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Brooklyn Councilman Stewart Comes Clean… On Congestion Pricing Vote

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

City Councilman Kendall StewartHe was against it before he voted for it. Sounds awfully familiar, right? This, at least, is a flip-flop that makes some sense, unlike John Kerry’s inexplicable comments in the lead-up to the 2004 Presidential election.

City Councilman Kendall Stewart; who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands; opined in a Brooklyn Daily Eagle op-ed this past Tuesday — Earth Day — that based on the evidence presented him, including facts brought to his attention by the Campaign for New York’s Future, he could not and would not oppose congestion pricing.

Oysters To Rescue NYC Waterways? Gaia Institute, DEP Say Yes

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Thanks for visiting! Subscribe to the RSS feed, receive posts via email, or find other ways to subscribe in the ‘Subscribe’ box to the left. Thanks again and see ya soon.Remember those sick oysters in Gowanus Canal that I mentioned a bit ago?
Could they actually be used to save our waterways?
NYT:
Hendrix Creek, flowing for just […]

Gowanus Harvest Festival ROCKED!

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Gowanus Harvest Festival last Sunday
As psyched as we were for the Gowanus Harvest Festival, nothing could have prepared us for the amazing way it came together last Sunday. According to event producer Jenny Gottstein from MeanRedProductions attendance was in excess of 1,000 people!
That’s one heckuva Yard-full of pumpkin carvers, pony-riders, banjo pickers, organic juice drinkers, […]

Sick Oysters In Gonohorrea — I Mean Gowanus — Canal

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Ok, this is so disgusting that I can’t even find the words, so I’m going to quote the whole thing:
Nolan isn’t the only professor using the canal. Nilofaur Haque, a biologist at the New York City College of Technology, has her students analyze water samples and observe the oily substance that coats the water’s surface […]

Gowanus Harvest Festival, 10/14 (Sun) 3-9pm

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

It must be Fall! The good folks at Meanred Productions are throwing a good ol’ fashioned Fall Harvest Fest with an organic — and Brooklyn-style — twist! Save the date!
GOWANUS HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
3pm-9pm
The Yard
388-400 Carroll St Between Bond & Nevins
Brooklyn, NY
www.theyard.ws
Admission $5
It can be hard to tell its fall when you live in […]


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