A sea turtle named Vesuvio sleeps underwater in a tank at CESTHA, the Experimental Center for the Protection of Habitats, inside a former market in Marina di Ravenna, on the Adriatic Sea, Italy, Saturday, June 8, 2024. The small plastic cone protects the turtles from light as they sleep or nap. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Our world in photos: June 17

June 17 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ITALY — Studying turtles in protective habitat: A sea turtle named Vesuvio sleeps...

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Marea Wachsman, recently installed as president of WBASNY, at a Brooklyn Women's Bar Association event. (From left) Wachsman is with Carolyn Caccese, Meryl Schwartz, Helene Blank and Ruth Bernstein. Photo by Mario Belluomo

Brooklyn lawyer Marea Wachsman takes over as president of statewide Women’s Bar Association

June 17 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the Election Protection Hotline ahead of the June primary elections. Photo by Brittany Newman/AP

Attorney General James announces election protection hotline for June primary

June 17 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Attorney General Letitia James announced on Friday that the Office of the...

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Business

Second Brooklyn Made store opens in central location Downtown

June 13 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — In real estate, they say it’s all about “location...

Owner Mohamad Salem in front of his business, Tripoli. Photos courtesy of Atlantic Avenue BID

Half-Century Club: champion of longevity, Tripoli has been on Atlantic Avenue since the 1970s

June 13 | Special from the Atlantic Avenue BID

This month, the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) paid tribute to...

Crime

Police release surveillance video of the shocking Brooklyn Heights hate crime

June 13 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The New York Police Department has released surveillance video and...

A co-op building in Brooklyn Heights was vandalized with red spray paint and a sign reading, “ANNE PASTERNAK BROOKLYN MUSEUM WHITE-SUPREMACIST ZIONIST.” Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Antisemitic vandalism defaces home of Brooklyn Museum’s Pasternak in Brooklyn Heights

June 12 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS —Residents of Brooklyn Heights woke up Wednesday morning to discover...

Education & Kids

Historic Brooklyn Kindergarten Society names Ashley Williams as executive director

June 10 | Special from Brooklyn Kindergarten Society

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Kindergarten Society (BKS), a leading non-profit in early...

The annual Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade welcomed spring to Brooklyn Heights for the 37th time on Tuesday, April 30.

Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade hits Brooklyn Heights for 37th year

May 2 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Hundreds of Saint Ann’s School students and their artistic...

Health

Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Photo: John Minchillo/AP File

Independent report criticizes Cuomo’s ‘top-down’ management of New York’s COVID-19 response

June 17 | Associated Press

An investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Cancer survivors showing their awards alongside Maimonides staff. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Arthur De Gaeta

Maimonides acknowledges cancer survivors at 18th annual gathering

June 14 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

DYKER HEIGHTS — Maimonides Health hosted its 18th annual Cancer Survivors Day event...

Police & Fire

From left: 84th Precinct Community Council President Mark Gelbs, Police Officer Melissa Andrade, and the 84th Precinct’s Commanding Officer Captain Thomas Maffei.

Melissa Andrade commended as April’s ‘Cop of the Month’ in the 84th Precinct

May 26 | Mary Frost

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police Officer Melissa Andrade was commended on Tuesday as the...

The fireboat John J. Harvey passes the Statue of Liberty, Oct. 28, 2011, in New York Harbor.

Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise

April 12 | Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking a decommissioned New York...

Sports

Jones lifting Liberty to new heights

June 18 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty have found a formula for...

New Utrecht High School, where it all began for Bob Beller, who led the PSAL in scoring as a senior in 1964. Wikimedia photo by GACNYC

Bob Beller’s choice proved to be the right one

June 17 | Andy Furman

Athletics or academics. That was the crossroad facing Bob Beller. “I was...

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Our world in photos: June 17

Brooklyn lawyer Marea Wachsman takes over as president of statewide Women’s Bar Association

Attorney General James announces election protection hotline for June primary

Business

Second Brooklyn Made store opens in central location Downtown

Half-Century Club: champion of longevity, Tripoli has been on Atlantic Avenue since the 1970s

Crime

Police release surveillance video of the shocking Brooklyn Heights hate crime

Antisemitic vandalism defaces home of Brooklyn Museum’s Pasternak in Brooklyn Heights

Education & Kids

Historic Brooklyn Kindergarten Society names Ashley Williams as executive director

Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade hits Brooklyn Heights for 37th year

Health

Independent report criticizes Cuomo’s ‘top-down’ management of New York’s COVID-19 response

Maimonides acknowledges cancer survivors at 18th annual gathering

Police & Fire

Melissa Andrade commended as April’s ‘Cop of the Month’ in the 84th Precinct

Man arrested for allegedly taking a decommissioned NYC fireboat for an overnight cruise

Sports

Jones lifting Liberty to new heights

Bob Beller’s choice proved to be the right one

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