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Good Morning, Brooklyn: Monday, September 27, 2021

September 27 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

COUNCILMEMBER ATTACKED AT RIKERS: A Rikers Island inmate hurled an “unknown liquid substance” at a Brooklyn City Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-33) who visited the troubled prison complex last Wednesday, Sept. 22, the New York Post reported on Friday. The unidentified inmate — who was behind Plexiglas in a solitary confinement cell — hit Councilmember Levin […]

President of Finland visits Sunset Park, former Finnish stronghold

September 25 | Jaime de Jesus, Brooklynreporter.com

During a recent visit to New York, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö took a tour of the area in Sunset Park that was once known as Finntown. According to Finnish Consul General Mika Koskinen, Finntown, which was located in northern Sunset Park, was populated by Finns from the early 1900 to the 1960s. “At best there were […]

Ancient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby, with help from Brooklyn prosecutors, going back to Iraq

September 25 | Colleen Long, Associated Press

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Mesopotamian king, then looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, is finally headed back to Iraq, thanks to Brooklyn federal prosecutors. The $1.7 million cuneiform clay tablet was found in 1853 as part of a 12-tablet collection in the rubble […]