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Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010

Game 1 disaster! Cyclones lose to Jammers

Cyclones: Game 2 is tonight back home in Coney Island. Comment.

Are you ready for some football? Our 411 to the NFL on TV in BKLYN

Nightlife: Football season is upon us — so that means it’s time for the important things in life: beer, meat, and watching your favorite team on a big-screen TV surrounded by lots of screaming, chest-bumping men. Comments (3).

This is one meal with real buzz

Dining: Eat insects at The Brooklyn Kitchen. Comment.

New bill would have city paying to trap raccoons

Brownstone Brooklyn lawmakers are jumping all over a plan to add bite to the city’s toothless stance on raccoons. Comments (5).

Justice for Briana? Parents want criminal charges in asthma girl death

Carroll Gardens: Hundreds of mourners rallied at Brooklyn Supreme Court on Tuesday to demand criminal charges against an 84th Precinct cop who declined to give CPR to an 11-year-old Carroll Gardens girl as she was suffering a fatal asthma attack last week. Comment.

Asthma victim died because of LICH failure: suit

Cobble Hill: The family of an asthma-stricken pregnant woman who died gasping for breath at a Downtown cafe as two city EMTs stood idly by has sued the city. Comments (3).

Church balls ring as kickball league raises big bucks while destroying own integrity

Greenpoint: Several kickball teams lost on Sunday — but the one big winner was the Greenpoint Reformed Soup Kitchen. Comment.

Le Corbusier exhibit shows the architect in all his weird glory

Art: Love him or hate him, you can’t say that Le Corbusier didn’t have a profound impact on the urban landscape. This was the guy, after all, who gave us the projects, or, as he preferred to call them, “machines for living.” Comments (1).

Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010

Signs of hate as mosque supporters give away school supplies

Call it readin’, writin’ and racism. Comments (12).

Bay Ridge’s ‘Dust Bowl’ park — insensitive to America’s great national tragedy?

Perspective: So what if it harkens to an environmental catastrophe in American history — if Bay Ridge wants to permanently name a once-grass-free section of Leif Ericson Park “the Dust Bowl,” it will happen, according to organizers of a contest to rename the once-gritty area. Comments (5).

Horror house on 79th Street inflicts raccoons, skeeters and mold on neighbors

Bay Ridge: And it’s been going on for decades. Comments (6).

Historic building could be destroyed on Old Fulton Street

DUMBO: Three buildings on historic Old Fulton Street will be demolished if owners don’t fix them up. Comments (2).

Have no fear says our new parenting columnist

Fearless Parenting: Fortunately or unfortunately, no one can tell you what you need to do as a parent. There is no one-size-fits-all advice that one can disseminate exactly accurately like the number of hours of sleep or the amount of food one needs. As parents, we are each different in our own ways and those differences, combined with a confusing host of genetic chromosomes, means that each of our children is going to need something different. Comments (2).

This chicken is hot hot hot!

The Best Thing We Ate This Week: The fried chicken at Peaches HotHouse in Bed-Stuy is worth a trip from anywhere. Comments (3).

Better bookmark the entire weekend for Marty’s literary festival

Books: This one is going to be better than ever. There’s Krugman! And Rushie! And Auster! And Goldberg! And Shteyngart! And even Sarah Silverman! Comments (1).

Sample the best of Brooklyn next week

Dining: It’s all part of Hot Plates Live at the Bell House next Monday. Comment.

Monday, Sep. 6, 2010

Our annual tribute to American labor

It’s Labor Day, so we’re doing the patriotic thing by not working (yet still spending money!). So even though we won’t be posting stories today (except for that Cyclones game update below), we did want to pay a small tribute to the American worker, who has had, let’s face it, a tough year.

Win in last game of the season sets Cyclones up for playoffs

Cyclones: Cory Vaughn was a giant, and the Cyclones rolled. Comment.

Sunday, Sep. 5, 2010

A meaningless, though nonetheless painful, loss for the Cyclones

Cyclones: With just one regular season game left, who cares about a loss to Tri-City? We don’t. Comment.

Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010

Another big win for the Cyclones

Cyclones: And another great tune-up for a playoff starter. Comment.

Friday, Sep. 3, 2010

Backman meets Mets owner — to talk stadium renovations?! Come on!

