🌱 Cheektowaga’s OTB parlor is closing—here’s why it’s happening now

Morning Cheektowaga! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Cheektowaga’s OTB parlor is closing—here’s why it’s happening now

Also on today's calendar: War Cry and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 50.
• Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 60 and low of 41 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Why Six Western New York Betting Parlors Are Shutting Down (wyrk.com) — Cheektowaga’s Western Regional Off-Track Betting parlor is slated to close within the next month as part of a broader shutdown of six money-losing OTB locations across New York. Officials say in-person betting is down as online wagering grows, and selling the properties could generate about $2 million to return to local governments.
   

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📸 Around Cheektowaga

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cheektowaga

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10

• Hangout + S'mores @ Dream Daze! →
  Dream Daze Dispensary, Cheektowaga
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3

• HS Homecoming Dance
  Cleveland Hill UFSD Buffalo, NY 14225
  7:00 pm

Monday October 5

• HS/MS- Cherrydale Cookie Dough Fundraiser
  Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD Buffalo, NY 14225

Wednesday October 7

• BOE Meeting
  Cleveland Hill UFSD Buffalo, NY 14225
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• HS/MS- Cherrydale Cookie Dough Fundraiser
  Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD Buffalo, NY 14225

Saturday October 10

• War Cry →
  Holiday Inn Express Cheektowaga North East, an IHG Hotel, Cheektowaga
  6:00 pm

Monday October 12

• Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day - No School
  Depew UFSD Depew, NY 14043
• Columbus Day Edgework →
  Holiday Twin Rinks, 3465 Broadway St., Cheektowaga
  10:00 am
• Columbus Day Edgework – 10/12/26 →
  Buffalo: Holiday Twin Rinks, 3465 Broadway St., Cheektowaga
  10:00 am
• Columbus Day Saves →
  Holiday Twin Rinks, 3465 Broadway St., Cheektowaga
  11:00 am
• Columbus Day Saves – 10/12/26 →
  Buffalo: Holiday Twin Rinks, 3465 Broadway St., Cheektowaga
  11:00 am

Friday October 16

• Airlanes Jr. Football and Cheerleading meat raffle →
  Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Rd, Cheektowaga
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Depew

• MEMS Accelerometers Market Forecast to 2035: Automotive Safety Mandates and Industrial Iot Drive 5.8% CAGR (indexbox.io)

Williamsville

• New York Approves Research License for First U.S. Human Trial of Cannabis-Based VER-01 for Chronic Pain (themarijuanaherald.com)
• CABARET FUNDRAISER for First Look Buffalo's 2026-27 Season at Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center Off-Off-Broadway (Oct 2, 2026) (broadwayworld.com)
• Many Western New York high schools plunge in U.S. News rankings - Here's what changed (wkbw.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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