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B&C Morning Show: ‘Batchagaloop-in’
WCBSTV Local Business
Jan 16Just after 7 a.m. the guys heard from Anthony in Belleville 'Oh Yeah' - who took a break from 'Batchagaloopin' to give the guys a call... »
Last Minute New Year’s Eve
Park Slope Patch
Dec 29So it’s two days until New Year’s Eve and you have no idea what your plans are. Cabs are impossible to get on this drunkest of nights, so you don’t want to venture too far. Tickets to the $200 black-tie-something-event have been sold out for months. An... »
New Jersey Voters Say Yes To Sports Betting Public Question
WCBSTV.com Sports
Nov 09Wanna bet? New Jersey does, but Washington has the final say. »
A Catch in Self-Publishing
WSJ.com Small Business
Oct 31By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg Self-publishing these days is increasingly a tale of two cities. There are established authors, like Nyree Belleville, who says she's earned half a million dollars in the past 18 months selling direct rather than through a pu... »
NJ woman fights charge over fake Facebook page
WABC New Jersey News
Oct 27A New Jersey woman is fighting an indictment for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of her ex-boyfriend. Dana Thornton faces a court hearing in Morristown next week at which attorney Richard Roberts will seek to have the indictment thrown out. ... »
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Brooklyn History: Our Famous Dead
Brooklyn Based
Jan 17Green-Wood Cemetery existed before there was a Metropolitan Museum (founded in 1870), a Central Park (created in 1857), or a … → »
WHO GIVES A SHIT: Would You Want a Designer Proposal, Like These Folks?
FIPS
Dec 28Since so many of you singles admitted that all you want is wedding bells in your future, here's something to think about while you're busy finding the bride/groom: designer proposals. The New York Times recently ran a snippet on proposal planners, peop... »
The Destruction of Garden Avenue
The Way I See It
Dec 13I was driving home on Saturday morning from my monthly volunteer job at the Martha and Mary Soup Kitchen and decided to take a left off Joralemon onto Garden Avenue, completely forgetting that it is undergoing “improvements.” Talk about shock and awe.... »
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Way I See It
Nov 23The UGLY first: The purpose of Rovell and Nicosia’s petition drive was to allow democracy to prevail. Let the people decide on whether or not the already-passed capital improvements bond ordinance should go through. All the while, however, I’m guessi... »
ILLINOIS: Catholic Church Drops Lawsuits, Closes Agencies Rather Than Comply
Joe. My. God.
Nov 15Three Catholic dioceses in Illinois have dropped their lawsuits against the state and closed their adoption agencies rather than comply with a state law commanding that not discriminate against gay couples.“The decision not to pursue further appeals wa... »