🌱 Which two new Yorktown Heights spots are already wowing food lovers?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which two new Yorktown Heights spots are already wowing food lovers?
• How could a UPS wage-theft lawsuit affect workers up to Yorktown?

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

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Yorktown? Post it to Yorktown photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 43 and low of 23 degrees.
• Thursday: Clouds and sun, temps: high: 44, low: 37.
• Friday: Windy; morning rain, with a high of 56 and low of 24 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The most wow-worthy Westchester, Rockland lohud food openings of 2025 (lohud.com) — Yorktown Heights food lovers have two new 2025 standouts to explore: Libriny, a cozy coffee, book, and flower shop on Commerce Street, and MDG Cakes, a slice-focused dessert bakery just down the road. Both opened this year and emphasize hang-out-friendly atmospheres, creative drinks, and classic sweets, adding fresh options to Yorktown’s everyday coffee and treat routines.
   

• Greenport Village approves new laws allowing short-term rentals (wliw.org) — Yorktown is included in the UPS Teamsters Local 804 territory where thousands of seasonal workers allegedly had wages undercounted, prompting a new lawsuit by New York’s attorney general. The same news update also details Greenport Village’s controversial decision to allow short-term rentals with no minimum stay, bucking stricter rules in nearby East End communities.
   

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📸 Around Yorktown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yorktown

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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

• Open Makerspace
  John C. Hart Memorial Library , 1130 E Main St , Shrub Oak
  1:00 pm
• Tiny Tots Christmas Craft Class
  Crystal Hall , 34 Hillandale Rd , Yorktown Heights
  1:00 pm
• Paint & Sip- Winter Mouse — artnsoulstudiony.com
  Art-N-Soul Studio NY , 358 Downing Dr , Yorktown Heights
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Seniors Holiday Show — Yorktown Community Nursery School
  Yorktown Community Nursery School , 247 Veterans Rd , Yorktown Heights
  9:15 am
• Drop in Crafting
  John C. Hart Memorial Library , 1130 E Main St , Shrub Oak
  2:00 pm
• Music Rehearsal
  Yorktown United Methodist Church , 2300 Crompond Road , Yorktown
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• CHMA Recital
  Yorktown United Methodist Church , 2300 Crompond Road , Yorktown
  10:00 am
• Holiday Kids Crafts
  Yorktown Grange Fair Grounds , 99 Moseman Rd , Yorktown Heights
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Sexual Health Mobile Medical Unit in Jackson Heights
  Hudson Valley Hospital Jackson Heights
  10:00 am
• Canasta (Drop In)
  John C. Hart Memorial Library , 1130 E Main St , Shrub Oak
  12:30 pm
• HealthOutreach: Cardio for Seniors
  Hudson Valley Hospital , 1980 Crompond Road , Cortlandt Manor
  1:00 pm
• HealthOutreach: Belly Dancing Class
  Hudson Valley Hospital , 1980 Crompond Road , Cortlandt Manor
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Somers

• Westchester County Productions Earn 31 Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominations (riverjournalonline.com)
• Celebrating the Life of Mary T. Cofta, 100 (gmtoday.com)

Cortlandt

• Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Releases Housing Policy Scorecards for All 43 Cities, Towns, and Villages (riverjournalonline.com)
• Scarsdale tops Mount Pleasant; see Dec. 15-21 ice hockey scoreboard (lohud.com)

Katonah

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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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