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Street Safety: NYPD’s New CompStat System Shows Crimes Near Your Home By Sarah Crean on Feb 25, 2016 04:39 pm Residents have a new tool to understand crime patterns in our area. On Tuesday, the NYPD unveiled Compstat 2.0, a website which allows users to examine crime statistics up to the most recent week, identify crime locations by street intersection, and get other details about a crime. In announcing the release of Compstat 2.0, the [...] Seven More Arrests In Heating Oil Scam That Cheated Madison & Murrow High Schools By Alex Ellefson on Feb 25, 2016 02:56 pm Seven more people have been arrested in connection to a city-wide fraud that involved ripping off scores of heating oil customers, including Edward R. Murrow and James Madison high school, prosecutors announced Wednesday. “The defendants are charged with running a scheme to systematically steal heating oil from a Brooklyn terminal to enrich themselves and we [...] Frustrated Neighbors Find Few Answers About Projects To Protect Waterfronts From Flooding By Alex Ellefson on Feb 25, 2016 12:49 pm Frustrations boiled over at a Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting Tuesday when city officials showed up empty handed in front of residents demanding solutions that would protect their communities from coastal flooding. “Why is there no solution yet? Isn’t that your job to come and propose a solution?” one man shouted. “The water is rising. [...] Morning Mug: “The Purpose Of Art Is Washing The Dust Of Daily Life Off Our Souls.” — Pablo Picasso By Alex Ellefson on Feb 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. Upstart Cafe Becomes Enemy No. 1 In Manhattan Beach Over Beer & Wine Application By Alex Ellefson on Feb 24, 2016 07:08 pm   An upstart cafe has drawn the ire of community leaders over its application to serve alcoholic drinks on a residential street in Manhattan Beach. The Community Board has submitted an objection to a beer and wine license filed last month by Chillax, a coffee shop located at 184 Oxford Street, around the corner from [...] Recent Articles: Lady Moody House Is Safe & Other LPC Vote Results Deutsch Says Mayor’s Zoning Plan Must Be Changed To Protect Waterfronts Charges Dropped After Attempted Luring Suspect Turns Himself In, Cops Say Morning Mug: “You Cannot Escape The Responsibility Of Tomorrow By Evading It Today.” — Abraham Lincoln How Did A Booming Real Estate Market Create A Deadly Drug Den For Squatters? Facebook Twitter Have tips? Email editor@sheepsheadbites.com Want to advertise? Contact us!

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