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Early Addition: Lanternflies and the city (and the actor on a mission to kill them all)
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Brooks Brunson
Published Aug 28, 2023
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Happy final Monday in August, a month closing out with an astronomical doubleheader.
Here are some links to start your week:
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A University of South Carolina student from Connecticut was fatally shot early Saturday morning after he mistakenly attempted to enter the wrong home, thinking it was his own.
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A New York Magazine writer recently attended a sold-out festival at Brooklyn Mirage, a sprawling venue which fits at least 6,000 concertgoers at capacity, in an attempt to find out: Is there a serial killer stalking the joint?
- Read our deep-dive into the history of Brooklyn Mirage, the two recent deaths and alleged kidnapping.
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In more (but unrelated) venue news, the event space Bronxlandia in Hunts Point had its liquor licensed pulled.
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The Upper East Side has among the lowest rates of diabetes and obesity in the city, yet 2.3 percent of those living along a stretch from the UES to Gramercy Park took diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro last year, the highest rate in the city.
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Trader Joe's has issued a whopping five recalls in the last four weeks for food items that potentially contained rocks, insects and metals. How worried should we be?
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How much should it cost to rent a floor in a Brooklyn Brownstone? A lot of them are going for $5,000/month.
- Here's a further look at the record high rents across the city right now
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If you spent time outdoors this weekend, you probably noticed the lanternflies out in full force. Luckily, there are unexpected heroes like Succession’s Kieran Culkin, who was seen walking through Brooklyn aggressively killing the invasive species with his shoe. (I can confirm this is true, as I was one of the lucky bystanders to witness it.)
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In NYC, we're more accustomed to local bodega cats, but Leo has made himself a home — and a name — inside a South Jersey Home Depot, where the store manager runs a TikTok account chronicling Leo's antics. It's garnered over 23 million views.
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The more I think about it, the more I realize that Home Depot is a place where a cat can really shine:
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Brooks Brunson
Brooks Brunson joined the Gothamist/WNYC newsroom as an editor in May 2022, after two and a half years at The New Yorker. She previously worked as an editor, digital producer, and reporter at The Post and Courier in South Carolina, her home state. She now lives in Brooklyn, where she enjoys going on long bike rides and hanging out with her cat, Curtis.
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