🌱 Patch AM: Who is the Mount Vernon NAACP honoring at this year’s gala?

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In today's newsletter:

• Who is the Mount Vernon NAACP honoring at this year's gala?
• Mount Vernon officer charged in Westchester jail misconduct probe

Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 64, low: 56.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mt Vernon NAACP 2026 Freedom Fund Masquerade Gala (blackwestchester.com) — Mount Vernon residents are invited to the NAACP's 2026 Freedom Fund Masquerade Gala on October 29 in New Rochelle, supporting local civil rights work. The Mount Vernon branch will honor County Executive Ken Jenkins and several Mount Vernon leaders from the school district, veterans' services, library, and youth programs, with proceeds funding ongoing advocacy and community empowerment efforts.
   

• Westchester Corrections Officer from Yonkers Arrested for Official Misconduct (yonkerstimes.com) — A Mount Vernon correction officer is among two Westchester County jail staffers charged with official misconduct tied to their conduct at the Valhalla facility. County leaders stress that most officers act professionally while investigators continue probing the alleged violations, and both defendants are now on administrative leave pending court proceedings.
   

📸 Around Mount Vernon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Vernon

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale →
  Grand Avenue, Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
  9:30 am
Wednesday October 7
• Join Us at a Shore Road Bridge Public Hearing! →
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Flamenco & Cava 💃🏻🥂 →
  Bronxville Women's Club, 135 Midland Ave, Bronxville
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Westchester Philharmonic Presents "The Sum of All Things" →
  The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Harrison
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• 41st Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2026 →
  Southern Boulevard & Westchester Avenue,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• AV Alta FC at Westchester SC →
  The Stadium at Memorial Field, 431 Garden Ave, Mt Vernon
  7:00 pm
• HOUSE of LEO →
  Mangoville, 133 South 4th Avenue, Mount Vernon
  10:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Library is Closed.
  Mt. Vernon Public Library, 28 SOUTH FIRST AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON
• Math Tutoring for Teens by Teens
  New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program →
  11:00 am
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm
Monday October 12
• Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
  Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Steven A. Holmes, Brings His Novel Black Messiahs "Home" to Mount Vernon —JGT Public Relations Read on Patch

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in MOUNT VERNON NY S19009 in Mount Vernon. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Pelham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pelham

• October at the Pelham Public Library: ghosts, masks, crocheted critters, overlooked women artists, banned books and tea bangles (pelhamexaminer.com)
• East Bronx set for new transmission line as state approves Propel NY Energy project (bxtimes.com)

Bronxville

• Lee Girard Bradshaw (scdemocratonline.com)

New Rochelle

• VIVA VERDI! to Screen with Director Yvonne Russo Q&A in Tuckahoe (broadwayworld.com)
• Guardrails Market Forecast to 2035: Infrastructure Renewal and Safety Mandates Drive Growth (indexbox.io)
• The Motley Fool: Poison pills explained (upstatebusinessjournal.com)

Ok Mount Vernon! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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