- Police are investigating a shooting near a Jewish girls’ school in Williamsburg Brooklyn. National Terror Alert Response Center
- Brooklyn dentist/body parts ghoul pleads guilty, faces up to 54 years. Brooklyn Eagle
- Ikea's signs are up in Red Hook. Photo gallery at Curbed
- The city has banned one of Brooklyn’s largest animal foster groups from saving dogs and cats from euthanasia, sparking an outcry. Brooklyn Paper
- Due to "concerns in the Brooklyn community," the date of the 2008 Brooklyn Half-Marathon has been changed from Saturday, April 26, to Saturday, May 3. What concerns? New York Road Runner via Travelographer
- Saturday night, after putting out a car fire near the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, firefighters found two bodies in the trunk. Gerritsen Beach
- Brownstoner scoffs at $1,200 a foot on Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn Heights. But the broker has the wrong address listed -- the building is actually 75 Henry Street. Brownstoner
- As the economy cools, tenants are starting to dump Manhattan office space. Crain's New York
I assume the concerns for the Brooklyn 1/2 Marathon have to do with the event originally scheduled during passover - either about observant runners not being able to participate, or the race going through orthodox neighborhoods, or both
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense. Thanks.
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