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BKLocal

  1. New chickens on Claremont! Victory Chickens is setting up a coop/run and giving us a Chicken101. VictoryChickenCo.com twitter.com/BKLocal/status… about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  2. Barron to voters: I'm not dead yet! nyti.ms/JQPbur 10:02 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  3. updated with a picture of a 300-year-old cannon! nyti.ms/JQg1CU 9:32 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  4. Thanks to @thelocalmitch for tipping us off to Jennifer Egan's twitterstory: nyti.ms/JhFrEu 7:38 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  5. Story on Jennifer Egan is up: nyti.ms/JhFrEu 7:36 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  6. @TheLocalMitch Thanks! 7:29 AM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to TheLocalMitch
  7. Let's celebrate the War of 1812: nyti.ms/JQg1CU 7:28 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  8. @gabbywarshawer What are you talking about? I'm pleased with the @bklocal uniques. 6:55 AM May 24th via TweetDeck in reply to gabbywarshawer
  9. This is a really big story about Yelp and city health inspection grades: nyti.ms/Kdjqug 6:50 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  10. @SiobhanCT Too bad. 11:38 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to SiobhanCT
  11. Take the train to the game @barclayscenter? It'll cost you full price as Bruce Ratner bails on earlier promise: nyti.ms/LqQdbx 11:37 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  12. @JosieRubio Wow, you really were busy yesterday. Thanks for writing for us!http://nyti.ms/JRWjY4 10:17 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to JosieRubio
  13. @SiobhanCT Yes? 10:15 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to SiobhanCT
  14. And, of course, we have Bieber fever. Who doesn't? nyti.ms/KOABPT 9:37 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  15. Single and Unemployed — our new column! nyti.ms/KaO6fJ 9:36 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  16. It's our crime of the week: nyti.ms/JFlNYe 7:31 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  17. Transportation story about @barclayscenter is updated: nyti.ms/KwoZzl 1:40 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  18. Big @Barclayscenter transportation meeting tonight. We reveal the "plan" first: nyti.ms/JDS1mp 11:48 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  19. Gersh revisits Rustik Tavern: nyti.ms/KJaPRe 11:16 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  20. Gersh and @ktmcgovern are at @primrosecafe, editing, writing, refueling. Be here now. 10:48 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
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