🌱 How Fishkill’s Fresh Air Fund camps will shape NYC kids next summer

Hey there, Fishkill! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Fishkill’s Fresh Air Fund camps will shape NYC kids next summer
• How a Fishkill-trained facility dog is transforming one high school’s mood

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

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sunshine, with a high of 32 and low of 23 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 20.
• Thursday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 44 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Harlem Kids Can Register For Fresh Air Fund 2026 Summer Camp (harlemworldmagazine.com) — Families should know that The Fresh Air Fund’s free 2026 sleepaway camps are primarily based on more than 2,000 scenic acres in Fishkill, giving New York City kids a rare summer in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Multiple camps serve different ages and interests, from outdoor adventure to career exploration, and the organization is also hiring paid summer staff for its Fishkill-area programs.
   

• Montgomery school employs full-time facility dog, Buddy, who lightens stress (recordonline.com) — Fishkill makes a quiet appearance in the backstory of Buddy, the facility dog at Valley Central High School, who was trained through the Puppies Behind Bars program at Fishkill prison. Now living with counselor Lacey Benjamin, Buddy works full-time on campus, easing student stress, boosting interest in counseling, and helping teens feel calmer during tough moments.
   

📸 Around Fishkill

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fishkill

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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

Thursday December 18

• Snowflake Gazing
  Pinot's Palette , 992 Main St Suite 25 , Fishkill
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Holidays in a Glass
  Pinot's Palette , 992 Main St Suite 25 , Fishkill
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Baby Science Club at Norma’s Wappingers 12.18 Last class of Fall Session — Science Club Hudson Valley
  Norma’s Wappingers , 2648 E Main St , Wappingers Falls
  10:00 am
• FREE Holiday Open House at Mesier Homestead in Wappingers Falls
  Mesier Homestead and Museum , 2 Spring St , Wappingers Falls
  11:00 am
• Bark Culture
  The Yard , 4 Hanna Ln , Beacon
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Free Farm Stand Beacon — FAREGROUND FOOD + COMMUNITY
  Memorial Park , Robert Cahill Dr , Beacon
  9:30 am
• Villa Borghese's Mingle Jingle
  Villa Borghese Caterers , 70 Widmer Rd , Wappingers Falls
  6:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Beacon Holiday Market — Hudson Valley Breads
  Beacon Farmers' Market , 223 Main St , Beacon
  10:00 am
• Generation United
  3 Brown Rd , Wappingers Falls
  6:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Pick Your Project Workshop
  Board & Brush Creative Studio - Wappingers Falls , 235 Myers Corners Rd Suite 9 , Wappingers Falls
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Windswept Winter Woods
  Pinot's Palette , 992 Main St Suite 25 , Fishkill
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Champagne Tasting
  1173 US-9 , Wappingers Falls
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My guys came back!
  Jon, Austin and Nico the hard working snow shoveling young men who did my driveway last snowstorm showed up again shovels in hand and once again did… (Nextdoor Dutchess Park)

• Walmart posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Fishkill. Apply here.
• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Baker and Packager Associate in Fishkill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fishkill here.

🗞 Nearby News

Beacon

• ENTER TO WIN: Gov't Mule Tickets on Dec 31st! (wrat.com)
• Highlights from DSN's Inside Beauty and Wellness Forum (drugstorenews.com)

Wappingers Falls

• Massive Home Depot Theft Ring Busted in New York (wpdh.com)

Crown Heights

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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