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🌱 How Carmel’s menorah lighting became a moment of shared grief
Happening soon: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition on the Carmel Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How Carmel’s menorah lighting became a moment of shared grief
- How a Carmel rehab worker hid a brutal crime for years
Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition and 6 more events.
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📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Carmel? Post it to Carmel photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Carmelfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 42, low: 22.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 44 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Putnam rabbi remembers friend killed in Sydney as county celebrates Chanukah (midhudsonnews.com) — Residents gathered along Lake Gleneida in Carmel for a frigid but heartfelt first-night Chanukah menorah lighting that drew more than 100 people. Putnam Chabad’s Rabbi Avi Korer honored a close friend killed in the recent Sydney attack, while St. James Church’s pastor publicly affirmed solidarity with the local Jewish community. 
• Hudson Valley Drug Dealer 'Doc' Strangled Customer To Death, Buried Her In Shallow Grave In North Carolina (patch.com) — A Carmel man known as “Doc” has been convicted in federal court of murdering a customer he suspected of stealing drugs, then transporting her body to North Carolina. Prosecutors say he ran a crack and heroin operation tied to a local rehab job in Carmel and faces a potential life sentence.
📸 Around Carmel
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Carmel
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★ Featured events ★
- Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition
Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
12:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- PERFORMANCE PISTOL CLINIC wth Tim Herron & Benjamin DeWalt - Carmel, NY
Hudson Valley Shooting Sports , 39 Seminary Hill Rd , Carmel Hamlet
5:45 pm - PERFORMANCE PISTOL CLINIC- Carmel, NY
Hudson Valley Shooting Sports , 39 Seminary Hill Rd , Carmel Hamlet
6:00 pm - PERFORMANCE PISTOL CLINIC
Hudson Valley Shooting Sports , 39 Seminary Hill Rd , Carmel Hamlet
6:00 pm - Snow Date: Fulmar Road Winter Chorus Concert
Fulmar Road Elementary School , 179 East Lake Boulevard , Mahopac
6:00 pm - CHS Instrumental Concert [Carmel High School] [Public calendar]
GFMS
6:30 pm - Breakfast with Santa and The Grinch
Putnam County Golf Course , 187 Hill St , Mahopac
10:00 am - "Holiday Lights" Winter Concert
Community Room , 668 Route 6 , Mahopac
2:00 pm - CHS Music Snow Date [Carmel High School] [Public calendar]
Carmel High School , 30 Fair Street , Carmel
6:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Sunday December 21
Monday December 22
📣 Carmel Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Book Babies Drop-In & Play
Lake View Room Mahopac Public Library , 668 Route 6 , Mahopac
10:00 am - Time For 2's
Reed Memorial Library , 1733 US-6 , Carmel Hamlet
10:30 am - Information and Technology Help
Learning Lab Mahopac Public Library , 668 Route 6 , Mahopac
1:30 pm - Language Exchange
Mahopac Public Library , 668 Route 6 , Mahopac
6:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Neighbors in the West Lake Shore Drive neighborhood in Lake Carmel, Are you missing your grey cat?
He/ She showed up at my door last night in the storm. The cat has no collar on. We didn’t have the heart to not let him in because he was clearly in… (Nextdoor Lake Carmel) - Need help shoveling your driveway?
I'm available to shovel any driveway in the morning or really early in the morning. (Nextdoor Willow Ridge)
- Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Mahopac. Apply here.
- Interstate Waste Services posted a job opening for Customer Service Team Lead in Mahopac. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Carmel here.
🗞 Nearby News
Brewster
- Hudson Valley Drug Dealer 'Doc' Strangled Customer To Death, Buried Her In Shallow Grave In North Carolina (patch.com)
Putnam Valley
- Putnam Valley Deputy Supervisor announces bid for County Legislature (midhudsonnews.com)
- Vote for lohud Girls Basketball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital (thetimesherald.com)
Patterson
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