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BRAVO needs you!

Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) needs more volunteers, but wants residents to know that EMT training is not necessary to be part of the team.

“We are trying to recruit volunteers, all kinds of volunteers, which seems to be getting harder and harder with the economy and c …

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Military mom needs a special delivery

A Bay Ridge military mom is looking for a way to send packages to her son stationed in Afghanistan without breaking the bank.

Barbara Visconti’s 25-year-old son, Christopher, is an Air Force Sergeant serving overseas. He is also a BRAVO volunteer, who serves a few shifts when he is home o …

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Community calls for an ER in Southwest Brooklyn

Community activists from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and in-between gathered at the site of the old Victory Memorial Hospital on Friday, March 8, calling on the State Health Department to re-open the now-shuttered emergency room.

Bill Guarinello, chair of Community Board 11; Joanne Seminara, ch …

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Keep BRAVO running

The fourth annual “Keep BRAVO running 5K” will be held on Sunday, May 20 on the Shore Road Recreational Path.

The event benefits BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance Service.

“If you call 911, an ambulance shows up and an EMT helps you and your loved one. You are thankful for the help. Then …

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Change of command in Brooklyn South

Assistant Chief Thomas M. Chan will be taking the reins of theNYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn South (PBBS), as Chief Joseph Fox,who led the 13-precinct division for the past 11 years, is movedupstairs to head up the NYPD’s citywide Transit Bureau.

Fox, a 30-year NYPD veteran who received hi …

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