🌱 How a Dobbs Ferry hillside once derailed a packed commuter train

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• How a Dobbs Ferry hillside once derailed a packed commuter train

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 30 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 42, low: 32.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A 1994 mudslide derailed a Metro-North train, injuring 6. See photos (lohud.com) — A major 1994 mudslide along the Dobbs Ferry–Hastings border sent debris onto Metro-North’s Hudson Line, derailing a packed commuter train and injuring six riders. Investigators later pointed to drainage work at a nearby home, and Metro-North filed a claim against Dobbs Ferry and a lawsuit against the property owners over the damage.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dobbs Ferry

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition
  Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 16

• Writer's Circle via ZOOM (Registration)
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  7:00 pm
• Virtual Program: An Online Evening with Jane Austen (Registration)
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  7:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting (CPR)
  Irvington Middle School , 40 N Broadway , Irvington
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Senior Citizen Concert & Dinner
  Hastings High School
  4:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• spirit day- sweata-weatha (sweaters, hats, scarves)
  Dows Lane Elementary School , 6 Dows Lane , Irvington
  7:45 am
• Hanukkah Storytime
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  12:30 pm
• Dungeons & Dragons Club (WAITLIST)
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  4:00 pm
• Chess Club (Registration)
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• spirit day- Channel your flannel (wear flannel)
  Dows Lane Elementary School , 6 Dows Lane , Irvington
  7:45 am
• Taichi in the Community Center with Shifu Alex Lamas In-Person
  Tuckahoe Community Center Community Center
  9:00 am
• Toddler Stretch & Sing Storytime
  Dobbs Ferry Library Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  10:30 am
• Act of Kindness Projects In-Person
  Greenburgh Public Library Multipurpose Room
  11:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Incident cleared on Highway 129 westbound between Croton Avenue and Short Hill Road in Cortlandt.
  6:42PM on Dec 14: Accident closes Hwy 129 WB between Croton Ave and Short Hl Rd in Cortlandt. (Nextdoor )

• Mathnasium posted a job opening for Assistant Math Learning Center Director in Ardsley. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Irvington

• New Irvington Girls' Hoops Coach Ready to Follow Maher (thehudsonindependent.com)
• Westchester County Productions Earn 31 Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominations (riverjournalonline.com)

Ardsley

• Vote for lohud Boys Basketball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital (lohud.com)

Tarrytown

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