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In today's newsletter:

  • What the new Chair Factory cleanup could mean for Haverstraw's riverfront.
  • Why a 2024 Haverstraw killing just brought a 20-year sentence.

Also on today's calendar: Improv Comedy Night at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy with periods of sun, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 70, low: 53.
  • Saturday: Windy with rain possible, with a high of 68 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Databank's Expansion Subject To Statewide Moratorium; Clarkstown Moratorium Includes Sain Building Affordable Housing Conversion; Chair Factory Site Subject To Brownfield Review (rcbizjournal.com) — A long-contaminated industrial site on the Haverstraw riverfront is moving toward cleanup, with a detailed soil-removal and monitoring plan now open for public comment through October 31. The same report also outlines a statewide pause on a major data center expansion and a Clarkstown building moratorium that may complicate Rockland's affordable housing goals, but the Chair Factory plan is the key change for Haverstraw residents.
   

• Garnerville man pleads guilty in fatal 2024 Haverstraw shooting (lohud.com) — A Garnerville man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for a 2024 shooting that killed a 29-year-old on West Avenue in Haverstraw, avoiding a potential life sentence. Local police and multiple agencies tracked him to South Carolina after he fled, and he now faces a promised 20-year prison term, with sentencing set for December 4.
   

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  • Tuckahoe Orders Outside Disciplinary Review After DA Closes Probe Into Crash Involving Former Chief's Wife (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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