🌱 Brooklyn Bridge History + Another Fire + Omicron Variant Woes

Happy Tuesday, Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO! Here's what's going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 42 Low: 36.

Here are the top stories in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO today:

1. Dive deep into the 14-year construction process of the Brooklyn Bridge which was hailed as the "eighth wonder of the world" when completed, in a new book by historian Jeffery Richman. (CBS News)
2. The second fire in a week broke out in Williamsburg on Monday, in a three story building on Cook St.; no injuries were reported. (Brooklyn Paper)
3. Amid rapidly evolving news around the newly identified omicron COVID-19 variant, Mayor De Blasio encouraged caution yesterday, suggesting masks should be worn by all individuals indoors but stopping short of instituting a mandate. (NYC Patch)
4. A socialite doctor was unexpectedly found dead by a maid in his Brooklyn Heights brownstone in the 1930s. Look back at it from a 21st century perspective the New York Daily News' coverage of the ensuing police investigation almost seems like an "Agatha Christie novel," according to a reporter. (NY Daily News)

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Today in Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO:

• Pop-up pantry at St. Ann & Holy Trinity (10:30 a.m.)
• Menorah lighting ceremony at Borough Hall (5 p.m.)
• Candlelight: Rock Classics on Strings (6:30 p.m.)
• BRIC Brooklyn poetry slam (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• DUMBO, Brooklyn: "Say hi to Cole, our neighborhood 🌲man! Find him in the Westville Courtyard at 81 Washington St. in December, where he has his beautiful, organic, Vermont-grown Christmas trees, plus wreaths and delicious maple syrup." (Instagram)
• Montague Street BID: "#BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday is a campaign to encourage Brooklynites to GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE in support of grassroots social change on the year’s biggest day of giving." (Instagram)
• There's now a GoFundMe for Hee Jin Kang, whose entire family was displaced by a fire in Williamsburg last week. (Twitter)
• Lincoln Restler says Happy Hanukkah from a high in the sky Menorah. (Twitter)

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