🌱 Patch AM: How Bedford Central schools handled last week’s sudden gas leak evacuation

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In today's newsletter:

• How Bedford Central schools handled last week's sudden gas leak evacuation
• How could St. Mary's Katonah subdivision affect your neighborhood streets?

Also on today's calendar: Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 59 and low of 53 degrees.
• Monday: A passing morning shower, temps: high: 70, low: 53.
• Tuesday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 71 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gas leak causes evacuation of Mount Kisco schools (therecorder.org) — Students from Bedford Central's Mount Kisco Elementary and Hillside School were evacuated to Fox Lane High School after a construction crew struck a high‑pressure gas line, sending fumes toward both campuses. Streets were closed while firefighters, police, and Con Edison secured the leak, and classes resumed later that day after officials confirmed buildings were safe and praised staff for following emergency plans.
   

• St. Mary's Katonah subdivision draws intense opposition (therecorder.org) — A recent Zoning Board of Appeals decision in Katonah approved setback variances needed for St. Mary's Church to subdivide its Valley Road property, a move governed by Town of Bedford rules. Neighbors worry the subdivision could eventually enable denser development on a vacant back parcel, but officials stressed that any future building plans would face separate Planning Board review and public hearings.
   

📸 Around Bedford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bedford

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★ Featured events ★

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
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

Sunday October 11
• Darien Cars & Coffee →
  25 Old Kings Hwy N, Darien
  7:00 am
• Blessing of the Animals →
  70 Bedford Rd, Katonah
  12:00 pm
Monday October 12
• 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
• 2026 ROAR Gala: Celebrate, Bid and Help Save Animals in Need →
  Silver Spring Country Club, 439 Silver Spring Rd, Ridgefield
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Balducci's Food Lover's Market posted a job opening for Frozen Food Supervisor-Yorktown Heights, NY in Yorktown Heights. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bedford Hills

• Things to do in Katonah-Lewisboro Oct. 10-17 (halstonmedia.com)

Katonah

• One of the Largest Contemporary Indigenous Art Collections Gets a Public Home in Katonah, and Other News. (surfacemag.com)
• Weekly Events in Westchester County Parks Monday Oct. 12 through Sunday Oct. 18, 2026 (westchestercountyny.gov)
• Keokuk Concert Association celebrates 100 years as they welcome ArcoStrum to the Grand (mississippivalleypublishing.com)

Mount Kisco

• Things to do in Bedford, Mount Kisco and Pound Ridge (halstonmedia.com)

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 do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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