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“I Got Rhythm,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “Embraceable You” and other beloved songs by George and Ira Gershwin are featured in the musical “Crazy for You” to be presented next month by Narrows Community Theater, a Bay Ridge-based company. … Full Article

The Merchants of Third Avenue group has announced that its “Mystery Pioneer” for 2012 is Linda Allegretti, a founder of the Shore Road Parks Conservancy, a group which organizes cleanups of the parks located Shore Road in Bay Ridge.
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Richard Maxwell, left, Doug Johnson, center, and Mary Johnson are hard at work, but enjoying themselves at the same time as they decorate pumpkins at the annual Harvest Festival on Shore Road. … Full Article

If you’re a homeowner in Bay Ridge or Dyker Heights and you see a white chalk mark shaped like the letter “T” on the sidewalk in front of your house, don’t be alarmed. The “T” doesn’t stand for terror. It stands for tree. It means the city is going to plant as tree in front of your home. … Full Article

The good news for Bay Ridge residents, that the city had finally finished fixing the sinkhole on 92nd Street, has been quickly followed by bad news. The city is re-instating alternate side of the street parking regulations in the vicinity around the sinkhole site.
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Women need to add a little sparkle to their lives, said Bay Ridge writer-blogger Cara Alwill Leyba, whose popular blog “The Champagne Diet” has legions of fans across the country.
 
Better yet, women should BE the sparkle in their lives, she said.
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Brooklyn broker Wade Jabour, owner of Jabour Realty Co. in Bay Ridge, recently examined an overlooked aspect of the 2012 election coverage: presidential real estate. … Full Article

Brooklyn real estate attorney Robert Howe of The Law Offices of Robert Howe has been selected as an expert contributor for a new online how-to guide web site, eHow.com. … Full Article

There’s a walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge, so why not a bike lane on the Verrazano Bridge? That’s the question asked by environmentally-minded Community Board 10 members seeking to make the Bay Ridge to Staten Island span friendly to those on two wheels.
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It took more than three months to get the job done, but the infamous 92nd Street sinkhole in Bay Ridge has finally been repaired.
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