🌱 Preschool Founder Awarded $200K + Cops Search For Taxi Thieves

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Anna Quinn, your host of the Bed-Stuy Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warm with sunshine. High: 74 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Bed-Stuy:

1. Bed-Stuy Preschool Founder 'Mama Fela' Wins $200K Prize (Bed-Stuy Patch)
2. City could nix some outdoor dining spots, inspecting al fresco structures (WWTI - InformNNY.com)
3. Cops Search For Group Who Stole Brooklyn Taxi, Attacked Driver (Bed-Stuy Patch)
4. How Brooklyn Tea Bounced Back From Covid: Cooperation and a Lot of Instagram (Bloomberg)
5. Woman forced to live in sewage-flooded apartment in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn for nearly a week (WABC-TV)

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• Pink Table Talk: Facts and Myths about Breast Health (7:30 PM)

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— Anna Quinn

About me: Hello readers! My name is Anna Quinn and I cover all things Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights for Patch. I've also covered the west side of Manhattan and 14 other Brooklyn neighborhoods during my time as a Patch reporter. I'm a former Hearst Connecticut reporter, a Loyola Maryland grad and a general news junkie. Tell me your stories at anna.quinn@patch.com and follow @AnnaQuinnPatch on Twitter to read mine.

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