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Mac & cheese to die for; living with our backyard wildlife; how to cozy up your home for fall; DA investigates Trump’s golf course; local Olympian returns home; Playland’s oldest rides; and more

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🎵 PRELUDE: Billie Holiday

Ease your way into this weekend with this seasonal but timeless jazz standard. Composed by Vernon Duke in 1934, Autumn in New York has been recorded by a diverse list of performers over the years, from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra and, most recently, Diana Krall. Billie Holiday released her version in 1954, accompanied by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.

📺 REPLAY: Falling “Cereal Dominoes” to Fight Hunger

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but many kids go without it. Students at the Ursuline School in New Rochelle wanted to do something to change that. On Wednesday, Oct. 20,  after going without breakfast in solidarity with kids who are hungry, they ended a week-long project to collect breakfast cereal for the Hope Food Pantry in New Rochelle. The girls collected over 1,000 boxes of cereal, which they assembled into a falling domino chain that snaked throughout the school — symbolizing that acts of goodwill can create a domino effect that results in positive change.

📰 ICYMI: This Week’s Features

SPECIAL REPORT: Wildlife in Westchester – Man vs. Beast?

As wild animals in Westchester become more abundant — and increasingly bold — we humans have a choice: adapt or bite back. We don’t recommend the latter.

Inside Ardsley’s “Double” Restaurant

Serving breakfast to busy commuters in the mornings and comfort fare to couples and families looking to unwind in the evenings, The Shop caters to different diners throughout the day.

Cozy Up!

Three local design experts share ways to make your home cozy just in time for fall.

Trump Briarcliff Manor Golf Club Faces Criminal Probe

Westchester DA Mimi Rocah is investigating the former president’s local golf outpost over property taxes.

Pleasantville Olympian Returns Home

Pleasantville resident Valdó Szucs competed at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

📡 THE FEED: Curated News in Brief

• Peekskill Residents Split on Retail Cannabis Dispensaries: The Peekskill Common Council heard a wide array of opinions last week during a public hearing on the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) enacted in New York State in late March that legalized recreational pot and gave the green. (Examiner)

• Westchester County Legislators Declare Climate Emergency: The Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a resolution this week declaring that environmental conditions it had once referred to as climate change have advanced into a climate emergency. (Biz Journal)

• Langley Refutes Charges of Secretly Taping Phone Call: Putnam County Sheriff Robert Langley is refuting charges from his election opponent that he secretly recorded a phone call with a local supervisor and then used the conversation in his political campaign. (Examiner)

• New Reports Surface Of Underage Migrants Being Flown Into Westchester County Airport: Hundreds of more migrants have reportedly been flown into New York airports, including Westchester, as part of President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to resettle them across the East Coast. (Daily Voice).

• Excluded Workers Demand Hochul Expand Funds as $2.1B Runs Dry: Westchester elected officials, community members and undocumented workers held a rally in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in White Plains on Oct. 12 to call on Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to expand the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF)’s cash flow. (Examiner)

• Lights, camera, action: Lionsgate to open studio in Yonkers: Hollywood’s permanent home on the Hudson is almost ready for its closeup, as a major movie studio is about to open in Yonkers. (News 12)

• 10-Digit Dialing Starts Sunday In The Hudson Valley: A three-digit suicide crisis hotline is changing how people in 82 area codes, including ours, call our neighbors. (Patch)

📅 FLASHBACK: 1933

The Kiddy Whip at Rye Playland, as seen in 1933. The children’s ride, still in service, is located in the Kiddyland section of the beloved park, which opened in May of 1928. The Kiddy Whip’s sister ride for adults, The Whip, is one of seven original pre-1930s rides still in operation today.

(Photo courtesy Westchester County Archives; research by Maddie Stone)

🔢 BY THE NUMBERS

SOURCE: NYC Department of Environmental Protection

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