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VOLUME 67 NUMBER 34 • SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2019

Community News Beacon in South Brooklyn Since 1953

Where’s My Bus? MTA removes schedules from stops WHAT’S NEWS

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Photo courtesy of Kids of the Arts Productions

GRID-LOCK SLAMMED

In the wake of a moratorium by National Grid on installing new gas hookups in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, New York State might consider ending a long-standing agreement it has with the company, giving it a monopoly on supplying gas to homes and businesses. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed the Department of Public Service to broaden an investigation it is currently conducting into the moratorium and to consider alternatives to National Grid as a franchisee for some or all of the areas it currently serves if the problem is not resolved. For more on this story, go to page 4

IMPEACHMENT-KEEN

Demonstrators held a protest rally outside U.S. Rep. Max Rose’s Bay Ridge office late last month to urge the pol to back the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Rose, who won his seat in 2018 and has earned a reputation as a centrist willing to work across the aisle on certain issues, has steadfastly refused to back impeachment. For more on this story, go to brooklynreporter.com

FOODIE OUTPOST OPENS

Sahadi’s, the family specialty grocery store that’s been a Brooklyn fixture since 1948, finally opened its doors in Industry City late last month. The new space is 7,500 square feet with approximately 80 seats and a bar. It offers the traditional ancient grains and spices, bins of freshly roasted nuts, dried fruits, imported olives and old-fashioned barrels of coffee beans that customers look for at its first location on Atlantic Avenue, along with new additions, such as light breakfast, full coffee service and lunch. For more on this story, go to page 4

CHURCH SALE

The Bay Ridge property that housed Salem Lutheran Church for many years has been sold for $4.65 million in a real estate transaction that marked the second time in nine years the property has been put on the market. The Eastern Buddhist Association purchased the property at 450 67th St. from the previous owners, Saint Matthew’s Church, which bought the 11,915-square-foot property, which includes a church, parsonage and auditorium, from Salem Lutheran Church in 2010 for $2.65 million. For more on this story, go to page 2

Columnists’ Corner:

Generally Speaking By Ted General

Common Sense By Jerry Kassar Matter of Fact By Jay Brown Focus on Bay Ridge By Chuck Otey Columns begin on page 10

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MARC MINDS YOUR BUSINESS

Home Reporter executive Marc Hibsher spent a few minutes with Bay Ridge Center Executive Director Marianne Nicolosi, whose leadership team has launched a satellite office on Third Avenue to expand services to Bay Ridge seniors here who live in a well-defined Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC). NORCs usually come into being when residents “age in place” because, Hibsher reports, “they remain comfortable with their neighborhood and their neighbors. The Third Avenue satellite office will be well received in a stable, residential place like Bay Ridge.” Focus on Bay Ridge columnist Chuck Otey agrees and was there to cover a public forum held at the new Third Avenue NORC center. For more, see page 11. ebrooklyn media photo by Arthur De Gaeta

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