“Don’t be surprised if you see a few Sarah Palin look-alikes in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods like Brooklyn’s Borough Park. A wig wholesaler there says its Palin wig has become one of the company’s most popular items. Georgie Wigs Vice President Shlomo Klein said Thursday that the company has sold about 50 Palin wigs since the […]
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Bklink: Sarah Palin Wigs Big in Brookyn
October 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Sarah Palin Wigs Big in Brookyn
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Brooklyn Power Outages Mostly Cleared Up
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
The power outages that affected parts of Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Borough Park on Sunday have been mostly cleared up, at least, according to Con Ed’s outage map. (Each green triangle is 1-50 people without power). The trouble was caused by malfunctions with 4 of the 12 big feeder cables. About 2,000 […]
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Bklink: Earth Day "All These Damn Trees" Special
April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Earth Day "All These Damn Trees" Special
Is there such a thing as “too many trees”? There is in Borough Park. “Too much green is making a Borough Park block red with anger. The rest of the city may be going green, but the folks living there on the block say it has gone too green. They’re outraged that the city tore […]
GL Photo Du Jour: Life & Death
April 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Life & Death
[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] This photo of Washington Cemetery, the sprawling burial ground that is traversed by the F Train, McDonald Avenue and Bay Parkway, and the soccer fields beyond comes from GL Correspondent Anna Lewis.
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