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Safety fur-st! Locals receive lesson in animal CPR
Fuzzy Brooklyn: More than a dozen animal lovers learned how to give vital mouth-to-snout resuscitation to their furry friends at a Brooklyn Heights rescue’s first-aid seminar on Wednesday. Comments (2)
Bridge ‘Park’: A Tuesday meeting to discuss plans for some of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s last undeveloped land beneath its namesake span quickly devolved into back-and-forth bickering about dots, leading an exasperated member of the green space’s community-advisory group to question why some of her colleagues even bothered to show up. Comments (4)
Bar Scrawl: Our drinking illustrator explores the new taproom at the Brooklyn Brewery — and makes a new friend! Comment
United front: Southern Brooklyn Dems join forces to defeat Golden
Bay Ridge: A pair of rival Southern Brooklyn pols are now united in their mission to unseat Bay Ridge’s incumbent Republican state senator after both lined up behind one of his Democratic opponents. Comments (4)
Music: This music group is getting the Hook! Comment
Editor’s Picks: Brooklyn is the place to be! Comment
Six Cyclones pitchers can’t stop Tri-City
The Ride: The Valley Cats scored four runs in the seventh to blow open what was a 3–2 game. Comment
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Welcome to the workforce! Thief swipes intern’s bike on her first day on the job, boss says
Ditmas Park: A Ditmas Park gymnastics teacher is calling on community members to help her track down the crook who stole her intern’s bike on Monday. Comments (6)
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Biden time!: New book stars former Prez and veep as mystery-solving duo
Books: Obama is basically Batman. Comment
Event: These cyclists are taking the ride of a lifetime — to save others’ lives. Comment
Medina’s bat powers Cyclones
The Ride: The right fielder hit two home runs, leading the Clones to victory. Comment
A trip out west proves it is still wild
Fearless Parenting: This week, Stephanie and her son negotiate the rapids of life. Comment
Page 1: No. That’s not right. The Brooklyn Paper wouldn’t like to have just a word, because it would like to have many — as many words as it needs to tell a story. You see, the Paper simply misspoke. And it would be silly to think the Paper would ask for one word, when it clearly meant several, wouldn’t it? You wouldn’t think the Paper would botch such a simple statement. No, you would think it knew exactly what it was saying, and wouldn’t need to clarify. But here we are, folks. Should anyone else make such a gaffe, the Paper would understand why you wouldn’t believe their excuse. But it hopes you will accept this explanation. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn! Comment
Downtown: Cops on Tuesday cuffed a teen they suspect opened fire on Fulton Mall last week, shooting two pedestrians and his intended target amid a Friday the 13th fracas on the commercial strip in broad daylight. Comments (13)
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On BPR: Meet our awesome interns!
Podcast: It takes a village to put out a newspaper every week (and a website every day, and a podcast periodically), and on the latest edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio, we give you an inside listen into the lives of some of the villagers. Comment
Red Hook: Thousands of sports fans with a need for speed descended on Red Hook last weekend for the two-day championship of electric-car race Formula E, which featured battery-powered speedsters zooming along a track in a competition as amazing as it was unlikely, according to a man with a front-row seat to the action. Comment
Brooklyn Heights: Music-lovers from across the borough and beyond boogied down in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday as an all-star lineup of performers closed out this year’s Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Comment
Bleeding hearts: ‘Marie and Bruce’ is a breakup comedy with edge
The Butcher of Flatbush Ave. Extension: These characters cut deep. Comments (2)
Strong pitching stops Valley Cats
The Ride: Jaison Vilera threw seven innings of two-hit ball, striking out nine in the process and leading the Cyclones to victory. Comment
If it’s Wednesday, it’s crime news day on BrooklynPaper.com!
Crime: Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list. Comment
