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The Messiahsez Returns to Brooklyn

On the Friday afternoon before Rosh Hashanah, Messiahsez walked through Borough Park attracting a crowd of Hassidic Jews. “Meshiah! Meshiah!” the children shouted as the Messiah sauntered down the side walk, dressed in robes, toting a shofar and guiding a white donkey. One man at the Russian baths recounted that “every Jewish man circumcised in the last 40 years” had seen or heard of the Messiah returning to Brooklyn.  

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60 Degrees and Snowed Out: NYC Parks Make the Day

A high of almost 60 degree’s did not stop New York City Department of Parks and Recreation from turning Central Park into a winter wonderland Saturday, January 27. From 11 to 3p.m. Central Park was filled with artificial snow, ski slopes, games and vendors. Winter Jam brought park goers from all boroughs and walks of life together for a snow filled, action packed day.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunges Another 500 Points at Open on Tuesday

The Dow Jones Industrial plummeted yesterday setting a new record for the single largest intraday drop in Stock Exchange history. The crash occurred around 2 p.m., falling 1,597 points before closing out at a loss of 1,175.73 points. It dropped another 500 points Tuesday morning at open. Outside the Stock Exchange it was business as usual, no panic, no drama…. yet.

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NYC Women's March: Pink, Proud, and Headed to the Polls

On the anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, thousands of New Yorkers carried signs and banners through central Manhattan, chanting “Love not hate, makes America Great.” One of over 250 marches around the country, this Saturday’s demonstration was a show of solidarity in light of a political atmosphere the walkers think lacks respect for women, immigrants, and minorities.

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Helping Put the Ball in Their Court--Kings County Tennis League is Rebuilding Community Life in the Brooklyn Projects

With a cast on one hand and a bucket of tennis supplies in the other, Michael McCasland is as unassuming as a founder and president of a large nonprofit could be. The first one on the scene, McCasland makes trips back and forth from his U-haul to the newly refurbished tennis courts in the Sumner Housing Project in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. 

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