A warming trend makes a lot of local development easier for laborers working in the nabe. (Photo by Francisco Daum)

FG/CH News

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The Day: Spring on Myrtle Avenue, CB 8 Rejects CB 2′s District Realignment and Navy Yard Tours

  • April 17, 2014

See some spring growth on Myrtle Avenue, a response to Community Board 2′s bid to redraw its district map and more in today’s morning news wrap.

The 88th Precinct and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo are holding a town hall meeting Friday to address a string of thefts from cars in the neighborhood. (Photo by Oswaldo Cabrera

Crime, FG/CH News

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Emergency Town Hall Meeting to Address Thefts from Cars

  • March 11, 2014

Learn how to protect your car from a break at a community meeting with the 88th Precinct this Friday at St. Joseph’s College.

35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, seen during a summer push to win her current seat on city council. (Photo by The Nabe)

FG/CH News, Neighbors, Politics

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Cumbo to Hold Inauguration Party at Ingersoll Community Center

  • January 10, 2014

35th District City Council Member Laurie Cumbo will hold an inauguration party at the Ingersoll Community Center this weekend, when New York Senator Chuck Schumer will administer a symbolic oath of office.

(Photo by Chinwe Oniah)

Arts, FG/CH News, Real Estate

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MoCADA Looking for $11M to Fund New Museum

  • January 9, 2014

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has found a new location in the neighborhood, Director James Bartlett confirmed last month. Now MoCADA just needs to raise $11 million to purchase the site and build and new, larger, museum.

Arts, FG/CH News, Politics

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Will Laurie Cumbo be Brooklyn’s “Arts Councilwoman”?

  • January 6, 2014

Council Member Laurie Cumbo stands at the intersection of arts and politics. With one foot in each world, will she will be labeled the “arts councilwoman”?

Emotions were high at a vigil for Lucian Merryweather, a 9-year-old boy killed by an SUV last weekend. (Photo by Ben Brody)

Crime, FG/CH News, Neighbors, Public Safety

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Locals Mourn Loss of 9-Year-Old at Community Vigil

  • November 7, 2013

Residents, local officials and visitors spoke emotionally about pedestrian safety at a vigil on Nov. 5 for Lucian Merryweather, the 9-year-old boy killed in Fort Greene on Nov. 2 when an SUV jumped the sidewalk on DeKalb Avenue.