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PARK SLOPE: Park Slope’s next top dog model

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn DailyCalling all dogs to the catwalk! Freddy’s Bar in Park Slope is hosting a doggie fashion show on July 18, where hip hounds will compete for prizes in a four-legged walk off. Canine clothing is encouraged but not mandatory, said the organizer. “There’s going to be really blow-out costumes and maybe the occasional naked dog, strutting all sexy,” said Donald O’Finn, the bar’s owner. O’Finn created the show in memory of his pit-bull mix Xena, who was as an institution at the watering hole. “She was very much a part of the bar,” said O’Finn. “She’d sit on…

LETTERS: Sound Off to the Editor

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyTo the editor, I applaud Borough President Adams for terminating the Thursday night Seaside Summer Concert series in Coney Island. When Marty Markowitz was borough president, people used to wait for hours upon hours on line in scorching temperatures to buy a $5 seat. Looking back, I wonder why Markowitz didn’t let them enter the staging area at W. 19th Street throughout the day, as all other outdoor venues permit, in order to place their own chairs, blankets, and temporary umbrellas for a pleasant picnic or a relaxing day in the outdoors. Did he think …

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Cops: Teens spray perfume in woman’s eyes, steal purse

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown A scent for sore eyes Cops cuffed four teens who they say beat a woman up on Adams Street on July 8, spraying perfume in her eyes and stealing her purse. The 48-year-old victim told police she was sitting on a bench between Fulton and Johnson streets at 1:23 am when the group of teens, which included three young ladies and a young man, surrounded her. One of the kids shined a…

A BRITISHER’S VIEW: New municipal identification cards legalize illegals

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyThe United States is seeing the largest swarm of asylum seekers since the 1980 Mariel boatlift from Cuba, but their advocates are too busy rolling out the red carpet to notice the wear and tear on our safety and resources. The city’s illegal immigrants — around half a million, according to Mayor DeBlasio — can now open a bank account, get a driver’s license, sign a lease, enter a public building, even alter their identity, compliments of the new municipal identification cards he signed into law last week, leaving outlaws free to enjoy “the peace of mind” ripped away from …

MARINE PARK: Arboreal assault in Flatlands

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vanessa OgleBrooklyn Daily63rd Precinct Marine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen Beach Branching out Some weirdo wacked someone with a tree branch on Avenue L on July 10. After the 6:30 pm arboreal assault, the jerk fled with the tree branch on East 56th Street. The victim, who didn’t know the perp, refused medical attention. Tool taker A bandit snatched a bunch of power tools from a garage on East…

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Thug hits woman and takes cash

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn Daily84th Precinct Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown MetroTech mugging Authorities are after a mugger who hit a woman in the head while she sat in her car in front of MetroTech on June 30, and then stole cash and a money order, police said. The 28-year-old woman told cops she was parked on Jay Street near the Myrtle Promenade at 1 pm, when the thug came over, hit her in the head, and took $100 in cash and a $700 money order. She said the guy then jumped in a silver Toyota and…

FORT GREENE: Clinton Hill doc’s new book explains the ‘Truman Show Delusion’

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyEver feel like your life is a TV show? You are not alone. Around 2002, Clinton Hill psychiatrist Dr. Joel Gold noticed a rise in patients who thought their lives were secretly on display, much like the 1998 Jim Carey movie “The Truman Show.” He dubbed the condition the “Truman Show Delusion,” and has now co-authored a book about how today’s culture shapes people’s psychosis, which he will bring to Greenlight Bookstore on July 24. “A handful of people believed their lives were essentially reality shows being broadcast around the world,” said Gold, who wrote “Suspicious Minds: How Culture Shapes Madness” with his brother, a …

BAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Walking on Third Ave. sunshine

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThey’re taking it to the streets in Bay Ridge this weekend! The Summer Stroll on Third Avenue is back Friday, July 18, so if you happen down Third Avenue between 69th and 80th streets after 6 pm, don’t be surprised by the sprawling street party. Thousands came out last year to eat on the avenue and soak in some culture — because where else can you dine al fresco in the middle of the street while being serenaded by local bands and performers? Only in the Ridge. As part of the fresh-air festivities, John Rafferty and Friends will take the stage at the Pour House (7901 Third Ave. at 79th …