🌱 Patch AM: How one epic Channel swim could help protect Long Island Sound

Hi Larchmont! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How one epic Channel swim could help protect Long Island Sound

Also on today's calendar: Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, temps: high: 79, low: 69.
• Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Port Chester Swimmer to Attempt English Channel Crossing for Long Island Sound (talkofthesound.com) — Larchmont readers are being asked to cheer on a regional swimmer using a high-profile English Channel crossing to spotlight the health of nearby Long Island Sound. Port Chester resident and Old Greenwich business owner Drew Nemetz will attempt the 21‑mile swim in early October to benefit Save the Sound, tying his grueling challenge to ongoing local water-quality efforts.
   

📸 Around Larchmont

Subscribe

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in Larchmont

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

Thursday September 3
• AI: Amazing Opportunities, Hidden Dangers, and What Comes Next →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  1:00 pm
• Meditative Drawing Workshop: Draw, Reset, Connect →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Challah Club →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  10:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Chinese Brush Painting →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  10:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Bartow-Brocante Market →
  Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd
  10:00 am
• Humanistic Rosh Hashanah Service →
  Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, 468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Super September Estate Auction →
  Clarke Auction Gallery Inc, 2372 Boston Post Rd, Larchmont
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Managing Life Transitions: Navigating Change with Success →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  1:00 pm

📣 Larchmont Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 30
• Scarsdale Farmers Market →
  Scarsdale, NY Calendar, 32 Chase Rd, Scarsdale
  8:30 am
Monday August 31
• Office is closed →
  St. Thomas Episcopal Church 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
• Garbage and recycling - paper and cardboard
  Monday/ Thursday Garbage and Monday Recycling- Rye Sanitation Rye, NY 10580
• Varsity Swim (Away)
  Ursuline School SUNY Purchase
  7:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

 

Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Larchmont PatchAM possible:

• Barrios Quality Painting — (914) 575-1660
• Zion Memorial Chapel — (914) 381-1809
• Sustainable Westchester — (914) 242-4725
• Bella Mae Plastic Surgery — (203) 336-9862
• Monty's Ark Adventures — (516) 636-3094

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• There is road construction on Bronx River Pkwy N...
  There is road construction on Bronx River Pkwy N reported at 12:01 AM. "Road rehabilitation on Bronx River Parkway both directions City of Yonkers;… (Nextdoor )
• There is road construction on Exit 7: Tuckahoe Rd...
  There is road construction on Exit 7: Tuckahoe Rd / Yonkers reported on Aug 28, 2026. "Drainage improvements and paving operations on Saw Mill River… (Nextdoor )

• Iona University posted a job opening for Equipment Operator Groundsperson (80025) in New Rochelle. Apply here.
• My Gym Enterprises posted a job opening for Infant & Toddler Gym Teacher in Mamaroneck. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Larchmont here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Rochelle

• New Rochelle Library Challenges Community To Sign Up For 700 Library Cards This September (patch.com)
• Centre Avenue Bridge Over I-95 Reopens, New Rochelle Says (talkofthesound.com)
• Good Times Have Come To 'The End,' But Don't Worry, The Party Is Just Getting Started (patch.com)

Mamaroneck

• Convenient and Renovated (larchmontloop.com)

Ok Larchmont! 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: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

• Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
• Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
• List items for sale or services offered

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook