Dover's Town Board holds its regular meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 126 E Duncan Hill Rd. The posted agenda lists bills and correspondence, a public hearing on the town's 2027 fee schedule, a change to the junk and debris removal law, the 2027 budget update, a surplus truck sale, and the appointment of a new town judge to fill the vacancy. The full text of every item sits on the agenda page, and the meeting is open to anyone who wants to hear how each one lands.
Saturday hands the season's biggest day to the Pawling Free Library. The Lanterns pumpkin display and visitor vote runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Haunted Library runs 10:30 to 1:30, and Trick or Treat Pawling sends costumed loops around the village. Sunset lands at 5:50 p.m., so the doorbells run out of light early.
Between now and then: the Putnam County Youth Bureau's trunk-or-treat fills Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster Friday, 6 to 7:30 p.m., and the CVS vaccine clinic makes its final stop of the week at the Pawling library Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pawling's water and sewer customers carry the week's hard deadline, nothing accepted after 12:00 noon on Nov. 2, whatever the postmark says.
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What is on Dover's Town Board agenda tonight?
The board's regular meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 126 E Duncan Hill Rd. The posted agenda covers bills and correspondence, a public hearing on the town's 2027 fee schedule, a proposed change to the junk and debris removal law, the 2027 budget update, the declared-surplus sale of a 2011 truck, and the town board appointment of a new town judge to fill the vacancy. Agendas can change before gavel, so the town's agenda page carries the final word.
Two events share the day. Lanterns at the Library displays the decorated and carved pumpkins dropped off Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with visitors voting for Pawling's Perfect Pumpkin; the winner gets named Nov. 2. The Haunted Library runs 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as part of Trick or Treat Pawling, with games, crafts and candy stations for all ages, drop in or stay the whole time.
Where is a trunk-or-treat near the Valley this weekend?
The closest named one lands Friday: the Putnam County Youth Bureau's annual Trunk or Treat, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Tilly Foster Farm, 100 Route 312, Brewster. The county's listing expects roughly 200 to 250 trunk-or-treaters. For Halloween day itself, Trick or Treat Pawling runs through the village in the afternoon, with the library's Haunted Library stationing candy at 10:30 to 1:30.
Thursday and Friday are the warm days. Today reaches near 58 to 60 under a mix of sun and clouds, tonight drops to around 40 to 42, Thursday lands 66 to 68 under sun, and Friday holds 65 to 68. Halloween Saturday runs sunny and cooler, near 58 to 60, good walking weather for the afternoon loops.
The seven-day runs dry everywhere. Today reaches near 58 in Dover and 60 in Pawling and Patterson under a mix of sun and clouds, tonight settles around 40 to 42, Thursday climbs to 66 to 68 under sun, Friday holds 65 to 68, and Halloween Saturday runs sunny near 58 to 60. No rain is named anywhere in the seven-day.
The standing road item holds in Dover: the town's posted notice for the Chestnut Ridge Road closure, up for the county's culvert repair, remains listed on its alerts page, and drivers keep to the posted detour. The boards this week: Dover's Town Board meets tonight at 6:30, Pawling's Planning Board follows Monday at 7, and Patterson's budget adoption lands Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7. For the train, the edition's alert feed lists no Metro-North service alerts this morning.
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The Dates-Ahead Calendar
Dover Town Board regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 126 E Duncan Hill Rd, agenda includes the 2027 fee schedule hearing, the junk and debris law change, the 2027 budget update, a surplus truck sale and a town judge appointment; Lanterns at the Library pumpkin drop-off at the Pawling Free Library, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (also Thursday); Line Dancing at Pawling Recreation, 2 to 3 p.m.; Threads Lab: Intro to Knitting with Dorian, 6 to 7 p.m. at the Pawling Annex; Patterson Library: Baby Jamboree 10:30 and Library Help Session: Digital Tools 11:30; partly sunny, high near 58 to 60
Dover Town Hall for the board · Pawling Free Library for the drop-off · Pawling Library Annex for knitting
CVS vaccine clinic at the Pawling library, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the week's last clinic day; Lanterns pumpkin drop-off ends today; Medicare Drop-In Help with Maggie Flynn at Patterson Library, 4 to 6 p.m.; Spooky Science at Patterson, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.; Witch Noses: Craft Workshop, 4 to 5 p.m. at the Pawling Annex; Knitting & Crocheting with Friends, 2 to 4 p.m. at Pawling; Chess for All at the Pawling library, 6 to 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome; sunny, high near 66 to 68
Pawling Free Library for the clinic and chess · Pawling Library Annex for the craft night · Patterson Library for Medicare help and Spooky Science
Mahjong Drop-In at Patterson, 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., beginners welcome; Putnam County Youth Bureau Trunk or Treat at Tilly Foster Farm, 100 Route 312, Brewster, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; the week's warm stretch holds, sunny, high near 65 to 68
Patterson Library Community Room for mahjong · Tilly Foster Farm for the trunk-or-treat
Halloween. Haunted Library during Trick or Treat Pawling, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Lanterns at the Library pumpkin display and voting, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; sunset runs 5:50 p.m., with civil twilight ending 6:19 p.m.; sunny and cooler, high near 58 to 60
Pawling Free Library · part of the village's Trick or Treat Pawling
Pawling town water and sewer payments stop at 12:00 noon at the town clerk's office, 160 Charles Colman Blvd, balances then attaching as liens to the town tax bill; village tax payments carry five percent monthly interest at Village Hall, 9 Memorial Ave; Lanterns at the Library winner announced: Pawling's Perfect Pumpkin picked from the display vote; Pawling Planning Board meeting, 7 to 8 p.m.
Town Clerk, 160 Charles Colman Blvd, Pawling for water-sewer · Village Hall, 9 Memorial Ave for village taxes · Pawling Town Hall for the Planning Board
Patterson Town Board regular meeting, listed as the 2027 budget adoption, 7 p.m.
Patterson Town Hall, 1142 Route 311, streamed on YouTube and Zoom
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