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Banks holds a photo from the first time she visited Javon on Aug. 11, 2001 at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane

From the editor: It’s a long weekend. Read something wonderful.

October 12 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

I asked six months ago what you wanted from a local news...

  • Reimagining Shakespeare’s portrayal of women with Whitney White’s ‘Macbeth in Stride’
  • Brooklyn Quilter’s Guild hosts biennial quilt show
  • Carol Pino Learning Farm hosts plant giveaway
  • Mother’s Day on Montague Street
  • Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk: 125 artists, 70-plus shops, galleries
  • Assemblymember Colton salutes all mothers
  • NYPD tases protester at Brooklyn College demonstration
  • Newly-signed legislation will fund construction of BK-Queens IBX and other MTA projects
  • Top AI experts back Gounardes’ RAISE Act
  • New law increases unemployment benefit amounts as part of landmark reforms for workers
  • NYC Public Schools issues RFI for bolstering Head Start programs
  • Comedian Sean Reilly opens Green Room Comedy Club in Greenpoint
  • Former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter dies at 85
  • Applications close today for 2026 Brooklyn Org Spark Prize
  • Interfaith leaders express hope about continued dialogue with new pontiff
  • NYC Public Advocate expresses hope for Pope Leo
  • NYPD: Crime down for 7th month, but some categories inch up in April
  • Brooklyn Diocesan Bishop welcomes election of Pope Leo XIV
  • Genealogist discovers new pope’s ancestry includes Creole grandparents
  • NYPD asks public to help track down man in attempted Borough Park robbery
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    Danny Triplett watches over a smoker filled with Boston butts while working with the cooking team at Precious Blood Catholic Church, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky.
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    Men search for recyclable items inside public trash cans in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
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    A long exposure photo shows vehicles driving through the Dades valley in the High Atlas mountains, in Morocco, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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    Madison Pelletier picks tulips Wednesday morning at Chipman's Upick Tulips in Poland, Maine.
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    A group of Kashmiri village women wait for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 9, 2025.
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    Palestinians struggle to obtain donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 9, 2025.
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      ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??”  Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers ... this is 21st Century.”
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