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🌱 What Yorktown’s failed battery ban means for future energy projects.
Also check out Antique Appraisal Day - Peekskill on the Yorktown Patch calendar

Good day Yorktown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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In today's newsletter:
- What Yorktown's failed battery ban means for future energy projects.
- How a Yorktown family's tragedy shaped the fiery NY-17 debate.
Also on today's calendar: Antique Appraisal Day - Peekskill and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 68 and low of 54 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 58.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• McManus Appears in Albany Times Union (harrisbeachmurtha.com) — Yorktown is highlighted statewide for a local ban on battery storage facilities that was overturned in court, signaling how judges increasingly treat grid-scale storage as essential infrastructure. For Yorktown residents, the case shows that outright prohibitions on these projects may not hold, shifting future fights over locations and safety standards from the town board into the courtroom.
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• Rep. Mike Lawler, challenger Cait Conley slug it out on the issues during N.Y.-17 debate (cbsnews.com) — Voters in northern Westchester, including Yorktown residents, heard Rep. Mike Lawler and challenger Cait Conley clash over affordability, immigration, and data centers in a closely watched NY-17 debate. The parents of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old from Yorktown killed in March, pressed both candidates on cooperation with federal immigration authorities and sanctuary policies.
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📸 Around Yorktown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yorktown
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★ Featured events ★
- Antique Appraisal Day - Peekskill →
Peekskill Elks Lodge #744, 1038 Brown St, Peekskill
10:00 am - INTENT : A clash of beliefs. Personal betrayals. Historic consequences. →
Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, 1008 Brown St, Peekskill
1:00 pm
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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Other local events
- Women Take to the Trails
Teatown, 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining
10:00 am - Dan Zlotnick Band (Rock/Folk) at Our Place Kitchen, Yorktown Heights, NY →
Our Place Kitchen & Bar, 334 Underhill Road, Yorktown
5:30 pm - Farm-to-Fable with Special Guest, Kathryn LaCombe, from Second Chance Foods →
Hilltop Hanover Farm, 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights
10:00 am - Take a Hike, Make a Memento (for families, Ages 4+)
Cliffdale Farm, 85 Teatown Rd, Croton-on-Hudson
10:00 am - Yorktown Stage presents Cabaret →
Yorktown Stage, 268 Veterans Rd, Yorktown Heights
1:00 pm - Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program →
11:00 am - Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
6:30 pm - Market Day Crafts Fair in Fishkill →
Van Wyck Homestead Museum, 504 US-9, Fishkill
11:00 am - Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
10:00 am - Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers World Mission Sunday Open House →
Maryknoll Society Center, 55 Ryder Rd, MARYKNOLL
1:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
Wednesday October 7
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Sunday October 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Yorktown Heights
- A Beloved 'Harry Potter' Nighttime Experience Returns This Fall (parade.com)
Somers
- Momentum builds as Pac takes 4 of 5 (halstonmedia.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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