🌱 How Germantown’s Klein Kill Fruit Farms anchored a major orchard tour

Good day Germantown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Germantown’s Klein Kill Fruit Farms anchored a major orchard tour

Also on today's calendar: Yoga at Clermont and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 88, low: 61.
• Monday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Photos: 2026 IFTA Summer Tour hits the Hudson Valley (fruitgrowersnews.com) — A major international fruit growers’ tour kicked off at Klein Kill Fruit Farms in Germantown, spotlighting the 600‑acre orchard’s apple and peach operation and its resilience after April’s damaging freeze. Over two days, attendees visited multiple Hudson Valley farms, research sites, and cider operations, comparing crop losses, new technologies, and agritourism ideas that shape the region’s fruit economy.
   

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📸 Around Germantown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Germantown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 1

• Reservation: Farmer’s Market 9am-2pm →
  Palatine Park, 50 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday August 9

• Yoga at Clermont →
  Clermont State Historic Site, Clermont Manor, 1 Clermont Ave, Germantown
  10:00 am
• Reservation: 11am-4pm →
  Palatine Park, 50 Rd, Germantown
  11:00 am

Tuesday August 11

• Town Board Meeting →
  Germantown Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 15

• Reservation: Farmer’s Market 9am-2pm →
  Palatine Park, 50 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown
  9:00 am

Sunday August 16

• Makerspace: 3rd Sunday →
  Germantown Library, 31 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Dinosaur Day →
  Red Hook, NY Calendar Red Hook, NY 12571
  11:00 am
• Dessert Pop-Up: SUPREME SOFT SERVE — Hudson Valley Apple Picking Orchard Rose Hill Farm →
  Rose Hill Winery & Cidery, 14 Rose Hill, Red Hook
  12:00 pm
• Writing workshop with D.M. Kamecke →
  Athens Cultural Center, 24 2nd St, Athens
  1:00 pm
• Second Chance at Tacos and Tequila Meadowbrook Farm →
  Meadowbrook Farm Catskills, 513 Co Rd 67, Leeds
  5:00 pm
• Tivoli 5th Annual Firehouse Fundraiser →
  Red Hook, NY Calendar, 231 Kidd Lane, Tivoli
  6:00 pm

Sunday July 26

• Daily Life in the Late Woodland Period →
  Wild Hudson Valley, 408 Lake Mills Rd, Leeds
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Associate in Hudson. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Hudson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Germantown here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Catskill

• 36 Thompson St Floor 1, Catskill, NY 12414 (zillow.com)
• Daycare Worker In Cairo, NY Charged After Spanking 3-year-old (hudsonvalleypost.com)

Saugerties

• The Missing Chapter of Harlem Renaissance Sculptor Agusta Savage Revealed in Saugerties (chronogram.com)
• Skating Club of Saugerties' Shauna Keating picked as state flag bearer for State Games of America (dailyfreeman.com)
• Ulster County Human Rights Commission open nominations for Community Recognition Awards (midhudsonnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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