Ridin’ the Cyclones: Is Wally Backman kidding? Who knows? With video … Comment.

Slow Food ideal + fashion = Brooklyn

Fashion: A team of Brooklyn designers wants to change the way you shop. Comments (1).

Lucas Duda — a ‘Dude’ with the Cyclones is now a Met

Cyclones: You know him as the newest Met, but we at The Brooklyn Paper remember Lucas Duda as a great young power-hitting kid. Duda So click to watch our historic video of Duda after he won a playoff game against the Yankees. With video … Comments (1).

Cake Man accused of giving staff crumbs — plus all the other food gossip

Foodie-in-Chief: With the lackadaisical days of summer drawing to a close, Brooklyn’s restaurant scene is revving up. Here’s the best of the borough’s openings, closings, and, of course, restaurant gossip. Comment.

Could this be the new green heart of Downtown?

Downtown: The winning designer reveals a rendering for Willoughby Square. Comments (4).

A monster win over the Lake Monsters

Cyclones: Even resting his team for the playoffs, Wally Backman gets plenty of power and pitching. Comment.

It wouldn’t be Labor Day without the carnival

Event: The final chapter of our five-part series of why you should stay in town this weekend — the granddaddy of all reasons: the annual Labor Day carnival on Eastern Parkway. Comment.

Letters: The mailbag is still full of the PPW bike lane

Letters: I think that the additional bike paths on the perimeter of Prospect Park were ill thought-out and dangerous (“Bike lane war! Prospect Park West a conflict zone,” June 25). Comments (4).

Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010

Officer suspended in ‘asthma girl’ death

Carroll Gardens: An 84th Precinct cop was suspended without pay on Tuesday after apparently failing to assist an 11-year-old girl dying from an asthma attack as her panicked mother scrambled to get her to Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill. Comments (4).

Roofus: Cops are to blame for ‘ghost’ bikes

Cartoon: Our cartoonist takes has a different take on the city’s “ghost bike” situation. Comments (9).

Clones split a late-night doubleheader

Cyclones: An ugly loss in the first game — and a ugly win in the second. Comment.

Editorial: A double take on ‘double dipping’

Perspective: Two Assemblywomen. Two pensions. Two levels of outrage. With video … Comments (12).

She’s hot on the city’s best public pool

Gowanus: It might have been her first time at the Douglass-Degraw Pool, but it certainly won’t be Stephanie Frangipane’s last dip. Comments (5).

Is it ‘double dipping’ for lawmakers to take their pension?

Perspective: Two challengers are attacking two Assembly incumbents for taking their pensions while still in office. Click below for opinion pieces on both sides of this issue.

There’s a soca (fan) born every minute at the Brass Fest

Music: Part four of our series on why you should stay in town — Friday’s soca concert. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010

Weed it and weap: High-minded Senate wannabe says country should go to pot!

Politics: Meet a Senate candidate whose slogan is “tax pot, not people.” Comments (13).

Time to rename the ‘Dust Bowl’ 

Bay Ridge: The dust has settled in a contest to rename a once-gritty section of a popular Bay Ridge park, as officials this week announced the three finalists vying for the chance to immortalize the rehabilitated ball fields popularly — and officially — known as the Dust Bowl. Comment.

Long may he wave! Walk-off dinger for Flagg

Cyclones: A great win, but Darrell Ceciliani is injured. Comment.

Labor Day Fun, Part 3: Meet the love of your life

Nightlife: Here’s the third reason to stay in town this weekend: A speed-dating event at Union Hall on Sunday. Comment.

Our reporter still basking in kudos from Olbermann

Podcast: Yes, Stephen Brown got a shout-out on “Countdown” after his hard-hitting interview with Rudy “9-11! 9-11!” Giuliani, so check out our video on the ensuing excitement. With video … Comments (1).

Call them the ‘School’ of rock

Williamsburg: Alejandra Deheza can’t stay in one place too long or else she gets restless. Comments (1).

L’Chaim! Do your (Jewish) holiday shopping on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg

Shopping: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are only a week away. For the observant, that means feasting on sweet foods to help ensure a “sweet New Year” before fasting. Here in Brooklyn, you only need to go to one place to find all your Rosh Hashanah needs, from challah to kosher chicken to bottle of sweet wine — Lee Avenue. Comments (1).