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🌱 Patch AM: Did you buy a TAKE 5 ticket on Gramatan Avenue?

Also check out Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Mount Vernon Patch calendar

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Cheers Mount Vernon! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Did you buy a TAKE 5 ticket on Gramatan Avenue?
  • Mount Vernon correction officer faces misconduct charge after county jail investigation.

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
  • Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 64 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two TAKE 5 Tickets Hit Top Prize in Mount Vernon and Whitestone (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A TAKE 5 lottery ticket sold at United Corner on Gramatan Avenue in Mount Vernon hit Tuesday night's top prize, worth nearly $15,000 to the winner. Another winning ticket was sold in Whitestone, with both sharing the Sept. 29 evening jackpot. Winners have up to a year to claim their prizes from the New York Lottery.
   

• Westchester Corrections Officer from Yonkers Arrested for Official Misconduct (yonkerstimes.com) — A Mount Vernon resident working as a Westchester County correction officer has been charged with official misconduct alongside a Yonkers colleague, following an investigation into their conduct at the county jail in Valhalla. Both were arrested, placed on administrative leave, and will appear in Mount Pleasant Justice Court. Officials stressed that most correction officers remain committed professionals while this probe continues.
   


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Other local events
    Friday October 2
  • EMS/EMT Career Pathway Program – Summer 2026
    Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle Remington Clubhouse, 1 Remington Place, New Rochelle
    5:45 pm
  • Saturday October 3
  • Breakfast For Friends
    Hope Community Services, 50 Washington Ave, New Rochelle
    9:00 am
  • One-on-One Assistance
    New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
    10:00 am
  • At HCL - LEGO Engineers (at HCL)
    New Rochelle Public Library, 794 North Ave, New Rochelle
    10:30 am
  • RESCHEDULED: Tag NR @ Anderson Plaza!
    Anderson Plaza, 20 Anderson St, New Rochelle
    11:00 am
  • Chess Club for Adults/Teens
    J. Gary Pretlow Community Room, 28 South First Avenue, Mount Ver
    11:00 am
  • Friends of NRPL Book Store
    New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle
    11:00 am
  • Wednesday October 7
  • Improve Your Posture with an HSS Online Program →
    11:00 am
  • Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
    6:30 pm
  • Monday October 12
  • Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
    Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
    10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Yonkers. Apply here.
  • Careers Integrated Resources Inc posted a job opening for Payroll Processor in Bronx. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pelham

  • October at the Pelham Public Library: ghosts, masks, crocheted critters, overlooked women artists, banned books and tea bangles (pelhamexaminer.com)
  • Krystal Howell's campaign statement: 'My love for this village runs deep, and so does my commitment to serving every resident with respect and empathy' (pelhamexaminer.com)
  • VOP Trustee candidates: Village debt is about to increase further (pelhamexaminer.com)

Bronxville

Harrison

  • Heroin Bust On The Hutch: K9 Vinn Sniffs Out Stash Of Packaged Narcotics, NYSP Report (patch.com)
  • Cranberry Lake Preserve Volunteer Day Brings Fujifilm Workers, $7,500 Gift To Parks Foundation (patch.com)

Ok Mount Vernon! 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 did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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