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Kennedy pegs Port Richmond assistant as new football coach

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

John F. Kennedy has hired Port Richmond top assistant Andy Lancberg as its head football coach, The Post has learned.
Lancberg was told weeks ago that he would be the new head man, but it was not official until Tuesday when former coach Alex Vega’s appeal was denied.
Lancberg…

Brooklynites gear up for ‘Warmart’

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Residents are hailing reports that Walmart is looking for its first Brooklyn location — even as critics of the big-box store are preparing to fight back the retail Golaith famous for its “low, low prices” and, some say, low, low wages.Under the rumored deal, Walmart would lease space at the…

That’s amore! But lovers’ locks are littering the Brooklyn Bridge

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

A pop cultural phenomenon that has turned an Italian bridge into a locksmith’s paradise has jumped across the Atlantic and is threatening to cover the Brooklyn Bridge in lovers’ padlocks.The tradition of securing a symbol of amore to a bridge — and tossing the keys into the river below…

Farewell to Freddy’s! Beloved watering hole near Yards closes for good on Friday

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Hipsters, old-timers, and barflies will raise their glasses at Freddy’s Bar for the last time on Friday — making a final toast to a Prohibition-era watering hole, but one man won’t be there: the man whose name is on the awning.Freddy Chadderton, who sold the bar to its…

Residents react to concrete boardwalk

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Is this the end of the road for Coney Island’s world-famous Riegelmann Boardwalk?As the city prepares to replace wood planks with concrete slabs from Ocean Parkway to Brighton First Road in Brighton Beach and from West 33rd to West 37th streets near Sea Gate in the coming weeks…

‘Avatar’ smashes US home entertainment records

Monday, April 26th, 2010

James Cameron’s sci-fi opus “Avatar” became the fastest-selling home entertainment release in North American history, selling a combined total of 6.7 million DVDs and Blu-rays in just four days, IGN reported Monday.
The Oscar-winning movie, symbolically released in the U.S. on April 22 — Earth Day –…

Emergency teams assess Miss. tornado damage

Monday, April 26th, 2010

JACKSON, Miss. — Federal and state emergency officials will begin surveying damage in the counties hit hardest by a weekend tornado that killed 10 people in Mississippi.
Mississippi emergency management spokesman Greg Flynn says a survey team from FEMA will join state officials Monday on a tour of the heaviest damaged…

Car hits elevated subway in Brooklyn; driver killed, two passengers injured

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Escorts New York City police say a motorist was killed after jumping the curb and striking a stanchion of an elevated subway station in Brooklyn.
Police say two of the three passengers in the Toyota Camry were listed in serious but stable condition at a local hospital.
Police say the Toyota…

1 man killed, 1 hurt in Buffalo drive-by shooting

Monday, April 26th, 2010

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Police in Buffalo say one man is dead and another is hospitalized after they were shot inside their car by someone in a passing vehicle.
Authorities say the two cars were traveling in opposite directions late Sunday morning when gunfire erupted from one of the vehicles…

Grandparents seeking custody of 3-year-old left at St. Patrick’s

Monday, April 26th, 2010

The grandparents of the toddler who was abandoned at Escorts New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral are heading to family court.
Donald and Frieda Fons are hoping to get custody of 3-year-old Nathaniel Fons.
Ryan Fons, the boy’s uncle, says he is unsure whether custody will be decided…