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A Fastelavn full of lovin’

February 26 | Lindsey Ellefson

On Sunday, February 24, the Scandinavian holiday of Fastelavn...

  • Man stabbed to death in Bushwick
  • City’s longest streak in 30 years with no shootings ends
  • A standoff is brewing between Donald Trump and New York
  • Pungent flower blooms at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
  • Gounardes’ report: NY loses almost $3B in ‘questionable’ state tax loopholes
  • Dr. Fauci loses government-funded security protection
  • Special Sunday Mass at St. Ephrem’s launches Catholic Schools Week
  • ‘Meet the Principals’ program celebrates start of 2025 Catholic Schools Week
  • Bay Ridge Scandinavian group continues popular Fastelavn tradition
  • Goldman: GOP proposal allowing Trump third term not a ‘joke’  
  • Housing lottery open for 288 4th Ave. in Gowanus
  • MTA Capital Plan could create jobs, boost economy
  • Brooklyn duplex brings charm with exposed beams and cozy nooks
  • NYPD links three-car crash in East New York to medical episode
  • Ex-con with “Money Problems” tattoo arrested in Brooklyn bank robbery
  • NYC Council passes two-year lobbying ban on former top City Hall staffers
  • FDNY remembers ‘Black Sunday’ tragedies
  • DOE’s literacy head moving to new Brooklyn dyslexia school
  • Seddio approved as new Elections commissioner
  • Cuomo ‘war chest’ swollen ahead of potential campaign launch
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    A person takes a photo of the Hudson River as it's covered by ice, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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    President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order regarding cryptocurrency in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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    Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts at a press conference after retiring in his semifinal match against Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
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    Luo Chih-yu, 42, the owner of Pythonism, a pet store, holds a snake while a customer looks on, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year, which will usher in the Year of the Snake, in Taipei, Taiwan January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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    A person views large waves as Storm Eowyn arrives, in Porthcawl, Wales, Britain, January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Footprints in the snow emerge from the wooded border area into Christopher Parent's property, which is right on the Canada-U.S. border in Churubusco, New York, U.S., January 23, 2025. Living along this remote stretch of the border, Parent says he has seen the U.S. Border Patrol chasing migrants and also regularly sees fresh tracks in the snow emerging from the wooded border area, which he takes as evidence that migrants are moving both north into Canada and south into the United States. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Giant panda Qing Bao sits by bamboo during his public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Japanese champion Naoya Inoue, right, punches South Korea challenger Ye Joon Kim in the fourth round of a boxing match for the unified WBC IBF and WBO super bantamweight world title at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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    The “barge” part of Bargemusic — Brooklyn’ The “barge” part of Bargemusic — Brooklyn’s iconic floating concert hall — is no more.  On Monday, the rusting 19th-century barge was towed from its slip at Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge, to meet its end at a shipyard in Staten Island. More than 5,000 concerts — mostly classical, with American contemporary and jazz mixed in — had been performed inside the cozy, wood-paneled hall with its red-brick fireplace, delighting music lovers and launching musical careers since 1977. Read more at the link in bio. Eagle photos by Mary Frost
    The co-founder of the Bed-Stuy aquarium, a makeshi The co-founder of the Bed-Stuy aquarium, a makeshift goldfish pond that went viral, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Jan. 3, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. Hajj Lovick, 48, was convicted last month of second-degree attempted murder for opening fire outside Lover’s Rock, a neighborhood bar, and striking a 51-year-old man in the leg early in the morning on June 15, 2023. Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Pamela Smith
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    A self-propelled liftboat  — which can lift its A self-propelled liftboat  — which can lift itself out of the water on three cylindrical legs and transform into a suspended platform — sailed into Gowanus Bay last week. “LEGS III” — an offshore work boat, initially used in the Gulf oil patch and then for marine towing and salvage — will take on a third life in service of the environment, as a collective resource for environmentally-focused nonprofits and schools. The vessel will replace the current flat-deck barge hosting the RETI Center nonprofit. Read more at the link in bio. Photos courtesy of John Quadrozzi
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