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Good morning to you New Rochelle! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a New Rochelle teacher earned a prestigious national climate fellowship
  • How Five Islands Park is becoming New Rochelle's living science classroom
  • What jurors are hearing about the fatal shooting at One Clinton Park

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

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 73 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 84, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Rochelle High School Teacher Named MacArthur Climate and Equity Fellow (talkofthesound.com) — A New Rochelle High School teacher, Carmen Glenn, has been named a 2026 MacArthur Foundation Climate and Equity Teacher Fellow, one of just 18 educators selected nationwide. Glenn will use the experience and national network from this program to deepen how New Rochelle students learn about climate change, equity, Indigenous knowledge, and coping with climate-related anxiety in their own community.
   

• Eco-Ambassador Teachers Bring Educators to Five Islands Park (yonkerstimes.com) — New Rochelle teachers recently gathered at Five Islands Park for a hands-on marine ecology workshop that will feed directly into classroom lessons and shoreline field trips. Led by New Rochelle High School Eco-Ambassador teachers and local partners, the training supports a growing learn-and-earn program for students and advances plans for a future Coastal Education & Resilience Center in the city.
   

• Boyfriend on trial in fatal shooting of woman in New Rochelle apartment (mpnnow.com) — A murder trial is underway in Westchester County for Robert Wooten, accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in her luxury New Rochelle apartment at One Clinton Park in 2024. Prosecutors say he fired five shots in anger as she tried to end the relationship, while his defense claims he acted in self-defense after years of alleged abuse.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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    Frankie 1 year old female tuxedo cat Four white paws, white bib, green eyes Last seen on Sunday on Coventry Lane Please call Robert at 347 291… (Nextdoor Pelham Manor)
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🗞 Nearby News

Larchmont

  • Car Slams Into Building In Larchmont, Renders Part Of It Uninhabitable (newsbreak.com)
  • Community Gathers to Protest ICE, in Support of Immigrants (larchmontloop.com)

Pelham

  • The Picture House and Hutchinson River Restoration Project to host premiere of 'American River' with filmmaker Scott Morris (pelhamexaminer.com)
  • VOP Trustee candidates: Village debt is about to increase further (pelhamexaminer.com)
  • 10 Crime Thrillers Without a Single Flaw (collider.com)

Yonkers

  • Yonkers Entrepreneur Honored by Westchester BOL For Hispanic Heritage Month (yonkerstimes.com)

Ok New Rochelle! 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: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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