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Bestselling 'Coolidge' author Amity Shlaes draws fans to Heights casino book talk

Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights neighbors and fans turned out in force May 22 to hear best-selling author Amity Shlaes bring to life a politician with the willpower to say no to big government spending – America’s 30th President, Calvin Coolidge. … Full Article
 

Training for City Tech Hospitality Management students supported by Beitler Student Resource Endowment Fund

Brooklyn Heights
This spring, 62 students from New York City College of Technology’s (City Tech’s) award-winning Hospitality Management program successfully completed the Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS) certification course under the direction of Professor Patrick O’Halloran through funding prov … Full Article
 

Pols charge CUNY is rushing search for Medgar Evers College president

Bedford-Stuyvesant
The City University of New York (CUNY) is in too much of a rush to find the next president of Medgar Evers College and isn’t casting a wide enough net to attract a sufficient number of qualified candidates, a group of lawmakers charged. … Full Article
 

Brooklyn Heights author Ron Chernow receives Biography Award

Brooklyn Heights
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow was honored by his peers this weekend and in turn shared a few tips about his craft. … Full Article
 

New charter school opening in Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School said on Tuesday that it will open its first elementary school this September in Downtown Brooklyn (District 13). … Full Article
 

Christ Church presents Choral Evensong, neighboring Parish of St. Paul’s hosts service

Cobble Hill
The parish of Christ Church-Cobble Hill presents a Choral Evensong & Benediction on the Christian feast of Corpus Christi (this year on May 30) for all the Episcopal parishes in the Deanery of St. Mark. … Full Article
 

Auxiliary members donate $60,000 to Lutheran Medical Center

Sunset Park
Lutheran Medical Center will be able to install a new piece of medical equipment in the operating rooms thanks to a $60,000 donation from the hospital’s auxiliary. … Full Article
 

Sunset Park BID giving free WiFi to 5th Avenue

Sunset Park
A two-mile stretch of Fifth Avenue will become a giant WiFi hotspot, enabling users to have Internet access as they walk down the street, shop in stores, and relax in their apartments, under an ambitious technology upgrade planned by the Sunset Park Business Improvement District. … Full Article
 

Provocative young author to speak in DUMBO

DUMBO
From one of this generation's most talked about, controversial, and hardest working young writers comes a novel about failed relationships, drug-induced depression, marriage, and death. … Full Article
 

Lopez faces tough, uphill race for City Council

Williamsburg
Vito Lopez, the Brooklyn assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors and join him in hotel rooms, resigned on Monday from the Legislature amid sexual harassment allegations.  … Full Article
 

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