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Volunteers Distribute Hot Food To Neighbors Stranded By The Winter Storm By Alex Ellefson on Jan 25, 2016 04:22 pm More than 100 volunteers, including members of Flatbush Shomrim, fanned out around Sheepshead Bay on Sunday to deliver hot meals to elderly and disabled neighbors trapped by this weekend’s record-breaking blizzard. The effort was coordinated by City Councilman Chaim Deutsch, who reached out to the Masbia Soup Kitchen to prepare the food. The blizzard — one of [...] Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Television Production, Sci-Fi Fun, Emergency Training By Alex Ellefson on Jan 25, 2016 02:51 pm Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get your sci-fi fix at a free screening of The Martian. There’s also a television production class, an emergency preparedness class, lots of options for exercise and much more. Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar, or using [...] Teen Searching For Two-Year-Old Pup Missing Since The Snowstorm By Alex Ellefson on Jan 25, 2016 01:31 pm Saturday was a bad time for anyone to be caught outdoors. But for a lost dog, the record-breaking blizzard would have been especially harrowing. Zain Junaid, 16, has been desperately searching for his two-year-old German Shepherd, Roxy, ever since she escaped from his Gerritsen Beach home the day before Winter Storm Jonas blanketed the city in more [...] Cops Searching For Elderly Pickpocket Who Swiped Wallet At Kings Highway Grocery Store By Alex Ellefson on Jan 25, 2016 10:17 am Police are searching for an elderly man with a cane who allegedly swiped a woman’s wallet at a Kings Highway grocery store earlier this month. The pickpocket made his move at 3pm on January 16 inside Mama Liza’s Gourmet Foods, located at Kings Highway and East 18th Street, according to the NYPD. Cops say he [...] Morning Mug: “Getting An Inch Of Snow Is Like Winning 10 Cents In The Lottery.” — Bill Watterson By Alex Ellefson on Jan 25, 2016 07:00 am Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. ICYMI: Zig Zag Resurfaces, Murder-For-Hire Plot, Shore Theater Sold By Alex Ellefson on Jan 24, 2016 12:49 pm In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, email [...] Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed By Chris Butera on Jan 23, 2016 10:00 am After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. #BlackInBrooklynTech trends as social media & real world outrage over alleged discrimination at Brooklyn Tech High School. [Fort Greene Focus] Greenlight [...] Recent Articles: EXCLUSIVE: Pye Properties Confirms Purchase Of Landmarked Shore Theater Puzzle: “I Think Of Dieting, Then I Eat Pizza.” — Lara Stone This Week’s Apartment Roundup Facebook Twitter Have tips? Email editor@sheepsheadbites.com Want to advertise? Contact us!

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