General

— Fleet Week parade of ships sail into NYC

— Long Island College Hospital closes; bare-bones ER remains temporarily

— Poodle remembered as a real retriever

— NYC Water Board holds hearing at Newtown Creek to discuss slight increase in water rate

— Holy Name of Jesus Church gets spruced-up and rededicated

— Street renamed in honor of fallen firefighter Michael Behette

— MTA adds free summer transfers between G, J/M lines; more fall L/M service

— Brooklynites Bike the Branches

— Muffin’s Pet Connection: Ghost Dog is a real dog that needs a real home

— Star of Brooklyn: Ann Pollack

— Brooklyn begs to ‘Bring Back our Girls’

— Viking Fest returns to Bay Ridge