Author: Brooklyn Eagle
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New wildfires burn in US Northeast while bigger blazes rage out West
This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP New wildfires burned Tuesday across the Northeast, adding to a series of blazes that have come amid very dry weather and killed at least one person, while much…
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What They’re Saying: live arts in Brooklyn this week, Nov. 12
Part of the 2024 New York Comedy Festival, “Go Dummy Goes Dummy” promises a wild, electric night of fast-paced, entirely improvised comedy. Known as New York’s “Dumbest Improv Group,” the show features some of the funniest up-and-coming performers in the city. The lineup features Omar Evans (Blue Bloods), Tucker Iverson (Asylum Mainstage Presents…), Jess Moukios…
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Premium Content: Governors Island sees expansion of Harbor School, cementing its reputation as an environmental hub
GOVERNORS ISLAND — On Thursday, several New York City officials gathered to break ground on the expansion of the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island. The school provides a college preparatory education built on the city’s maritime experience with an emphasis on environmental stewardship, and the expansion is part of the Adams…
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Veterans entrepreneurs honored at Mayor Adams’ Veterans Day Breakfast
NEW YORK CITY — 10 veteran entrepreneurs were awarded $20,000 grants at Mayor Adams’ Veterans’ Day Breakfast at Gracie Mansion on Thursday, Nov. 7. The grants are awarded through NYC Boss Up, a partnership amongst the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS), New York City Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS), the K…
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Premium Content: America’s glass ceiling remains − here are some of the reasons why a woman may have once again lost the presidency
Kamala Harris was a candidate of many firsts, including the first Black and South Asian woman to run for president as the Democratic nominee. Her resounding, swift loss in the presidential race to Republican Donald Trump on Nov. 5, 2024, means many things to different people, including the fact that American voters are unable to…
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GOP election night watch party celebrated significant wins
BAY RIDGE — There was revelry in the air at the Brooklyn Republican Party’s election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, as the GOP celebrated some significant wins. The event, which took place at the Bay Ridge Manor and hosted approximately 200 people, saw Republican Steven Chan, a former U.S. Marine and retired New…
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Premium Content: GOP makes noteworthy strides at Brooklyn Republican Party’s election night watch event
BAY RIDGE — There was revelry in the air at the Brooklyn Republican Party’s election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, as the GOP celebrated some significant wins. The event, which took place at the Bay Ridge Manor and hosted approximately 200 people, saw Republican Steven Chan, a former U.S. Marine and retired New…
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An immersive play explores Italian-American culture in a Bushwick row house
BUSHWICK — Park Slope native and playwright John N. Frank is bringing a taste of his Italian-American upbringing to North Brooklyn with “It’s My Brooklyn, Too!” “This is my family’s story, but it’s also the story of every immigrant family that’s come to America,” says Frank. “It deals with their struggles to achieve the American…
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Premium Content: Immersive play highlights Italian-American experience
BUSHWICK — Park Slope native and playwright John N. Frank is bringing a taste of his Italian-American upbringing to North Brooklyn with “It’s My Brooklyn, Too!” “This is my family’s story, but it’s also the story of every immigrant family that’s come to America,” says Frank. “It deals with their struggles to achieve the American…
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Democrats oust two House Republicans in New York, clawing back GOP gains
Voters cast their ballots at the P.S. 256 in Brooklyn on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura Democrats in New York unseated two first-term Republican incumbents in the U.S. House on Tuesday, one in the Hudson Valley and the other in a district that includes Syracuse, rolling back some recent GOP gains…