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Block Party: NYC Mission Society Marks 50th Anniversary of Minisink

  [Community Announcement]       On Saturday August 8, 2015, the New York City Mission Society will host a 50th Anniversary Block Party ...

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BROOKLYN MOTHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS LEFT CRITICAL AFTER FIRE

Firefighters at the scene of Brooklyn fire A Brooklyn mother and her two daughters were critically injured during a fire in Borough Park Friday ...

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BAM presents DanceAfrica 2015: Brazilian rhythms, African roots

BAM presents DanceAfrica 2015: Brazilian rhythms, African roots May 22—25 Balé Folclórico da Bahia brings its crowd-rousing dance to Brooklyn. The festival pays tribute ...

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NYC Comptroller’s Sandy Oversight Unit Meets With Recovering Victims

Comptroller Scott Stringer brought his Sandy Oversight Unit to Brooklyn for a two-hour hearing at P.S. 15 in Red Hook, on Tuesday. [New York ...

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Will Mayor de Blasio Create One New York Or Will Those With Fat Wallets Still Call The Tunes?

Mayor de Blasio To get the nod from those whose nod really count in the New York City mayoral election, the rich and the ...

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40 Years After Vietnam: Focus On Black Veterans

[Black Vietnam Vets Tribute] January 27th 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the ending of the Vietnam War. This conflict cost the lives of ...

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Tribute To J.D. Livingstone: “What’s Up Doc?”

J.D. Livingstone, second from left, shown when he visited with Guerrilla Journalism in November. Rev. Conrad Tillard, front, was also in the house next ...

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Central Brooklyn Weathers Stop And Frisk, “Gentrification,” Hospital Closings And Other Woes

Ken Thompson made history by ousting Charles Hynes as D.A. [Central Brooklyn: State Of Siege] A siege,  according  to one definition in the American ...

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GLADIATORS: Boxing Is A Bloody Dangerous Sports BUT We’ll Never Ban It

Alvarado pays the price. Prospects for brain damage in long-run? [BoxingGlove Notes] As I viewed the post-fight interview that H.B.O. commentator, Max Kellerman conducted ...

Special to Black Star News: Calypso Spectacular

  Brooklyn, NY — For the past 12 years the Sesame Flyers International (SFI) Calypso Tent has furnished a stage for local calypsonians who would ...