Largely focusing on the areas of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, and Park Slope, the Brooklyn Paper--Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, provides local news coverage of business, politics, education, community events, arts, culture, and entertainment. Birth announcements, wedding announcements, and obituaries do not appear in the paper. A regularly appearing section called, "Merchant Profiles" provides photographs and descriptions of many local businesses. Advertisements and photographs appear throughout. (See also: Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier & The Newspaper.)