Meet Local Writers, Avoid School Tax Penalty, Post Your News to Patch

1. Esmeralda Santiago at the Katonah Village Library

Best-selling author and Katonah resident Esmeraldo Santiago will be reading from her new book, "Conquistadora," at the Katonah Village Library Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. A great night for local book lovers. Details here.

2. Kim Kovach to offer writing class

Speaking of local writers, Kim Kovach, author of children's book "Kitchawan Kenny," and an adult short story collection called "A Few Bad Decisions," is teaching a six-week writing workshop for adults on
Fridays, from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. October 7 - November 18. Click here for more information.

3. Post your news to Patch

We receive a ton (a ton!) of information via email every day about events and happenings around town. If you have an announcement you'd like to post—and you want it up now, here is what you would need to do:

• Go to the upper right hand corner of the Bedford-Katonah Patch home page.Create an account, if you haven't done so already.
• Click here to create a new announcement. Choose a category, from weddings and death notices, an all-around useful "social notes," to accomplishments, and more.
• Make sure to add the photos where it says "Choose file to upload."

Once you click "Post My Announcement" at the bottom, you will come to the page that features your announcement. Email me at lisab@patch.com with the URL to have your announcement featured on the homepage.

4. Last Day of FEMA Center

The town of Yorktown is reminding individuals, households and businessed to register with FEMA. Today will be the last day of operation of the Disaster Recovery Center, located at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

5. Avoid school tax penalty

Via the town of Bedford: School tax payments: The first half is due Sept. 30, without penalty. Click here for penalty schedule: http://www.bedfordny.info/html/d_tax_receiver.html  (If your taxes are paid by a bank or you recently sold your property, officials say you can disregard this notice.) If you would like to pay your taxes in person at the Town House, the office hours are 8:30am – 4:30pm; Monday through Friday. For on-line payment options, please visit our website: http://bedford.municipaltaxpayments.com/ at www.bedfordny.info