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Eileen K. Roberts

The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


Eileen K. Roberts Aspen, CO Colorado Eileen K. Roberts was born Eileen Lois Kalter, Nov. 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and died Sunday, Nov. ...

Meet the Doctors in Brooklyn - October 2009

NY Metro Parents. | NY Metro Parents | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home


Meet some of the health care professionals in Brooklyn, New York....

THE VINES (10-09)

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home


I haven't done a "grapevines" column in ages so here goes. Too many people are saying that David Paterson needs to step gingerly out of the upcoming g...

Herminia Rojas: Homeless Mom Travels Over Two Hours Daily To Educate Her Children

nydailynews.com | Rachel Monahan | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York


She's got no job, no apartment, no husband - but Herminia Rojas is making sure her kids have something: a decent education. The 41-year-old newly hom...

Andrei Melnikov's Cell Phone Turns On Oven (VIDEO)

Posted 09.18.2009 | New York


It's an "app" Andrei Melnikov doesn't want: his phone accidentally triggers his stove, turning it on whenever he gets a call. Melnikov's Sony Erickso...

SUV Clubs Gain Traction In New York

New York Times | ANNE BARNARD | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York


A few of the Trucked Out Divas -- Strawberry, Carmel and Black Beauty -- were waiting in front of their clubhouse, a former strip club in Brownsville ...

Waiting-Room Death At Kings County Hospital Prompts Criminal Probe

New York Times | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


A criminal investigation has begun into the death of a patient on a waiting room floor at a city-run psychiatric hospital in Brooklyn last year, the B...

Williamsburg Condo Bubble Bursts

New York Magazine | David Amsden | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York


No other neighborhood in the city has been more visibly transformed by new residential construction than Williamsburg. But with sales across Brooklyn ...

Gowanus Canal's Slimy History

New York Magazine | Christopher Bonanos | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York


Once known as the "Gashouse District," the area around the Gowanus Canal is the only underdeveloped section of brownstone Brooklyn, for good reason: T...

Gun Battle Kills One Outside Baby Shower For Wife Of "Wire" Actor

New York Daily News | Kenny Porpora, Alison Gendar and Samuel Goldsmith | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York


A made-for-tv gun battle erupted outside a Brooklyn baby shower for the wife of a star of the HBO crime series "The Wire" Sunday, killing one teen and...

Downtown Brooklyn Will Get A Boost From New 51-Story Apartment Building

The New York Observer | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


Hundreds of new residents will pour into downtown Brooklyn when its tallest building�"the 51-story Brooklyner�"opens in 2010. ...

Brooklyn's Beer Breweries: Rise, Fall And Resurrection

New York Times | A. G. Sulzberger | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


For a while the beer flowed from Brooklyn as if from a broken spigot. With 45 breweries at the turn of the century -- including 11 on one 12-block str...

Frank Mickens, 'Tough love' Brooklyn School Principal, Dead At 63

New York Daily News | Elizabeth Lazarowitz and Leo Standora | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


FRANK MICKENS, the cigar-chomping educator who with tough love transformed Brooklyn's Boys and Girls High School from one of the city's worst to a pla...

Cheese Factory Under Fire From Feds

New York Daily News | John Marzulli | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


Cut the cheese! Government lawyers are seeking a court order to shut down an unsanitary Williamsburg cheese factory which has produced cheese products...

Statue Of Liberty Replica "Beheaded" On YouTube (VIDEO)

NBC New York | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


A Statue of Liberty replica stolen from outside a coffee shop has resurfaced in chilling video that echoes the horrifying beheadings of journalist Dan...

Williamsburg Hard Hit By Recession

Curbed | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York


North Brooklyn is tops when it comes to vacant lots and rusting steel, according to the Department of Buildings, with 18 stalled construction sites in...

Yinka Shonibare At Brooklyn Museum Blows Away Art World

Brooklyn Paper | Mike McLaughlin | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Mike McLaughlinThe Brooklyn PaperThe new Yinka Shonibare exhibit at the...

Atlantic Yards Opponents Appeal To Be Heard

Curbed | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


In a somewhat surprising decision, the state's highest court has decided to hear the appeal filed by Atlantic Yards opponents in the eminent domain c...

Bushwick Mini-Mall To Transform Neighborhood?

Brooklyn Paper | Jacob Kleinman | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home


See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Jacob Kleinmanfor The Brooklyn PaperEveryone knows that Bushwick has arrived — but will the shoppers follow...

Brooklyn Bowl Opens As Green Music Club, Bowling Alley

New York Times | BEN SISARIO | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


Peter Shapiro was bounding around Brooklyn Bowl one recent evening, showing off all that his new music club slash bowling alley would have to offer. ...

Prospect Heights Becomes Protected Historical Landmark

Brooklyn Paper | Jacob Kleinman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home


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NYC Mayor Race To Focus On Housing & Development

Our Town | Our Town | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home


When it comes to housing and development, New York City often devolves into a war zone. The battle over Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, defeated plans fo...

Harry Potter Fans Play Quidditch In McCarren Park

Brooklyn Paper | Brooklyn Paper | Posted 07.24.2009 | Home


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Purse Thief Preys On Churchgoers

New York Daily News | By Matthew Lysiak | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York


After a thief struck during Mass, the Shrine Church of Saint Bernadette is warning parishioners to take their bags when they leave their pews to accep...

The race for the 40th City Council District: Rock Hackshaw gets the endorsement of the Independence Party....

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 07.14.2009 | Home


The race for the 40th City Council District: Rock Hackshaw gets the endorsement of the Independence Party. Is this an epic of things to come?  By now...