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Nov 8

Take a 100-mile hike for centennial celebration

Enthusiasts of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation can soon mark its 100-year anniversary with a 100-mile hike. 

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation will celebrate its 100th year in 2025 and, to kick things off, is launching a 100-Mile Hike Challenge in which entrants aim to hike 100 miles at the park by May 7, 2025. Registration is required and it is free to participate.

Participants of the challenge will have six months to complete it. Those who are successful will be recognized at the park’s 100-year anniversary celebration at the WPR on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

“Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is the largest park in the Westchester County Parks system, with 4,315 acres and 35 miles of hiking trails,” County Executive George Latimer said. “This 100-Mile Hike Challenge is not only a great way to celebrate the park’s centennial, but is also a great way for residents both familiar and unfamiliar with the park to explore it.”

“The staff at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is hard at work on setting up activities to celebrate the park’s 100th year, including the 100-Mile Hike Challenge,” said Kathy O’Connor, commissioner of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. 

“The Reservation is picturesque year-round and participants of the challenge will have the chance to experience it in fall, winter and spring.”

Participants will be able to log their miles through the RunSignup website in order to track their progress over the six-month challenge.

IN BRIEF

Lewisboro Garden Club offering ‘Holiday Swag’

The Lewisboro Garden Club is having a “Holiday Swag” fundraiser for the club. to order swags, go to lewisborogardenclub.org and click on the “Holiday Swags” button for the form.

The swags can be hung on a door or mailbox. They also make great holiday gifts for neighbors, a senior, or for yourself.

“Spread holiday cheer and community spirit,” the club suggests. Orders are due Nov. 24. Swags will be delivered by Sunday, Dec. 8. There is a $36, non-refundable fee for each swag.


Student collection aids four nonprofits

A Fox Lane High School student will be collecting items to help four different charities on the front lawn of the Bedford Presbyterian Church, 44 Village Green, from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5, Election Day.

The effort, dubbed “We Elect to Collect,” seeks leftover candy from Halloween, crayons (used, whole or broken) tabs pulled off of aluminum cans and towels (used cloth or new paper).

The effort will support Operation Shoebox, The Crayon Initiative, Pull Together and the SPCA of Westchester.


Pound Ridge Massacre documentary screening, discussion set

The Crestwood Historical Society and Yonkers Historical Society will screen a documentary about the Pound Ridge Massacre at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at the Pincus Auditorium, Yonkers Public Library Grinton I. Will Branch, 1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers.

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