🌱 Flatbush Caton Market Reopens + Missing Flatbush Woman Found

Up and at 'em, Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Let's get you started this Thursday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Breezy with some sun. High: 51 Low: 33.

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

1. Flatbush Caton Caribbean Market is reopening in its original location, after being relocated since 2017. The space was recently redeveloped as a 14-story apartment building, and the market will have room for up to 30 vendors once it's fully operational. (Brooklyn Paper)
2. A 65-year-old Flatbush woman, who was reported missing in January, was found at a Brooklyn hospital this Wednesday. Hospital staff say they identified her after watching a TV segment about her. (News 12 Bronx)
3. A 50-year-old woman was murdered in Flatbush on Sunday. Dorothy Clarke Rozier was stabbed in the back without prior warning as she was walking to her workplace at a PathMark Supermarket. (WABC-TV)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Community Board 14 community safety committee meeting, online (6:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Watch Senator Chuck Schumer make his case for Nick Perry's appointment as Ambassador to Jamaica on the Senate floor. (Twitter)
• Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is holding an Assembly hearing next week on her legislation to regulate prescription drug prices. (Twitter)
• Here are some sweet deals for a Valentine's Day manicure on Flatbush Avenue. (Instagram)

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— Dashiell Allen