🌱 Brownsville handyman admits killing three elderly neighbors in NYCHA building

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In today's newsletter:

• Brownsville handyman admits killing three elderly neighbors in NYCHA building
• Brownsville teen killed in bodega shooting; here’s what police know

Also on today's calendar: Community Health & Resource Fair and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What is round on both ends and hi in the middle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 56 and low of 47 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 50.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 61 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘Serial killer' pleads guilty to murdering 3 elderly women in his Brooklyn building, gets 30 years (mercurynews.com) — Residents of Brownsville’s Carter G. Woodson Houses are learning that a longtime handyman has pleaded guilty to murdering three elderly neighbors in their Powell Ave. building between 2015 and 2021. The 71-year-old faces a 30-years-to-life sentence, bringing some closure to a series of killings that deeply unsettled the NYCHA complex.
   

• Teen shot dead inside Brooklyn bodega during clash with another youth (nypost.com) — A 16-year-old Brownsville resident was fatally shot during a fight inside a New Lots bodega Friday afternoon, and the teenage suspect has not yet been caught. Police say shootings in the local 75th Precinct are up sharply this year, and the investigation into this killing is ongoing.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brownsville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 30

• Community Health & Resource Fair
  Brooklyn Children's Museum, Rooftop, 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11213,
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday April 27

• I.S. 68 Fresh Farm Market
  Is 68 Isaac Bildersee Brooklyn, NY 11236
  2:30 pm

Friday May 1

• Total Body Fitness
  WBC Tilden Senior Center , 630 Mother Gaston Blvd , Brooklyn
  10:30 am

Saturday May 2

• Ego Free Jam
  Delight Factory , 303 Saratoga Ave , Brooklyn
  7:30 pm

Sunday May 3

• Hip Hop- Shape & Sweat
  1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  2:00 pm

Friday May 8

• Total Body Fitness
  WBC Tilden Senior Center , 630 Mother Gaston Blvd , Brooklyn
  10:30 am

Saturday May 9

• It's My Park at Nehemiah Park
  Nehemiah Park , 405 Watkins St , Brooklyn
  9:00 am

Sunday May 10

• Hip Hop- Shape & Sweat
  Brownsville Recreation Center , 1555 Linden Blvd , Brooklyn
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday April 26

• Urban Farm Volunteers
  Urban Farm
  6:00 am
• CHSAA NYBQ Frosh/Soph Sectional Championship
  Icahn Stadium
  11:00 am
• The Last Dinner Party
  Brooklyn Paramount , 385 Flatbush Ave Ext , Brooklyn
  7:00 pm

Monday April 27

• 204th Birthday Observance
  The ceremony will be held on the plaza in front of the mausoleum.
  11:00 am
• I.S. 68 Fresh Farm Market
  Is 68 Isaac Bildersee Brooklyn, NY 11236
  2:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Brooklyn

• 16-year-old shot and killed in East New York (nbcnewyork.com)
• Rising country star Adrien Nuñez just getting started at Stagecoach (desertsun.com)
• Metal En Route (04/25-05/03): Uli Jon Roth, Cryptopsy (metalinsider.net)

New York

• Families of organ donors paint their legacies (pix11.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Ohio (Thank you Mary D. for sending it in!)
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