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School District 13's Community Education Council (CEC), representing all or part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, South Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Vinegar

Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. is hosting the second in a series of workshops that will help residents successfully complete applications for the hundreds of units of affordable housing going up now in the Downtown Brooklyn and D.U.M.B.O. areas.

Community Board 2 (CB2) will hold three committee meetings next week, all of which are scheduled for 6:00 pm.

Premium costs will be higher for individuals and families who are using New York's health exchange next year, wrote The Associated Press.

Brooklyn Breastfeeding Empowerment Zone and By My Side Birth Support Program, as a part of Healthy Start Brooklyn, announces the next Community Doula Training! The next class will begin January 27-30, 2015.

Monday night, 12 participants from Crown Heights's Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) initiative joined outreach workers David Gaskin, Rudy Suggs and Lavon Walker at the Mediation Center to connect and discuss the meaning of community in their lives.

Dr. Craig Spencer is cured of Ebola, released from hospital Photo: NBCnews "Hello, my name is Craig Spencer," the first Ebola patient in New York City said Tuesday at a press conference. He looked pale but fit as he made his public debut.

Planning for Parks: What's Next? with Commissioner Mitchell J.

LINKIN PARK has announced it will Barclays Center on January 25, part of the band's The Hunting Party Tour , featuring special guests, RISE AGAINST and OF MICE & MEN.

President Barack Obama hugs Edna Pemberton, who introduced him, before speaking with volunteers who helped people enroll through the HealthCare.gov site at Temple Emanu-El Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Dallas.