🌱 Patch AM: How a Scarsdale family once tied to a storied Manhattan townhouse

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Scarsdale family once tied to a storied Manhattan townhouse

Also on today's calendar: Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Brief showers; not as warm, temps: high: 78, low: 64.
• Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The 1899 Henry Schwarzwalder House - 24 West 76th Street (blogspot.com) — A detailed history of a grand Upper West Side townhouse briefly spotlights former owners Alexander and Irma Kridel, who kept one of their country homes in Scarsdale alongside another in New Jersey. The story traces the building's evolution from Gilded Age residence to multi-unit rental, weaving in colorful past residents, espionage drama, and long-forgotten New York real estate fortunes.
   

📸 Around Scarsdale

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scarsdale

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 20
• Third Thursday evening tour and wine tasting at The Glass House this Summer →
  The Glass House, 199 Elm St, New Canaan
  3:45 pm
Saturday August 22
• The Late Summer Show →
  Heather Gaudio Fine Art, 382 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich
  10:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19
• Back to School Craft - School Cone
  Scarsdale Public Library 54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY, 10583, US
  6:30 pm
Thursday August 20
• Art Workshop - Styles From Around The World
  Scarsdale Public Library 54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY, 10583, US
  10:30 am
• No Open Maker
  Scarsdale Public Library 54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale , NY, 10583, US
  1:30 pm
• Zumba with Yoshimi Arai
  Scarsdale Public Library 54 Olmsted Rd, Scarsdale, NY, 10583, US
  3:30 pm
• Summer Gardening with Kaleidoscope
  Fox Meadow Elementary School FM Garden
  5:00 pm
• Wood Burning and Lettering: Create Your Own Wooden Designs →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Ikebana Flower Arranging →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  7:30 pm
Sunday August 30
• Meditative Drawing Workshop: Draw, Reset, Connect →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  9:30 am
• Reel Explorers Family Movie: Ice Age with The Bruce Museum →
  JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Rd, Scarsdale
  10:00 am

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• Rockwood & Perry Fine Wine & Spirits — (914) 478-1028
• 2nd Arc Psychiatric Associates — (914) 639-3100
• CENTURY 21 Elite Realty — (914) 345-3550
• Barrios Quality Painting — (914) 575-1660

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Greenburgh needs a recycling drop off center like Scarsdale has —paul feiner Read on Patch

• Ardsley road going down to the train station two times in the last two weeks a truck ran all the way up on the grass and carved out chunks of the telephone pole far away from the street, crossing the sidewalk completely to hit the pole.
  There is a proposal to put a railing on Ardsley that I think would prevent someone from retreating to the grass if a truck came up on the sidewalk. … (Nextdoor Edgemont)

• ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - Meat Wrapper Clerk (SRS WC) Salary Range $17.00 - $18.50/hr in Scarsdale. Apply here.
• Safe Flight Instrument posted a job opening for Fabrication Assembler in White Plains. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scarsdale here.

🗞 Nearby News

White Plains

• White Plains Summer Basketball Tournament Continues Its Historic Run (metrosportsmag.com)
• 8 New York Warehouse Stores Where Bargain Hunters Can Stretch $50 Surprisingly Far (takingthekids.com)
• New Study Uncovers The Best Hospitals In New York (wrrv.com)

Eastchester

• Evelyn (Gallagher) FitzGerald, 91 (therecorder.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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