🌱 Chatham author brings farm-to-food lessons to Connecticut students

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In today's newsletter:

• Chatham author brings farm-to-food lessons to Connecticut students

Also on today's calendar: Yoga Workshops; Strength & Balance and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 44 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with occasional rain, temps: high: 48, low: 37.
• Friday: Cold with rain, with a high of 39 and low of 33 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Author explores farms and food with Region One students (lakevillejournal.com) — Chatham author Nancy Castaldo brought lessons about farms and food to Connecticut's Region One students during a Nov. 6 visit to Housatonic Valley Regional High School. The environmental writer used true-or-false questions to explore where food comes from, meeting with children from pre-K through eighth grade in three sessions.
   

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📸 Around Chatham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chatham

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday November 17

• Volunteer appreciation night →
  Chatham Brewing, 59 Main Street, Chatham
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday November 13

• Fall Festival of Shakespeare
  CHS Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Monday November 16

• FDR and Veterans Day (FDR Virtual History Talk on ZOOM)
  Chatham Public Library, 11 Woodbridge Avenue, Chatham
  6:30 pm

Saturday November 21

• Yoga Workshops; Strength & Balance →
  Chatham Yoga Center, 3 Railroad Avenue, Chatham
  12:30 pm

Sunday November 22

• Yoga Sound Spa →
  Roots Holistic Wellness, 25 Main Street, Chatham
  4:00 pm

Saturday November 28

• Ornaments at Round – Opening Reception →
  Round Clay Studio & Designs, 25 Hudson Ave, Chatham
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday November 13

• Sleep: North America 2026
  Basilica Hudson, 110 S. Front Street, Hudson
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair
  Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 State Route 23, Hudson
  10:00 am
• Holiday Bazaar @ The Tin Barn
  The Tin Barn, 1783 State Route 9, Clermont
  10:00 am
• Linda Simpson's Drag Explosion
  Park Theater Hudson, 723 Warren Street, Hudson
  7:30 pm

Sunday November 15

• Gel Plate Monotype Printing and Collage Workshop with Holly Hughes: SOLD OUT →
  Handshake Press, Ghent
  10:00 am

Monday November 16

• Virtual Talk: FDR and Veterans Day
  Hudson Area Library, 51 N 5th St, Hudson
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The holidays can be especially challenging for families when a loved one has dementia or Alzheimer's Disease.
  Take a breath and watch this video for tips to adjust expectations, adapt traditions, and reduce stress for everyone. Bottom line: The holidays can… (Nextdoor )

• Walgreen Company posted a job opening for Pharmacy Operations Manager in Chatham. Apply here.
• Ducommun posted a job opening for CNC Machinist in Coxsackie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chatham here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Nassau

• Nassau Police Seek Man Wanted for Perjury in Garden City Case (newsbreak.com)
• NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update Week of 11/09/26 (citylandnyc.org)
• Fight challenge surfaces as failed GOP gov nominee's feud with MAGA rival boils over (newsbreak.com)

Hudson

• Jane VanCamp Ashley, 83, formerly of Massena (northcountrynow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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