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In today's newsletter:

  • How will New Lebanon's proposed 15% tax hike affect your services?
  • See how Berlin/New Lebanon fared in this week's soccer showdown.

Also on today's calendar: Clarion Concerts Presents Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Live in Hudson and 7 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Friday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., temps: high: 63, low: 39.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Lebanon faces 15% tax hike, deep cuts to programs (dailygazette.com) — New Lebanon officials are weighing a 15% property tax increase for 2027 alongside deep cuts to youth, senior, and community programs as they try to rebuild the town's shrinking reserves. Residents packed a recent meeting to argue over reduced hours for town employees, scaled-back fire department funding, and whether to restore money for summer camp and Lebanon Valley Seniors before the board revises the tentative budget.
   

• Cambridge/Salem boys' soccer clinches share of title — Wednesday's Section 2 scores (dailygazette.com) — Local soccer fans will note that the Berlin/New Lebanon boys' team fell 4-0 to Mechanicville in Wasaren League play, despite a strong first-half performance from Mechanicville's Graham Murphy. The roundup also highlights Cambridge/Salem clinching at least a share of the league title and several other Section 2 boys' soccer results that shape the regional standings.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday October 8
  • Family Storytime!
    East Greenbush Community Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush
    10:00 am
  • Family Story Time →
    Kinderhook Memorial Library, 18 Hudson Street, Kinderhook
    10:30 am
  • Tai Chi for Seniors
    Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant
    11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • * UPDATE COPPER HAS BEEN FOUND ❤️❤️❤️*
    Posting for my Neighbour. Please Help Find their missing dog, named Copper. A young beagle male . Lost around 7pm on Sunday near The elementary… (Nextdoor New Lebanon)
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🗞 Nearby News

Nassau

  • Gov. Hochul issues measles-related 'state emergency disaster' (news12.com)
  • 'Lost' thieves arrested after using hugs to steal jewelry in Long Island spree (nbcnewyork.com)
  • Clear and chilly overnight, with patchy frost for parts of Long Island early Wednesday (news12.com)

Averill Park

  • Class B football rankings: Schalmont/Duanesburg/B-K-W up to No. 2 (dailygazette.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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