🌱 How a Brownsville champion just received New York City’s highest honor

Morning Brownsville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Brownsville champion just received New York City’s highest honor

Also on today's calendar: Making Music and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 32 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 36.
• Thursday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 50 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former congressmember and Brooklyn political icon Ed Towns receives key to the city of New York (brooklyneagle.com) — Longtime Brooklyn congressmember Ed Towns, who once represented Brownsville along with other historic Black neighborhoods, has just been honored with the key to New York City. Now 91, Towns reflects on giving back to communities like Brownsville and continues writing and advising while Mayor Eric Adams praises his legacy of service.
   

📸 Around Brownsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brownsville

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• Eagle Academy II Boys Varsity Basketball @ Brooklyn Collegiate
  Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School, 2021 Bergen St, Brooklyn
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Making Music
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  10:00 am
• Content Creators
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  3:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Career Planning
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  1:00 pm
• Content Creators
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  3:00 pm
• Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  4:00 pm
• Family Holiday Paint & Sip Event: Thursday, December 18th 5 PM [Brooklyn Collegiate - A College Board School] [Public calendar]
  Brooklyn Collegiate - A College Board School Brooklyn, NY 11233
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Bedford Academy Girls Varsity Basketball @ Brooklyn Collegiate
  Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School , 2021 Bergen St , Brooklyn
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Girls Basketball (MS) vs Harlem Village West
  P.S. 076 A. Philip Randolph , 220 W 121st St , New York
  4:00 pm
• MS Boys Varsity Basketball v. ICE @4pm [East Side Community High School] [Public calendar]
  East Side Community School , 345 E 15th St , New York
  4:00 pm
• Wyckoff Cousin Community Calls
  The Wyckoff House Museum , 5816 Clarendon Rd , Brooklyn
  4:30 pm
• MS Boys JV Basketball v. ICE @5pm [East Side Community High School] [Public calendar]
  East Side Community School , 345 E 15th St. , New York
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Children's Museum celebrates 18 years of Kwanzaa programs (brooklyneagle.com)

New York

• Watch Out! Christmas Might Kill You (wabcradio.com)
• How Dev Hynes Got Back to His Roots—and Made One of the Year's Best Albums in the Process (harpersbazaar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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