🌱 Ready to solve a holiday mystery inside Staatsburg’s Gilded Age mansion?
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In today's newsletter:
- Ready to solve a holiday mystery inside Staatsburg’s Gilded Age mansion?
Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy with sun and clouds, with a high of 43 and low of 22 degrees.
- Thursday: Turning cloudy, temps: high: 42, low: 38.
- Friday: Breezy; morning rain, with a high of 55 and low of 21 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• What's happening in the Mid-Hudson Valley: Dec. 17, 2025 (dailyfreeman.com) — Staatsburg families can step into “A Gilded Age Christmas” at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site, where the Mills mansion is lavishly decorated and open for timed tours through Dec. 30, plus a kid-friendly “Holiday Whodunit” mystery on Dec. 21. The wider Mid-Hudson roundup also lists hikes, markets, concerts, films, and workshops across nearby towns, offering plenty of seasonal outings within a short drive. 
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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
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Fall Soup Sales by Rhinebeck Grange in Rhinecliff
82 Kelly St , Rhinecliff
4:00 pm -
Blank Canvas NY: Blank Canvas at RMV Cellars
RMV Cellars , 112 Burroughs Dr , West Park
5:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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NPMS Snow Date for Gr 6 Winter Concert
New Paltz Middle School , 196 Main St , New Paltz
6:00 pm -
Conservation Advisory Council
Hyde Park, NY Calendar Hyde Park, NY 12538
6:00 pm -
Good Vibrations at Starr Library
Starr Library Rhinebeck , 68 W Market St , Rhinebeck
10:30 am -
Lunchtime Knitting and Crochet Group
State University of New York at New Paltz , 1 Hawk Dr , New Paltz
12:30 pm -
VAS Winter Concert at HMS
Haviland Middle School , 23 Haviland Rd , Hyde Park
4:00 pm -
Cocktails and Collection Items
The Reher Center For Immigrant Culture and History , 101 Broadway , Kingston
6:00 pm -
Lenape Winter Concert @ NPHS
Lenape Elementary School , Eugene L. Brown Drive , New Paltz
6:00 pm -
BD X PDC Beer Dinner
Blue Duck Brewing Company , 79 Hurley Ave , Kingston
6:30 pm -
The Wonderland of Lights
Dutchess County Agricultural Society Inc. | Dutchess County Fairgrounds , 6636 US-9 , Rhinebeck
5:00 pm -
A Christmas Story | The Play
The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck , 661 NY-308 , Rhinebeck
3:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for someone to plow/snow blow/shovel a driveway in Quaker Hill Estates.
Resident needs to be plowed out by noon when roads are clear. (Nextdoor Quaker Ln)
- Shaner Hotel Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper | Inn at Bellefield, Hyde Park in Hyde Park. Apply here.
- Ricoh Americas Corporation posted a job opening for Site Manager in Hyde Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Staatsburg here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hyde Park
- One dead, one hospitalized after crash in Hyde Park (news10.com)
- He went from mowing FDR's lawn to the Battle of the Bulge (militarytimes.com)
- What's happening in the Mid-Hudson Valley: Dec. 16, 2025 (dailyfreeman.com)
Rhinebeck
- How Fashion's Most Holiday-Obsessed Designers Decorate Their Christmas Trees (vogue.com)
- 18 dazzling light displays to check out in NY this holiday season. See the list (thetimesherald.com)
- Polar bear dancing event set for Saturday in Rhinebeck (dailyfreeman.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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