By Gersh Kuntzman
McMahon on Line 1: He voted against the House health care bill, but freshman Rep. Mike McMahon still says he wants health care reform.
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By Helen Rittelmeyer
Politics: He’s never been to Idaho — heck, he’s never been west of Buffalo! — but Bay Ridge resident William Bryk wants to be the Gem State’s next U.S. senator.
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By Sabrina Jaszi
Fort Greene: Someone is breaking into sunroofs all over the neighborhood. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Will Yakowicz
Theater: Sex, drugs and family dysfunction — it’s all fodder for the young playrights of Off The Hook, a teen playwriting troupe that presents its sixth annual production on Nov. 20 and 21.
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By Will Yakowicz
Williamsburg Waterfront: A developer doesn’t think so, but city zoning rules say otherwise.
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By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: With both her kids pretty much abandoning her, Smartmom is throwing everything she has into her relationship with Ducky, her 5-year-old neice. Talk about a carousel of time!
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By Linnea Covington
Boerum Hill: The battle between the congregation at Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the church’s governing body could soon shift from the kingdom of heaven to a New York court.
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By Sabrina Jaszi
Dining: Get ready for the Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment!
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Weekender: Once again, the invaluable Brooklyn Paper is back with some tips for a great weekend. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!
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Page 1: There’s no reason to wait until Friday for The Brooklyn Paper’s award-winning print edition to show up a various drop points all over town. Click the above link for all of the news, arts, features and calendars that make our paper so juicy. This week, check out our analysis of Mayor Bloomberg’s re-election victory (hint: half of Brooklyn doesn’t like this guy), our coverage of helicopter noise and our review of the big new show at St. Ann’s. It’s all in your Brooklyn Paper — keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!
By Will Yakowicz
Greenpoint: Costs for a new Kosciuszko Bridge are skyrocketing. But look at what we’ll get!
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By Will Yakowicz
DUMBO: Is a dance club a good thing or a bad thing for a neighborhood?
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By Will Yakowicz
Downtown: Now that the city’s school system has started to dole out flu shots, adults are apparently realizing that they should get one, too.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
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Politics: Mayor Bloomberg rolled to a third term on Tuesday, but he didn’t win Brooklyn.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Mean Streets: Possibly the worst thing about living in Brooklyn — the debilitating traffic congestion on the Brooklyn Bridge’s entrance ramp from the southbound FDR Drive — may be getting just a little bit better.
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Link: If it’s Wednesday, it’s Police Blotter day on BrooklynPaper.com. Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list.
Letters: The lead letter comes from the mayor of Greenwood Heights, who is already missing our dearly departed reporter, Ben Muessig.
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By Sabrina Jaszi
Art: Check out Melitte Buchman’s tintype portraits.
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By Meredith Deliso
Theater: The latest production from The Civilians troupe, which has delved into the Atlantic Yards project and Evangelical Christians, now turns its eye on something really controversial: divorce.
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By Simon McCormack
Music: The legendary doo-wop band returns to its roots on Nov. 14.
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By Will Yakowicz
Brooklyn Heights: Concerned about helicopter noise? Well, there’s some good news, and some bad news.
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By Sabrina Jaszi
Williamsburg Waterfront: The developers of one luxury condo tower in Williamsburg are so confident that you’ll love their building that they’ll drive you to the competition.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Park Slope: Sorry, sports fans, but the long-delayed, torturous redevelopment of the Park Slope Armory into a community and local school recreation center is delayed again.
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By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: But the tween isn’t ready to have her mom tell her about sex — no matter how many seminars Smartmom has taken at Babeland.
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By Aaron Short
Election: Vandals attacked the Conselyea Street home of former City Council candidate Gerry Esposito just days after the Community Board 1 district manager endorsed an insurgent candidate against the incumbent he tried to defeat.
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