🌱 Patch AM: How one man’s Mount Vernon childhood shaped the home he built

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In today's newsletter:

• How one man's Mount Vernon childhood shaped the home he built

Also on today's calendar: Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 63, low: 49.
• Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Nomad and a Box of Plates: From Nothing to Loving (medium.com) — A Staten Island resident looks back on a childhood spent in Mount Vernon, remembering a diverse, welcoming block on North Fulton Avenue that helped shape his sense of belonging. After later moves to wealthier, less diverse suburbs left him feeling isolated, he ultimately built his own close-knit family community, showing how early experiences in Mount Vernon influenced the home he created as an adult.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Vernon

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7
• Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program →
  11:00 am
• Join Us at a Shore Road Bridge Public Hearing! →
  6:00 pm
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• In My Mind - Collective Care; A Climate Solution Organizing Change with Visible and Invisible Commu →
  The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 W 13th St, New York
  9:00 am
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

Monday October 5
• Google Docs
  Computer Lab, 28 SOUTH FIRST AVENUE, Mount Vernon
  6:00 pm
• Between Two Worlds Book Club: Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes
  New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
  6:15 pm
• Multilevel Yoga
  New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
  6:15 pm
• Jump Start Your Job Search Workshop: Preparing for a Job Interview
  New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Flamenco & Cava 💃🏻🥂 →
  Bronxville Women's Club, 135 Midland Ave, Bronxville
  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

• Looking for recommendations for a new cleaning person or service for a home in the Fleetwood, Mount Vernon area.
  I need someone consistent, affordable, and reliable. Any suggestions from neighbors would be greatly appreciated! (Nextdoor Fleetwood)

• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in MOUNT VERNON NY S19009 in Mount Vernon. Apply here.
• Panera posted a job opening for Catering Lead in Pelham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pelham

• PMHS senior Evan Kaplan named National Merit Semifinalist (pelhamexaminer.com)

Bronxville

• Suzanne M. Barndt (dailyjournal.net)

New Rochelle

• Twenty Questions for the New Rochelle Board of Education on Vision 2030 (talkofthesound.com)
• Greenwich Fraud Suspect Allegedly Transmitted 17 Fraudulent Checks Totaling $200K (greenwichfreepress.com)
• Radio History: Oct 3 (blogspot.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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