Archive for 'Press'
The Seeds They Carried
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO / Published: October 17, 2012 HEATHCLIFF HUXTABLE, the prominent Brooklyn Heights gynecologist, knew just where to find a dasheen bush for his anniversary gumbo. He called a Caribbean chef, a “Mr. Atkins,” he said, from a “clean but shabby restaurant” known as the Callaloo Pot. Most northern gardeners would recognize dasheen (Colocasia […]
Posted: October 19th, 2012 under Home/Neighborhood Improvement, Local Info, Press.
Tags: callaloo, caribbean, East New York, ENY Farms, Schenck Avenue
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Markowitz Appoints New Deputy Borough President
Sandra Chapman replaces Yvonne Graham, who leaves to take a job with the Cuomo Administration By Paul Leonard | Bed-Stuy Patch Brooklyn’s next Deputy Borough President will be Sandra Chapman, Borough President Marty Markowitz announced Monday. Chapman, director of the Community Service Center at Borough Hall, replaces Yvonne Graham, who leaves her post for a […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2011 under Local Info, Politics, Press.
Tags: Bed-Stuy Patch, Deputy Borough President, Marty Markowitz, Paul Leonard, Sandra Chapman, Yvonne Graham
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Creeps Next Door – B’klyn Boarding Homes Full Of Degenerates
By REUVEN FENTON Publication: The New York Post Date: Monday, August 2 2010 Residents of a Brooklyn community have been living in fear since a dozen-plus neighborhood properties were converted into illegal boardinghouses crammed with the homeless, psych patients and ex-cons — including pedophiles and junkies. “They’ve brought the neighborhood down so badly, it’s unbelievable!” […]
Posted: April 16th, 2011 under Press, Quality of Life.
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