🌱 When and where you can give blood in Yorktown Heights this month

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In today's newsletter:

• When and where you can give blood in Yorktown Heights this month
• How IBM’s Yorktown Heights lab is helping shape quantum computing’s future

Also on today's calendar: Open House: Language School at GISNY and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 60.
• Sunday: Sun mixing with clouds; warm, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Red Cross: Urgent Need for Donors to Help Keep Blood Supply Stable (riverjournalonline.com) — Yorktown Heights residents have two nearby chances this month to donate blood: June 9 at Jefferson Valley Mall on Lee Boulevard and June 23 at St. Patrick’s Church on Moseman Road. The Red Cross says donations are urgently needed heading into summer and offers a $15 e‑gift card and prize drawing for those who give between June 1 and 28.
   

• Quantum of promise: How to build a quantum chip (datacenterdynamics.com) — IBM’s quantum research center in Yorktown Heights plays a key role in developing next‑generation quantum chips, working closely with the Albany NanoTech complex. The piece explains how IBM and other companies fabricate quantum processors, why superconducting and silicon-based approaches differ, and how specialized packaging and low production volumes shape this emerging industry.
   

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📸 Around Yorktown Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yorktown Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Open House: Language School at GISNY →
  German International School New York (GISNY), 50 Partridge Rd, White Plains
  10:00 am
• Anniversary Celebration →
  1821 E Main St, Mohegan Lake
  1:00 pm
• Blind Tiger Improv Presents →
  Hudson Valley Books for Humanity, 67 Central Ave, Ossining
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 13

• Willy Wonka Kids →
  Yorktown Stage, 268 Veterans Rd, Yorktown Heights
  12:00 pm
• Farm-Fresh Iced Coffee Workshop →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  1:00 pm

Sunday June 14

• Farm-to-Fable →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  10:00 am

Thursday June 18

• Donuts for Dads in the FH
  Yorktown United Methodist Church 2300 Crompond Road, Yorktown , NY 10598
• Farm-to-Fable →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  10:00 am

Saturday June 20

• Pride on the Farm: Eat the Rainbow Brunch →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  10:00 am
• Singing For Strength: A Community Sing-Along →
  Briarcliff Congregational Church Parish House, 25 S State Rd, Briarcliff Manor
  5:00 pm

Sunday June 21

• Farm-to-Fable →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  10:00 am

Friday June 26

• Summer Solstice Party →
  Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• HELLO EVERYONE, I HAVE A SON ERIC WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
  I LIKE PRAYERS SAID FOR HIM TO GET BETTER. IS THERE A PRAY GROUP? (Nextdoor Hunter Brook)
• Mavis Discount Tire.
  I went there for an NY state inspection. They failed my car claiming I need 4 new tires. I paid my inspection fee and went to another place and… (Nextdoor Jefferson Valley)

• Macy's posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate, Jefferson Valley - Full Time in Yorktown Heights. Apply here.
• Yorktown Central School District posted a job opening for Elementary Education Teacher (K-3), Probationary (Brookside) in Yorktown Heights. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yorktown Heights here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yorktown

• Local officers recognized at awards ceremony (halstonmedia.com)
• The Body At The Post Office+Mermaids On The Hudson (patch.com)
• Woman arrested after pursuit in Yorktown (newportdispatch.com)

Somers

• Joseph M. Mifsud (halstonmedia.com)

Bedford

• 46-Year-Old Somers Man Arrested After Stalking 74-Year-Old Woman In North Salem: NYSP (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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