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Year in Review: Top Headlines of 2018

Year in Review: Top Headlines of 2018

Here is a look back at BK Reader's top-10 headlines of 2018, including a few of our editor's picks! 
Celebrating the Sixth Day of Kwanzaa: Kuumba!

Celebrating the Sixth Day of Kwanzaa: Kuumba!

Kuumba: the commitment to being creative within the context of the national community vocation of restoring the people to their traditional greatness.
Celebrating the Fifth Day of Kwanzaa: Nia!

Celebrating the Fifth Day of Kwanzaa: Nia!

Nia recognizes purpose, the focus on building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness
Celebrating the Fourth Day of Kwanzaa: Ujamaa!

Celebrating the Fourth Day of Kwanzaa: Ujamaa!

Ujamaa: "To build our own businesses, control the economics of our own community and share in all its work and wealth."
Party Like It's 2019! Where to Go, What to Do this NYE in Brooklyn

Party Like It's 2019! Where to Go, What to Do this NYE in Brooklyn

From non-stop parties to a celestial wine event or just a walk in the park, the possibilities for NYE in Brooklyn are limitless!
Bushwick Co-Working Company Seeks Makers to Create and Invest

Bushwick Co-Working Company Seeks Makers to Create and Invest

Bushwick's b[x] spaces, a co-working company that caters to the specific needs of local makers and artists, is now looking for investors
New Artwork at Betsy Head Park Wants to Get Brownsville Moving!

New Artwork at Betsy Head Park Wants to Get Brownsville Moving!

The art installations, created by local artists, are part of a city initiative that promotes physical activity in communities with high rates of chronic illness
Celebrating the Third Day of Kwanzaa: Ujima!

Celebrating the Third Day of Kwanzaa: Ujima!

The third principle of Kwanzaa, Ujima, honors a commitment to active and informed togetherness on matters of common interest
Brooklyn DA: Borough’s Homicide Rate at Historic Low

Brooklyn DA: Borough’s Homicide Rate at Historic Low

East New York and East Flatbush are among the Brooklyn neighborhoods that saw the most signification drops in homicides in 2018
Trailblazing NY Supreme Court Justice William C. Thompson Passes at 94

Trailblazing NY Supreme Court Justice William C. Thompson Passes at 94

Williams, whose career in public service span nearly five decades, made history when he became the first African-American state senator to represent Brooklyn in 1965.