On a Sunday afternoon in February, a dozen or so residents gathered in a Katonah living room to commiserate over the loss of the community’s local newspaper which had abruptly shuttered just a few weeks earlier. Yes, we still had social media to connect with neighbors, learn about tag sales and post about lost pets. But, we agreed, those channels rarely provided reliable, professionally-sourced information and were ill-equipped to hold government, school and other officials to account.
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INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT NEWS FOR BEDFORD, LEWISBORO & POUND RIDGE, NY
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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