Mulch Fest — one of many citywide Earth Day events — will take place this Saturday in Cadman Plaza Park. Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle
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The Lede: Good morning. Earth Day activities will be taking place across Brooklyn this week, with numerous opportunities to have fun and go green. From Cadman Plaza Park to Brooklyn Bridge Park, here are the events to keep on your radar.
The Rundown
Police probe vandalism at Palestinian-owned bagel shop; owner calls it hate crime: Police are investigating after a sticker reading “Pee on Hamas” was found affixed to the side entrance of Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe in Prospect Heights on Sunday.
Brooklyn gets ready to go green on Earth Day: In addition to special events like Mulch Fest, a regular group of volunteers joins New York City Parks Department Gardener Nathan Grozan in Cadman Plaza Park every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. to help maintain the park’s flourishing gardens.
Mob boss John Gotti’s grandson sentenced to 15 months in prison for COVID-19 loan fraud: Late mob boss John Gotti’s reality-TV-star grandson was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for pocketing $1.1 million in loans from a federal program meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most fashion mannequins are about a size 2. The Met Gala exhibit is making room for diverse bodies: The aim was "to challenge a history of museum mannequin display that’s very much characterized by thin, abled and standardized bodies."
Bay Ridge Girl Scout is city’s top cookie seller for second year: Ashleigh F., 13, an eighth-grader, last year claimed the crown with 2,528 boxes, and this year upped her total to 3,013.
Chamber of Commerce highlights top 33 real estate projects in Brooklyn: The Best of Brooklyn Real Estate showcase focused on projects driving economic growth and community vitality in Kings County at MADE Bush Terminal on Thursday.
Home care workers launch hunger strike as 24-hour work shifts persist: The battle over 24-hour shifts has pitted the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry against vulnerable patients who rely on round-the-clock care. (THE CITY)
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Our World in Photos
BOGOTA — Relatives hold up the hem of quinceañera Gabriela Aragon’s gown to keep it off the ground as they head to a photo session at the José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP
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CARTOON: A future too bleak. (Brooklyn Eagle)
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The Wrap
⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1944, the Eagle reported, "Princess Elizabeth observed her 18th birthday in accordance with wartime austerity today by watching the Grenadier Guards, of which she is colonel-in-chief, change guard somewhere in the country." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
Actress Simone Ashley wears orange gloves for Vogue Germany.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"Was Harry and Meghan's Australia trip a success?" (BBC)
🏀 SPORTS
Celebrating Barney Hyman: ‘Miracle Man’ of scholastic track and field (Brooklyn Eagle)
N.Y. Mets World Series hero Jesse Orosco
Comedy legend Elaine May
Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean
“Taxi” star Tony Danza, who was born in Brooklyn
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Robert Smith (The Cure)
Click here to see a full list of birthdays!
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