The use of food stamps has increased dramatically in the U.S., as the federal government ramps up basic assistance to meet the demands of an increasingly desperate population.
The Fire Department is hot and bothered about a bill being pushed by a Southern Brooklyn lawmaker that would shrink the “no parking” area around fire hydrants from 30 to 20 feet, saying its big rigs need all the space they can get.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has delayed signing a bill that would have increased fines on illegal sidewalk automated teller machines.
Somebody hit the brakes!
There’s been an alarming 16 percent spike in vehicle and bicycle collisions over the past year that investigators blame in large part on rogue cyclists who have turned city streets into demolition derbies.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot and killed late last night during a robbery of a Crown Heights Laundromat. The incident took place shortly before 12:00am where according to police two black men entered the store and killed the attendant.
Star gazers were treated to a rare phenomenon last night, a total lunar eclipse which coincided with this year’s winter solstice, and is an event which took place for the first time in some 400 years!
Talmidim-Shluchim in the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami began a new daily shiur in Rambam delivered by Shmuel Silcove.
Zali and Yehudis (nee Pinson) Lurie (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Sheiny (nee Springer) Rivkin (Towson, MD)
Pasi Wolosow (Sharon, MA) and Chayale Rappaport (Toronto, Canada)
Yossi and Yehudis (nee Robbins) Hecht (Lomita, CA)
What was the Rebbe’s secretary Rabbi Leibel Groner doing in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina? saluting his son.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A 12-year-old boy on a bike was injured after he was struck by a car on Empire Boulevard.
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A Crown Heights mother won a contest featuring a ‘beautiful home’ in the Jewish Press’s Bayit Ne’eman magazine. Rivka Teich was selected from among a large number of entries, and her home was featured in the magazine.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Over Shabbos a number of cars were broken into and their airbags were taken, an occurrence which unfortunately, in our neighborhood, barely raises an eyebrow. But an alarming new trend, thief’s ‘shopping’ for parts at night, should have car owners really worried.
WASHINGTON — Menachem Stern’s bushy black beard is at the center of a federal court case.
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