Archive for October, 2011

• Tornado Repair Could Take Months, Cost Millions

  September 20th, 2010
  
  Maria Hernandez Park administrator Elvis Valdez has a lot of work ahead of him to get the park open after Thursday’s tornado decimated its trees and damaged walkways and park equipment. Click to view more photos>>

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• Two Men Wounded in Shooting on Halsey

  September 20th, 2010
  
  Detectives from the 83rd Precinct look for bullet casings underneath cars on Halsey Street last night, after two men were shot and wounded.

  At least a dozen gunshots were reported via Twitter on Halsey Street near Central Avenue…

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• Man Wounded in Halsey Street Shooting

  September 19th, 2010

  At least a dozen gunshots were reported via Twitter on Halsey Street near Central Avenue at about 11pm Sunday. A neighbor tells BushwickBK police are on the scene, and a man was removed from the house with a gunshot wound…

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• RBSCC Under Major Investigation, Faces Shake-Up

  September 17th, 2010
  
  Hope Gardens center, run by RBSCC, is the epicenter of a wave of fraud that eventually put the local non-profit itself in the sights of city investigators. In this photo from April, one investigated employee’s time card still

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• Tornado Smashes Through Bushwick

  September 16th, 2010
  
  A pedestrian parth is blocked by a downed tree in Maria Hernandez Park after a tornado snaked through town this afternoon. — Photo by Jeremy Sapienza

  This evening at about 5:30pm, a tornado snaked through Bushwick, pulling pieces…

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• Bushwick Music Review: Photon Dynamo and the Shiny Pieces

  September 16th, 2010

  

  Each week we’ll highlight a different song by a Bushwick band or artist we like. If you would like to have your band’s song considered, you can submit an MP3 here.

  Usually if a band claims to have…

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• WORK: Becky, Champion of Bridezillas

  September 16th, 2010

  Meet Becky. She owns Becky’s Wedding Boutique on Broadway and finds that the best part of her job is — believe it or not — the bridezillas, because they know what they want. Depending on a bride-to-be’s charisma,…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 9/16/10

  September 16th, 2010

  How can I possibly be expected to stay in when there are so many amazing (and free, people) events happening literally all over our small town? Tons of art and plenty of music…

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• ‘Secret Report’: RBSCC Riddled With Fraud

  September 16th, 2010
  
  RBSCC headquarters on Wyckoff Avenue. — (Google)

  The Daily News is quoting a so-called “secret report” that claims the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (RBSCC) , Bushwick’s largest single employer, is “riddled” with fraud and…

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• The Body Return to the Acheron Tomorrow

  September 15th, 2010

  After playing a well-received show back in July, Providence, Rhode Island’s the Body are returning to the Acheron tomorrow night. The duo occupy a fuzzy space between art metal and post-rock, a prickly, sludgy drone that sounds like…

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