by Joe Deaux After more than an hour of searching, they finally spot the Yellow-throated Warbler. “I found the Yellow-throated Warbler,” Tom Stephenson, an avid birder and member of the Brooklyn Bird Club, cries out [...]
Friday, May 27, 2011
By Elisabeth Anderson Phil Li, an executive from Park Slope, has a longer commute to his current job at a non-profit in DUMBO than to his previous one in midtown Manhattan. And not unlike a [...]
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Growing tobacco to make cigarettes was something Audrey Silk did for herself. Only a few people knew. “I didn’t advocate it or publicize it,” she says.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
By Elisabeth Anderson This October, Mike and I are getting married. Our ceremony will take place at a sweet, old church on Long Island, and will be performed by an equally sweet and old Irish [...]
Monday, May 16, 2011
By Lillian Rizzo Three weeks ago John Beneduce had a stroke and his son was faced with a choice: to sell the family business or not. In 1997 the elder Beneduce, who is now 59-years-old, [...]
Friday, May 13, 2011
By Jeremy B. White On Good Friday, churches across Brooklyn vibrated with activity as clergy prepared for what would be perhaps the busiest weekend of the year. But not all of them. The Church of [...]
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Brooklyn’s own Royal Nights competed in this year’s Battle of the Drumlines along with five other local marching band teams. The Knights brought their A-game with a fierce attitude for a shot at the top prize.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Meet “nature proselytizer” Matthew Wills, who runs the blog Backyard and Beyond. Produced by Ivana Kottasová and Audrey Yoo.
Monday, May 9, 2011
By Aliza Moorji and Bilal Lakhani This is a story about a Brooklyn mother discovering a digital solution to the age-old problems of loneliness and economic reinvention. Jenna Park, a mother of two girls, runs [...]
Monday, May 9, 2011
Connell pictured with her two kids, Cedar and Posey. Connell spends close to 40 hours a week updating her blog. By:Tatiana Sanchez When Karen Connell first started her blog back in 2006, her hope was [...]
Monday, May 30, 2011
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