Ex-Gov Spitzer Writes for Slate, and Various Brooklyn Briefs

- Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is now writing a new column for Slate. Here's the first one. The Observer

- The NYC Dept. of Education has decided to establish a new middle school in DUMBO on Dock Street, within the disputed Two Trees project, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.

- The good old days, when crime was high in Brooklyn Heights. BHB

- Really bad news for books, newspapers, magazines and even websites . . . NY Magazine

- A Belgium floral designer will open a flower school and shop on Front Street in Dumbo. Dumbo NYC

- President-elect Obama's half-brother Mark Ndesandjo lives in China, speaks Mandarin, runs an Internet company and teaches orphans to play the piano. NY Magazine

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