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🌱 Patch AM: How the 2026 NAACP gala will spotlight Mount Vernon community leaders
Spotted on the Mount Vernon calendar: Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program
What's up Mount Vernon! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How the 2026 NAACP gala will spotlight Mount Vernon community leaders
Also on today's calendar: Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 63 and low of 56 degrees.
- Monday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 69, low: 49.
- Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 63 and low of 49 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 nearby New Rochelle, supporting civil rights work that directly benefits the city. Local honorees include school district leadership, the city's veterans' services director, and a Mount Vernon Public Library paralibrarian, with proceeds funding education, justice, and community empowerment efforts centered on Mount Vernon. 
📸 Around Mount Vernon
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Vernon
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★ Featured events ★
- Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program →
11:00 am - Join Us at a Shore Road Bridge Public Hearing! →
6:00 pm - Flamenco & Cava 💃🏻🥂 →
Bronxville Women's Club, 135 Midland Ave, Bronxville
6:30 pm - Westchester Philharmonic Presents "The Sum of All Things" →
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Harrison
3:00 pm - 41st Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2026 →
Southern Boulevard & Westchester Avenue,
12:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 18
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Sing Your Heart Out! Workshop for Adult Singers
New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
9:30 am - One-on-One Assistance
New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
10:00 am - The Basics of Medicare Coverage
New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
10:00 am - At HCL - StoryArt (at HCL)
New Rochelle Public Library, 794 North Ave, New Rochelle
10:30 am - Baby Rhyme Time
New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
11:00 am - Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
6:30 pm - Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
10:00 am
Monday October 5
Wednesday October 7
Monday October 12
📣 Mount Vernon Shout Outs!
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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
- Panera posted a job opening for Catering Lead in Pelham. Apply here.
- TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for American Airlines Baggage Handler in Bronxville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.
🗞 Nearby News
Pelham
- Russell Solomon's campaign statement: 'The trust you give only means something if it's followed by the work' (pelhamexaminer.com)
Bronxville
- Suzanne M. Barndt (dailyjournal.net)
New Rochelle
- Twenty Questions for the New Rochelle Board of Education on Vision 2030 (talkofthesound.com)
- VIVA VERDI! to Screen with Director Yvonne Russo Q&A in Tuckahoe (broadwayworld.com)
- Radio History: Oct 3 (blogspot.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: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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