🌱 Spring Valley leaders join Rockland push to get residents voting

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In today's newsletter:

• Spring Valley leaders join Rockland push to get residents voting
• Spring Valley nonprofit Pillars earns spot in elite OU accelerator cohort

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 75 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 47.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rockland Officials Join Forces to Get Residents Out to Vote (rocklanddaily.com) — Spring Valley's mayoral leadership joined other Rockland officials in a joint letter urging residents to vote in New York's 2026 general election, highlighting local concerns like schools, safety, and affordability. The message reminds people about early voting from October 24 to November 1, the November 3 Election Day, and key deadlines for registration and mail or absentee ballots.
   

• Eight Innovative Jewish Nonprofits Join the OU Impact Accelerator's Seventh Cohort (ou.org) — A Spring Valley–based nonprofit called Pillars has been chosen for the Orthodox Union's latest Impact Accelerator cohort, highlighting local work supporting girls who have lost a parent. The program will give Pillars mentoring, training, and funding alongside seven other Jewish initiatives nationwide, potentially expanding its resources and reach for families in and around Spring Valley.
   

📸 Around Spring Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spring Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• 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

Wednesday October 14
• Sé tu Propio Jefe - Rockland →
  Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 29
• Rockland - The Power of Capital →
  Finkelstein Memorial Library, 24 Chestnut Street, Spring Valley
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• The Breathing of the Year: Entering into Autumn with Eurythmy →
  School of Eurythmy, 289 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge
  10:00 am
• Presentation: Piracy in the Caribbean →
  Rockland Community College, Main Campus, 145 College Rd., Suffern
  11:00 am
• Venetian Mask Making event with SGA →
  Rockland Community College, Main Campus, 145 College Rd., Suffern
  12:30 pm
• Intensive Handwork for homeschoolers grades 1-6 →
  The Fiber Craft Studio, 275 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge
  1:30 pm
• After School Craft Club, grades 1-4 →
  Orchard House, 275 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge
  3:30 pm
• Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Girls' Night Out →
  Pearl River NY
  5:30 pm
• Woodstock Film Festival: Zine Launch
  Unicorn Bar, 224 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston
  6:00 pm
• JUSTICE COURT (Ordinance/Summary Proceedings/Small Claims/Civil)
  Dr. Jeffrey Oppenheim Community Center, 350 Haverstraw Road, Montebello
  6:00 pm
• Joe Bartnick →
  West Nyack NY
  6:30 pm
• Music Across Boundaries: Irish-Brazilian Samba Fusion with Dr. Colin Harte and Band →
  Cultural Arts Theater, 145 College Road, Suffern
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors!
  I am looking for a chimney sweep company that services Rockland County! (Nextdoor Main - Eckerson)

• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PEARL RIVER NY S31150 in Pearl River. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Monsey

• Trump DHS seeks deportation of man linked to Ramapo flag incident (thetimesherald.com)
• The Romanian Rebbe Who Was Reb Mendel's Dear Friend (anash.org)

Ramapo

• Hudson Valley, New York Father of Five Detained By ICE (wpdh.com)
• Ramapo Police Receive 2026 Aerial Achievement Award For Innovative Drone Program (monseyscoop.com)

New City

• Central Nyack Recreation Project Gets Underway (rocklandnews.com)
• Mega Millions winning numbers for October 6 $345 million jackpot (ithacajournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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