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Photos: Brooklyn Women Entrepreneurs Showcased at Womeneur.com Launch Event

Photos: Brooklyn Women Entrepreneurs Showcased at Womeneur.com Launch Event

Womeneur , an online platform that celebrates, connects, enlightens and empowers female business owners and entrepreneurs, has launched! Womeneur.

Special to The Brooklyn Reader: Up Close and Personal with NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer Photo: The Brooklyn Reader Naturally, with any elected office, contrasts will be drawn between its former and sitting leaders, for better or for worse.

BAMcinématek presents FilmAfrica

August Winds by Gabriel Mascaro Beginning Friday, May 22, through Monday, May 25, BAMcinématek presents FilmAfrica , the cinematic companion to BAM ' s 38th annual DanceAfrica.
Reynoso, Levin Endorse Plan To Toll East River Bridges

Reynoso, Levin Endorse Plan To Toll East River Bridges

Click here to view original web page at www.kingscountypolitics.com A new plan calls for the tolling of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges with the money going to mass transit improvements.

Jeffries Sponsors Bill Outlawing the Use of Chokeholds by Police

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Announcing the Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2015 with Ms. Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother and Kirsten Foy of the National Action Network Photo: Office of Rep.
International Jazz Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall

International Jazz Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn Borough Hall is the place to be to celebrate culture! Please join Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams on Thursday, April 30 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at 209 Joralemon Street for a celebration of International Jazz Day.

Two Crown Heights Backpackers Missing After Earthquake in Nepal are Located Unharmed

Mendy Losh (left) and Daniel Cole (right) Photo: Handout The families of Danny Cole and Mendy Losh-- two friends originally from Crown Heights who went missing since Saturday's cataclysmic earthquake in Nepal- - can breath a sigh of relief.
C.S. Lewis on the Non-Ordinary

C.S. Lewis on the Non-Ordinary

Hand-Lettered Art By Harriet Faith. Quote By C.S. Lewis We meet no ordinary people in our lives . Why is this quote so wonderful? Because it really speaks the truth about all of us. Each one of us is pretty extraordinary.

New Databook on the State of NYC's Children Released

Citizens' Committee for Children Releases New Databook on State of NYC's 1.8M Children Photo: 8s4.co.

Comptroller Audit Finds MTA Express Buses Unreliable, Especially in Brooklyn

According to an audit by the office of Comptroller Scott Stringer, MTA express buses missed their scheduled departure times more than 30 percent of the time, with Brooklyn and Staten Island buses being the least reliable.