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    Lia Neal: Swimming to make the Olympics

    Sixteen-year-old Brooklyn native Lia Neal recently had an extraordinary run at the CeraVe Invitational, a three-day swim meet at Rutgers University Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. Neal and her teammate, Annie Zhu, a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School, represented their Asphalt Green United Aquatics team. AGUA...

    Controversial Broadway Triangle Project Spills Into Bed-Stuy

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    Kwanzaa celebration connects youth to African ancestry and the world

    The National Association of Kawaida Organization (Nako – NY), held the 45th Anniversary celebration of Kwanzaa at Boys and Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. For the event, the entrance of the school was transformed to resemble a marketplace where vendors sold many traditional African...

    Crime Creeps Up In Bed-Stuy

    79th Precinct Commander  warns of trouble spots Amid a 13 percent increase of major felony crime in the past month in Bed-Stuy, 79th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Peter Bartoszek told residents at last week's Community Council meeting that he is increasing patrols where crime...
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    Kwanzaa celebration connects youth to African ancestry and the world

    The National Association of Kawaida Organization (Nako – NY), held the 45th Anniversary celebration...

    Crime Creeps Up In Bed-Stuy

    79th Precinct Commander  warns of trouble spots Amid a 13 percent increase of major felony...

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