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In Crown Heights, Panini and a Melting Pot

By Jessica Firger for the Wall Street Journal Metropolis Blog

The morning pastries are homemade, the coffee is from Italian roaster Danesi, but the most remarkable thing about Basil, a café and wine bar in Crown Heights, may be who’s working the front and back of the house.

New Chabad Music CD Breaks Record!

A just released viral hit music CD album titled “NON-STOP CHABAD” by Zalman Goldstein (“Chabad Classics”) broke a unique record in Jewish music, being the first to feature an entire 75-minute music CD filled end-to-end with a single non-stop continuous medley.

Skullcaps Sponsor Throws 1st Pitch as Team Wins

Game 1 of the Crown Heights Softball Leagues championship opened with Dovid Smetana, owner of Advantage Wholesale Supply which sponsors the Skullcaps team, throwing out the first pitch (a strike!) and opening the game which ended in an ugly loss for the Landmark Fundings Red Heifers.

NYC Jail to Brooklyn: Get Your Own Workers

Despite intense media coverage, Borough President Markowitz continued to use Department of Correction prisoners to set up and break down his concerts in Coney Island and Crown Heights, as these prisoners did on Friday morning after a B-52s show.