🌱 Patch AM: 2 Hudson Valley Starbucks Locations Slated To Close: Company Will Shutter 250 Stores, Lay Off Employees

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In today's newsletter:

• New Rochelle's North Avenue Starbucks is closing its doors today
• How a New Rochelle tween brightens other kids' birthdays with cake

Also on today's calendar: Join Us at a Shore Road Bridge Public Hearing! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Very windy; periods of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Cool with rain and drizzle, temps: high: 62, low: 58.
• Tuesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2 Hudson Valley Starbucks Locations Slated To Close: Company Will Shutter 250 Stores, Lay Off Employees (patch.com) — New Rochelle residents are losing their Starbucks at 726 North Ave. as the company shutters about 250 underperforming locations across North America, including two in Westchester. Employees at the New Rochelle shop say many workers are expected to be transferred to nearby stores, while Starbucks leadership emphasizes support and severance for those who cannot be placed elsewhere.
   

• What We've Learned From Decorating Birthday Cakes for Other Kids (macaronikid.com) — A New Rochelle middle-schooler shares how decorating birthday cakes for kids living at JCCA's Pleasantville campus has changed how she thinks about birthdays and giving back. Working with a friend from Larchmont, she describes learning empathy, appreciating her own support system, and encouraging other local families to consider volunteering with the organization.
   

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Tuesday September 29
• Stories That Stay With Us | In Conversation: Breathing Under Water with Jacqueline Friedland →
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Wednesday September 30
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Thursday October 1
• Pizza in the Hut: Family Sukkot Celebration →
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Saturday October 3
• Monroe Miles 5k Community Run Walk →
  Main Hall, 434 Main St, New Rochelle
  9:00 am
• Warfare on Long Island Sound during the American Revolution →
  St. Paul's Church National Historic Site, 897 S Columbus Ave, Mt Vernon
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Monday October 5
• The Art of Handmade Paper: Exploring Brush and Ink →
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Wednesday October 7
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
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Thursday October 8
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fall for the Arts at ArtsFest October 15th through 18th —Theresa Kump Leghorn Read on Patch

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Opportunity Awaits (larchmontloop.com)
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Yonkers

• Yonkers Women's History Walking Tour October 4 (yonkerstimes.com)
• NASA Space Apps Yonkers Appoints David Aniebo as Judge in 2026 (prlog.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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