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🌱 How a Brownsville representative just earned New York City’s highest honor

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  • How a Brownsville representative just earned New York City’s highest honor

Also on today's calendar: Content Creators and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 50, low: 46.
  • Friday: Very windy; morning rain, with a high of 53 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former congressmember and Brooklyn political icon Ed Towns receives key to the city of New York (brooklyneagle.com) — Brownsville neighbors are among those celebrating former Congressman Ed Towns, who once represented the community and has now received the key to New York City from Mayor Eric Adams. The 91-year-old Brooklyn political icon is still active, advising a law firm and writing his second book while reflecting on decades of service to Black neighborhoods like Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and East New York.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brownsville

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    Thursday December 18
  • Career Planning
    Brownsville Recreation Center, 1555 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn
    1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Brooklyn

  • 17-Story Residential Building Planned For Former Brooklyn Church Site (patch.com)
  • Hub Built to Help Survivors of Crime Rebuild Their Lives Opens in Brooklyn (thecity.nyc)
  • Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Guide: Brooklyn holiday spectacle draws visitors from around the world • Brooklyn Paper (brooklynpaper.com)

New York

  • Eric Adams celebrates himself, sole term as NYC mayor with time capsule to be dug up in just 10 years (nypost.com)

Manhattan

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Brownsville

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Brownsville

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