🌱 Which Spackenkill senior just earned statewide all-state basketball honors?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Spackenkill senior just earned statewide all-state basketball honors?

Also on today's calendar: The Beacon Record and CD Fest!!! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets wetter & wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 59 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: A stray afternoon shower, temps: high: 60, low: 39.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a shower; cool, with a high of 57 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• See who made the boys basketball all-state large school all-star team (poughkeepsiejournal.com) — A Spackenkill High School senior, Jalen Thompson, earned honorable mention on the New York State Sportswriters Association’s large-school all-state boys basketball team, putting the Spartans on the statewide map. He’s one of several Section 9 and Dutchess County standouts recognized across multiple all-state teams for their strong seasons.
   

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📸 Around Spackenkill

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spackenkill

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 2

• The Beacon Record and CD Fest!!! →
  Beacon VFW - 413 Main St, Beacon, NY, 12508,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 30

• Highlights of Hudson Valley Sports History →
  Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• ON & OFF THE WHEEL: SATURDAY — Fall Kill Creative Works →
  Fall Kill Creative Works Clay Studio, 485 Main St, Poughkeepsie
  10:00 am
• Poughkeepsie Farm Project's Annual Plant Sale & Farm Fest →
  The Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns, 50 Vassar Farm Ln, Poughkeepsie
  10:00 am
• Bloom & Brunch Experience →
  SIMPLEEZ CAFE & BAKERY, 37 Lincoln Ave, Poughkeepsie
  1:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• ADULT CLAY CAMP: SUNDAY EVENING — Fall Kill Creative Works →
  Fall Kill Creative Works Clay Studio, 485 Main St, Poughkeepsie
  6:00 pm

Monday May 4

• Museum Of Jewish Heritage Trip
  Orville a Todd Middle School, 11 Croft Rd, Poughkeepsie
  8:00 am

Thursday May 7

• 5th Gr. Concert
  Spackenkill High School, 112 Spackenkill Rd, Poughkeepsie
  7:00 pm

Friday May 8

• Family Art Night
  Orville a Todd Middle School, 11 Croft Rd, Poughkeepsie
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 30

• "Building Tension" FREE Ropeshare (Apr. '26) **REGISTRATION REQUIRED** →
  Less Dead Studio, Poughkeepsie
  6:30 pm
• Jeffrey Gaines →
  The Falcon, 1348 US-9W, Marlboro
  7:30 pm

Friday May 1

• Vet2Vet of Ulster County- (Marlboro NY) Veteran Coffee Hour →
  Marlboro Free Library NY, 1251 US-9W, Marlboro
  1:00 pm
• Dirt: The Secret Life of Soil Puppet Workshop & Performance →
  Pershing Avenue Park, 49 Pershing Ave, Poughkeepsie
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Crown Heights

• Double The Joy: NCFJE Announces Two Lag B'omer Fairs For Crown Heights Children (crownheights.info)
• Learn to Save a Life: Free CPR Course For Women Coming to Crown Heights (crownheights.info)
• An Act of Kindness Inspired Donor to Fund Catholic School Scholarships (thetablet.org)

Poughkeepsie

• Convenient Feature Returns At Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park (hudsonvalleypost.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Beth H. for sending it in!)
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