🌱 Patch AM: Golden's Bridge Firehouse Annual Community Day Will Offer A Glimpse Of Behind The Curtains

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In today's newsletter:

• Step inside Golden's Bridge firehouse for food, demos and fire safety
• What's next for Philip Johnson's modernist gem in Bedford?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.
• Friday: Abundant sunshine, temps: high: 69, low: 44.
• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Golden's Bridge Firehouse Annual Community Day Will Offer A Glimpse Of Behind The Curtains (patch.com) — Families in Bedford and nearby Golden's Bridge are invited to the fire department's 10th annual Community Day on Saturday, Oct. 17, featuring firefighter demos, safety education and plenty of free kid-friendly activities. Visitors can enjoy fire truck rides, live rescue and fire demonstrations, and food prepared by the firehouse culinary team, while learning practical fire prevention tips during National Fire Prevention Month.
   

• Before the Glass House: Philip Johnson's Booth House Lives On (archilovers.com) — A significant Philip Johnson home in Bedford the 1946 Booth House, is being restored by architect Drew Lang and builder Ravi Arps while preserving its original character. Their new firm, R&D, plans to modernize the house without losing its connection to the wooded Bedford landscape, then return it to the market as a livable piece of architectural history.
   

📸 Around Bedford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bedford

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Ian McKeever: Going Forth, Painted Panels & Other Works →
  Heather Gaudio Fine Art, 382 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich
  4:00 pm
• Bruce Springsteen Evening Prayer: Land of Hope and Dreams →
  St. Francis Episcopal Church, 2810 Long Ridge Rd, Stamford
  5:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Darien Cars & Coffee →
  25 Old Kings Hwy N, Darien
  7:00 am
• 9th annual Pets in the Park Danbury →
  Danbury Town Park, 36 E Hayestown Rd, Danbury
  11:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers World Mission Sunday Open House →
  Maryknoll Society Center, 55 Ryder Rd, MARYKNOLL
  1:00 pm
• Westchester Philharmonic Presents "The Sum of All Things" →
  The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Harrison
  3:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Golden Hour Tours →
  The Glass House, 199 Elm St, New Canaan
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Demystifying Medicare & Healthcare Coverage for Seniors →
  Bedford Hills Community House, 74 Main St, Bedford Hills
  10:15 am
Sunday October 11
• Blessing of the Animals →
  70 Bedford Rd, Katonah
  12:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
  Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
  10:00 am
• Fall Foliage Hike →
  Westmoreland Sanctuary, 260 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Mt Kisco
  1:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Fall Fungi Hike →
  Westmoreland Sanctuary, 260 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Mt Kisco
  9:00 am
Wednesday October 21
• Demystifying Medicare & Healthcare Coverage for Seniors →
  Somers Library, 82 Primrose St, Katonah
  9:30 am
Thursday October 22
• The Real Thing →
  The Whippoorwill Theatre at The North Castle Library. 19 Whippoorwill Rd E, Armonk, NY, 10504
  7:00 pm
Friday October 23
• The Vintage Experience →
  91 E Main St, Mt Kisco
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Opengate, Inc. posted a job opening for Residence Manager, ICF in Somers. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Yorktown Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bedford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bedford Hills

• New London apartment building listed for $695K (westfaironline.com)
• 2 inmates at local state prisons plead guilty to crimes against corrections officers (orleanshub.com)

Katonah

• Concert Review: The Haunt Brings the 'Ghost' Tour to Cambridge, Massachusetts (rockdnamag.com)
• Renaissance String Quartet Begins Residency at Caramoor (riverjournalonline.com)

Mount Kisco

• Reflecting on SeptemberFest—and looking ahead (halstonmedia.com)
• Kohlberg Acquires Majority Stake in Advanced Industrial Devices (citybiz.co)

Ok Bedford! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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