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1) Tappan Zee High School's Youth for Hospice chapter will hold a fundraiser starting 4 p.m. today at Little Scoops at 500 Route 303 in Orangenburg. Members of Youth for Hospice will be scooping ice cream, painting faces and providing tattoos. United Hospice of Rockland will receive 20 percent of all proceeds from 4 p.m. to close and $25 for each party booked. There will also be a raffle. To find out more, check out this announcement on Patch.
2) Pearl River fall sports are in their second week of practice. The boys soccer team will scrimmage Teaneck 10 a.m. Thursday at home. The field hockey team plays at 4 p.m. at Ramsey.
3) Thursday will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the low-eighties. The UV index is "high," so apply sunblock if you're headed outside for an extended period of time.
4) "Lowey: Federal Budget Cuts Would Threaten Local Companies" was one of yesterday's most-read stories. To find out more, click here.
5) With the iconic and watershed March on Washington now 50 years in the past, Patch bloggers are sounding off on the implications, and their personal memories. Here, blogger Jackie Cassagnol shares a glimpse back at that historic day.
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