Local Blogger Gets Flak for Pictures of Teens' Halloween Mischief

Writing a hyperlocal news blog got one resident of a community in south Brooklyn into hot water with his neighbors. The New York Times tells the story of Daniel Cavanagh and his blog covering issues in the neighborhood of Gerritsen Beach, GerritsenBeach.net.

According to the Times, on Nov. 1, Cavanagh posted photos taken on Halloween in which neighborhood teens threw objects including rocks and potatoes at cars, buses, and people. A few days later, at a meeting of the Gerritsen Beach Property Owners Association, he was told that he was “destroying the neighborhood” and should leave if he did not like Gerritsen Beach.

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