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🌱 Patch AM: How Ossining star Saniya Chong is being honored on film.
Be sure to catch Rivertowns Improv Fall Festival on the Ossining Patch calendar

Hello Ossining! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Ossining star Saniya Chong is being honored on film.
Also on today's calendar: Rivertowns Improv Fall Festival and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Clearing and warmer, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
- Tuesday: An afternoon shower in spots, temps: high: 74, low: 63.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rye Baseball Legend B.J. Surhoff Featured in New Westchester Documentary Series (talkofthesound.com) — A new Legends of Westchester documentary series will spotlight standout local athletes, including Ossining's own Saniya Chong, a three-time NCAA basketball champion and former WNBA player. While the first film focuses on baseball great B.J. Surhoff of Rye, Ossining residents can look forward to future episodes and free student screenings at the Westchester County Center once dates are announced.
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📸 Around Ossining
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ossining
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★ Featured events ★
- Rivertowns Improv Fall Festival →
Croton Academy of Arts, 8 Old Post Rd S, Croton-On-Hudson
6:50 pm - Antique Appraisal Day - Peekskill →
Peekskill Elks Lodge #744, 1038 Brown St, Peekskill
10:00 am - FREE Reading of Original Short Play to Raise Awareness and Funds to Help the Homeless →
Grace Episcopal Church Trinity Campus, 7 S Highland Ave, Ossining
1:00 pm - Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers World Mission Sunday Open House →
Maryknoll Society Center, 55 Ryder Rd, MARYKNOLL
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 - 2026 Hope Harvest: Hope for the Journey →
The Center at Mariandale, 299 N Highland Ave, Ossining
4:00 pm
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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Other local events
- Paint & Sip →
Ossining Elks Lodge, 118 Upper Croton Ave, Ossining
7:00 pm - Westchester Collaborative Theater Features the Coco Quartet →
Westchester Collaborative Theater, 23 Water St, Ossining
7:30 pm - Head Start Open House and Scholastic Book Fair →
Yonkers Children's Place
8:30 am - Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) Presents Terror Tales Chilling Stories of the Macabre →
Westchester Collaborative Theater, 23 Water St, Ossining
7:30 pm - Teatown's Enchanted Forest →
Cliffdale Farm, 85 Teatown Rd, Croton-On-Hudson
10:30 am - Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) Presents Terror Tales Chilling Stories of the Macabre →
Westchester Collaborative Theater, 23 Water St, Ossining
2:00 pm - Pumpkins, Pipes & Peculiar Stories →
The Briarcliff Congregational Church, 30 S State Rd, Briarcliff Manor
4:00 pm - Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) Presents Terror Tales Chilling Stories of the Macabre →
Westchester Collaborative Theater, 23 Water St, Ossining
3:00 pm
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Monday October 19
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
📣 Ossining Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Ossining PatchAM possible:
- Sustainable Westchester — (914) 242-4725
- Dave Diedrich — (203) 518-0695
- Bella Mae Plastic Surgery — (203) 336-9862
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Update: Pet Reunited
Poppop, a cat who went missing in Yonkers, NY, has been safely reunited with their family after 3 hours, 30 minutes. Message from Owner: … (Nextdoor Crotonville)
- Dollar General posted a job opening for Dollar General Store Associate in Ossining. Apply here.
- Verizon posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Ossining. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ossining here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sleepy Hollow
- Sleepy Hollow homeowners brace for spooky season onslaught of Halloween crowds (nypost.com)
- This spooky New York village is hosting a Halloween Witch Festival on the Hudson River this weekend — and spectators can join the fun onshore (secretnyc.co)
Ok Ossining! 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 do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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