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Morning, neighbors! Dashiell Allen here with the latest copy of theDitmas Park-Flatbush Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and windy. High: 60 Low: 44.

Here are the top three stories today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

1. Meet Camille Newman, director of The Brooklyn Women's Business Center, one of only 136 "WBC's" in the country. Based in East New York, her organization serves the communities of East Brooklyn, which Newman says have received significantly less financial resources than areas such as Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan. (Brooklyn Reader)
2. A Flatbush mom and former paralegal, Tawanna Hilliard, was found guilty this week of threatening protected witnesses who planned to name her son, a former gang member, in a court case back in 2018. Her son had helped carry out an armed robbery. (Patch)
3. Frankie Light, born to deaf parents in Flatbush, is a YouTube polyglot. Speaking dozens of tonges, he traverses the street of New York City shocking native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, Yiddish, and a host of other languages. Recently, he visited the Yiddish-speaking community of Crown Heights–one he has been aware of his entire life, albeit only from the outside looking in. (The New York Times)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Vinyl & Open Mic Night at Lips Cafe, 1412 Nostrand Avenue (8 p.m.)
• Fishbowl Game night Fridays in East Flatbush (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Haitian Times has created a list of lots of cultural events taking place over the next month in New York City. Haitian Cultural Day is May 14. (Haitian Times)
• Here's four new homes for sale in Flatbush and Ditmas Park. (Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch)
• Flatbush Councilwomen Farah Louis and Rita Joseph are hosting a "Daddy and Me" dance on Saturday, May 14. (Twitter)
• The deadline is Saturday, April 30, to apply for a scholarship from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. (cbcfinc.org)

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• Sportball Soccer & T-Ball Free Trial Class (April 30)
• The Knights and Edgar Meyer, bass, play Copland, Meyer, and more (April 30)
• Regina Opera’s 52nd Anniversary Gala Concert (May 1)
• 2022 District 83 Annual Conference Extravaganza! May 2 - 15, Virtually (May 2)
• Faith the Competitive Edge (May 4)
• Hire A Pro To Tackle Mom's To-Do List (May 8)
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Announcements:

• National Football Foundation Honors Suffolk County Players (Details)
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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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