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Photos: As the State Fair winds down attendees revel in the last moments of summer
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (15+ words) As the fair wraps up Minnesotans spend their last moments of summer on the grounds....
Montano legacy preserved in Brooklyn
2+ week, 1+ day ago (808+ words) Machel at the Brooklyn Public Library. Selvon Smith, the vice president—Information Technology and the chief information officer of the Brooklyn Public Library, shares a light moment with Machel Montano and Machel’s mother Elizabeth “Lady” Montano at the launch of…...
At Harper Moyski’s memorial bench, her sister and best friends find healing together
2+ week, 5+ day ago (45+ words) Harper Moyski was one of two students killed in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School mass shooting nearly one year ago. Since then, her younger sister Quinn and Harper’s three best friends have become a support system for each other…...
Battle of Brooklyn marks 250 years with reenactments, tributes across the borough • Brooklyn Paper
2+ week, 6+ day ago (397+ words) Brooklyn spent the weekend looking back 250 years, commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn with solemn ceremonies, musical tributes and a large-scale reenactment of the Revolutionary War battle that forever changed the course of the American fight for independence. At Green-Wood Cemetery,…...
Before Brooklyn became Brooklyn, Red Hook helped save the Revolution • Brooklyn Paper
2+ week, 6+ day ago (980+ words) History books routinely talk about how George Washington and the Continental army escaped from Brooklyn after losing a major battle, turning a short-term defeat into a major victory. They, however, rarely explain who helped evacuate the 9,000-strong army after the…...