Frickin' Smokin' Planes Flying Over Brooklyn Heights, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Some Brooklyn Heights residents "freaked out" Wednesday over those planes "flying so low and close to each other with the smoking coming out the back ..." Brooklyn Heights Blog

- The teenage girl who shot the 62-year-old Haitian cabbie in the face? She says she's sorry. Brooklyn Eagle

- A Brooklyn Life has discovered a dumpling shack that serves up five fresh, huge, tasty, hot dumplings per order for a mere $3.50. A Brooklyn Life

- Cindy McCain's (John McCain's wife) assertions that she is the "only child" of the late multimillionaire Jim Hensley are false, it turns out. NPR via Brooklyn Ron

- Spectacular photos of a dashing Blue Dasher dragonfly -- with mites no less! Dope on the Slope.

- Lola Staar's Dreamland Roller Rink will be hosting a fun day of free live music on the boardwalk in front of the rink on Saturday, August 23. Kinetic Carnival


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