🌱 Patch AM: Why New City’s deaf residents still struggle for in-person interpreters

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In today's newsletter:

• Why New City's deaf residents still struggle for in-person interpreters
• What Operation Spring Cleaning just took off Rockland's streets

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 56 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 71, low: 49.
• Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 63 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rockland deaf patients seek better access to ASL interpreters (lohud.com) — A New City resident's struggle to get in-person ASL interpreters highlights ongoing barriers deaf patients face at Rockland County medical facilities, even after a new hospital policy. Advocates say video interpreting is often pushed first, leaving patients to repeatedly demand in-person help, especially for complex or high‑stakes appointments where clear communication is critical.
   

• Two Plead Guilty in Rockland Drug Case (rocklandnews.com) — From New City, Rockland prosecutors report two men have pleaded guilty to felony crack cocaine sales in Nyack as part of "Operation Spring Cleaning." Both face multi‑year state prison sentences, and officials say the coordinated task force effort is central to tackling illegal drug activity across Rockland County neighborhoods.
   

📸 Around New City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New City

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• INTENT : A clash of beliefs. Personal betrayals. Historic consequences. →
  Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, 1008 Brown St, Peekskill
  1:00 pm
• Westchester Philharmonic Presents "The Sum of All Things" →
  The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Harrison
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Piermont Places & Sparkill Spaces: Historical Homes & Landmarks Tour →
  Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
  10:00 am
• Historic Homes and Landmarks Tour: Piermont Places And Sparkill Spaces →
  Historical Society Of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
  10:00 am
• HSRC: Historic House Tour - Piermont Places & Sparkill Spaces
  Christ Church Sparkill, 5 New St, Sparkill
  10:00 am
Wednesday October 7
• Play October Bingo On Wednesdays In Pearl River →
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River
  7:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• Resin Board Charcuterie Workshop →
  Cropsey Community Farm, 220 S Little Tor Rd, New City
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Nyack Famous Street Fair, Sun. Oct. 11, Over 300 Exhibitors, Downtown, Nyack, NY →
  , Nyack
  10:00 am
Wednesday October 14
• Play October Bingo On Wednesdays In Pearl River →
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River
  7:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Farm to Table Dinner with Chef Tara Ciannella →
  Cropsey Community Farm, 220 S Little Tor Rd, New City
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Play October Bingo On Wednesdays In Pearl River →
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fire Prevention Starts With Being Prepared —County of Rockland Read on Patch

• Coastal Products LLC posted a job opening for Landscape Maintenance Estimator in Valley Cottage. Apply here.
• TJX posted a job opening for Retail Merchandise Associate in Nanuet. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Haverstraw

• Benedict Arnold – Part 2: Traitor (delgazette.com)
• Ramapo Under Moderate Fiscal Stress According to OSC; Other Rockland Towns Score Well On Stress Tests (rcbizjournal.com)

Spring Valley

• 'Survivor 51' Episode 2 recap: Injuries, shifting alliances and a surprise vote (ithacajournal.com)

Monsey

• My Memories of an Incredible Simchas Torah by the Rebbe (anash.org)
• A Sukkah I Can Call Home (jewishpress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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