🌱 How a proposed ICE facility in Chester is testing Vassar’s neutrality
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In today's newsletter:
- How a proposed ICE facility in Chester is testing Vassar’s neutrality
Also on today's calendar: Head Over Heels (High School Edition) — Warwick Center for the Performing Arts and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 74 and low of 51 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy and remaining warm, temps: high: 73, low: 52.
- Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 31 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Community debates College's institutional neutrality policy (miscellanynews.org) — A proposed ICE detention facility in Chester is helping drive debate over how far Vassar College should go in taking public political positions while protecting its nonprofit status. Students and faculty question President Elizabeth Bradley’s refusal to weigh in on the Chester proposal, arguing that institutional neutrality can clash with the college’s stated social justice values. 
📸 Around Chester
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★ Featured events ★
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Live at Cork Wine Bar
Cork Wine Bar, 22 N Main St, Florida
7:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Head Over Heels (High School Edition) — Warwick Center for the Performing Arts
Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center , 231 Creamery Pond Rd , Chester
2:00 pm -
Chester Ag Center Volunteer Event: Tree Planting for Pollinators
Chester Agricultural Center , 168 Meadow Ave , Chester
4:00 pm -
Chester Coffee for Veterans & First Responders | Guardian Revival
Chester Public Library , 1784 Kings Hwy , Chester
1:00 pm
Sunday April 19
Tuesday April 28
Tuesday May 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Cafe Margot , 170 W Main St , Goshen
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SSSI Coffeehouse Concert
Florida Union Free School District , 51 North Main Street , Florida
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Throwback DIY Night: Craft & Sip Edition
Glenmere Brewing Company , 55 Maple Ave , Florida
6:00 pm -
Live at Barrel 28
Barrel 28 , 28 N Main St , Florida
8:30 pm -
2nd Annual Dance Party Benefit for the Cats of Iron Horse Sanctuary
Mountain Lake Park , 46 Bowen Rd , Warwick
2:00 pm -
Woodbury Repair Cafe
455 NY-32 , Highland Mills
6:00 pm -
Spring In The Village
Museum Village of Old Smith's Clove Monroe , 1010 NY-17M , Monroe
10:00 am -
Herbal Medicine 101: Love your Liver: Spring Tonics and Bitters
All One One All Farm , 221 Craigville Rd , Goshen
10:30 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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- C&S Family of Companies posted a job opening for Porter in Chester. Apply here.
- The Cleaning Authority, LLC posted a job opening for Professional House Cleaner in Florida. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chester here.
🗞 Nearby News
Goshen
- Goshen softball wins Section 9 Class AA championship rematch (VIDEO) (midhudsonnews.com)
- Goshen police investigating youth basketball team solicitation scam (chroniclenewspaper.com)
- Income tax day is also tax fraud day in construction industry (midhudsonnews.com)
Florida
- Southern Glazer's Consolidates Fine Wine Business Under Signature Fine Wines & Spirits Unit (shankennewsdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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