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The Voice of Common Sense and Conservative Values VOLUME 90 NUMBER 36

SEPTEMBER 20-26, 2019

WHAT’S NEWS LET THERE BE LIGHT

In response to a request from Councilmember Justin Brannan, the New York City Department of Transportation plans to install additional lighting on and near the corner of Battery Avenue and 86th Street, the scene of an attempted rape last month. The corner is dark and desolate at night, residents told Brannan, who said he heard numerous complaints from constituents after a 41-year-old woman was attacked on the corner on Aug. 31. The intersection is deserted at night, due largely to the fact that there are empty properties on either side of Battery Avenue, he said. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.

FESTIVAL MARRED

The recent 43rd Annual Santa Rosalia Festival was plagued this year by rowdy young people bent on causing trouble, according to police. Things got so bad that police had to order the street fair to close down early on three of the 10 nights it took place, according to cops. There was no violence, but things got tense on a couple of nights, mainly due to outside groups coming in and acting in a disruptive fashion, officials said. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.

KITCHEN CHOPS

MORE THAN BACKPACKS

A local charity group that works to address hunger by putting non-perishable food in backpacks and delivering them to schools for kids from underprivileged families to take home is now seeking to expand its mission. Leaders of Grandma’s Love Inc. are hoping to convince area schools to take part in Kids for Peace, a literacy-advocacy program where kids read books about such topics as bullying or the environment and then work with adults and each other to find solutions on a local level. The group will hold its first major fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 27, at Saint Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, 8100 Ridge Blvd., from 6 to 10 p.m. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.

CANCER FUNDRAISER

On Saturday, Sept. 21, a group of Bay Ridge 20-somethings will once again host the Cancer Can’t Kill Love Benefit Concert, an all-day musical bash that, in its seven-year run, has grown from a small gathering of friends to a sizable community event that draws hundreds — and raises some serious cash for cancer research. Beginning at 2 p.m., this year’s CCKL concert will be held at Sporting Club Gjøa, 850 62nd St., to benefit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com.

A BRIDGE TOO FAR Malliotakis pans current two-way Verrazzano tolling proposal SEE PAGE 2

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Budding chefs and entrepreneurs at John Dewey High School now have a state-of-theart kitchen classroom in which to practice the culinary arts. The city pumped $3 million into a project to upgrade the Gravesend school’s kitchen and the results were unveiled on Friday, Sept. 13 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The state-of-the-art kitchen, located on the first floor, could be mistaken for a kitchen in a high-end restaurant, with numerous burners, industrial-size ovens, large refrigerators, cake mixers, student workstations and a dry goods storage area. For more on this story, see page 4.


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