher Jason Das jotted down these impressions of the LICH emergency room.
Markowitz Featured in Good Housekeeping Article
BH resident Valerie Frankel recently set out on a mission to curb her complaining, and chronicled her quest in Good Housekeeping. In her piece, Frankel speaks to Marty Markowitz about how politicians replace words with negative connotations with positive sounding words: I called Marty Markowitz, president of the great borough of Brooklyn (a.k.a. home), to […]
“Other” Ken Speaks Out in Council Race
NYC Council D-33 candidate Ken Baer is profiled in the Brooklyn Eagle: Brooklyn Eagle: “I am the only candidate among seven who does not use a car, so I won’t need a special parking permit. I travel by mass transit and favor bicycling,” said Baer. His background includes being the New York State Sierra Club […]
BHB Contributor Talks to Jayson Blair, Life Coach
Sure BHB contributor/Annoying Husband Mark Joyella got tons of attention last week due to the website his wife has dedicated to him. However, amongst all that hullabaloo, he found the time to interview the infamous journalist turned life coach Jayson Blair for his Coach Reporter podcast. It’s a fascinating listen. Check it our here.
Area Man is Vanilla Ice Expert
BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident Chuck Taylor is going to be on the Biography Channel discussing a great icon of history — Vanilla Ice: Chuck Taylor Blog: In February, I blah blah blahed about Vanilla Ice for A&E’s “Biography.” It’s confirmed that I’m appearing as a media talking head in the episode, which is at last […]
Official BHB Reader Endorsement Poll: The Herd for the 33rd
The Democratic primary for the 33rd NYC Council District is September 15. On September 14, we will announce the BHB Reader’s Candidate based upon the results of this poll. This is a new poll, so if you voted in our previous “unofficial” one, you’ll need to vote one more time. BHB, the Brooklyn Bugle and […]
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