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The state Attorney General’s Office has obtained a $5.5 million settlement to resolve an investigation into what it calls mismanagement and excessive executive compensation at Educational Housing Services, Inc. … Full Article

A tipster emailed the Curbed blog to tell them that "Rambo," short for "Right Around the Manhattan Bridge Overpass," is now appearing in Google M … Full Article

Frank Ciolli – owner of the famous Grimaldi's Pizza in DUMBO, Brooklyn – is smoking mad at pizza's patron saint Patsy Grimaldi, 81. Ciolli always says he bought the Grimaldi's Pizza name from him back in 1998 for half a million dollars, and Patsy Grimaldi officially retired. … Full Article

Icelandic rock singer Bjork, who has owned a $4.2 million, four-bedroom penthouse on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights since 2009,  was nominated for a Grammy Best Alternative Music Album for her 2011 album "Biophilia." The album also received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. … Full Article

Well-know Brooklyn community activist Jon Kest, executive director of New York Communities for Change (NYCC) died from cancer Wednesday at the age of 57. … Full Article

The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) honored the work of its volunteers at its annual awards ceremony, held at TD Bank on Montague Street.   … Full Article

At first glance, John Manbeck’s new crime novella, “Death on the Rise,” available on Amazon and barnesandnoble.com, reads like a typical Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett hard-boiled detective novel of the 1930s. … Full Article

With each missed shot, St. Francis Brooklyn men's basketball coach Glenn Braica grew more astounded. … Full Article

Grace Church-Brooklyn Heights celebrated the 164th anniversary of the very first worship service in Grace Church during services on Dec. 2. This past Sunday was also the first Sunday of Advent, which Christians consider the start of a new liturgical year. … Full Article

The office of the Pope in the Vatican launched its Twitter account on Monday with the handle @Pontifex, a Latin word referencing the ancient priests of Rome, according to Ad Age. … Full Article