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🌱 What’s new in Yorktown Heights’ returning Harry Potter forest experience?
Also check out Improv Comedy Night at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity! on the Yorktown Heights Patch calendar

Hello Yorktown Heights! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What's new in Yorktown Heights' returning Harry Potter forest experience?
Also on today's calendar: Improv Comedy Night at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity! and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 47 degrees.
- Wednesday: A steady breeze, temps: high: 65, low: 45.
- Thursday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Harry Potter Officially Returns With New 6-Part Story in October (collider.com) — A popular Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience is returning to Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in Yorktown Heights on October 16, bringing a redesigned, six-part, story-driven trail through an illuminated forest. Local fans can walk through interactive scenes, cast spells, and encounter creatures from both the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films, as the wider Wizarding World also gears up for HBO's new TV adaptation.
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📸 Around Yorktown Heights
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yorktown Heights
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★ Featured events ★
- Improv Comedy Night at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity! →
Hudson Valley Books for Humanity, 67 Central Ave, Ossining
9:00 pm - Antique Appraisal Day - Peekskill →
Peekskill Elks Lodge #744, 1038 Brown St, Peekskill
10:00 am
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Cultivating Resilience: Nature-Based Mindfulness in the Season of Harvest →
Hilltop Hanover Farm, 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights
5:00 pm - Cultivating Resilience: An Evening Retreat for Agriculture Workers →
Hilltop Hanover Farm, 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights
5:00 pm - Peter & His Band of Wolves Music Series at Peter Pratt's Inn →
Peter Pratt's Yorktown, 673 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights
6:00 pm - Peter & His Band of Wolves Music Series →
Peter Pratt's Yorktown, 673 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights
6:00 pm - Run for Recovery 5K →
Yorktown Heights NY - Native Plant Sale at Hilltop Hanover Fram →
Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights
10:00 am - Peter & His Band of Wolves Music Series at Peter Pratt's Inn →
Peter Pratt's Yorktown, 673 Croton Heights Road, Yorktown Heights
6:00 pm - Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
6:30 pm - Market Day Crafts Fair in Fishkill →
Van Wyck Homestead Museum, 504 US-9, Fishkill
11:00 am - Move with Confidence: The Nutrition Connection (In Person Class) →
Hospital for Special Surgery Main Hospital, 535 E 70th St, New York
10:00 am
Wednesday September 23
Thursday September 24
Saturday September 26
Thursday October 1
Wednesday October 7
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
Yorktown
- Vote for lohud Volleyball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital (ithacajournal.com)
- Siegel continues to question scope of Yorktown EMS study (halstonmedia.com)
Katonah
- The Beauty Products Celebrity Aesthetician Kristyn Smith Uses to the Last Drop (thecut.com)
- John Jay Gets to Work on Labor Day Weekend (vocal.media)
Peekskill
- Bodhrans, Guinness, Bagpipes and Chips (peekskillherald.com)
- Houlihan Lawrence Commercial Announces Sale of Former Home of Peekskill Brewery (riverjournalonline.com)
Ok Yorktown Heights! 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: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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