Help redesign Central Avenue — the city's first Vision Session is Monday night at the Will Library

Reimagine Central Avenue starts tonight — and the city wants your ideas Vision Session #1: welcome, overview, interactive session, what's next (3 min)

Mayor Mike Spano's "Reimagine Central Avenue" initiative — led by the city's Planning and Development team with MUD Workshop, Colliers Engineering & Design, and KSCJ Consulting — holds its first of three public workshops TONIGHT, 6–8 PM at the Grinton I. Will Library (1500 Central Park Avenue). The goal: turn the corridor into a more walkable, connected, vibrant place to live, shop, work, and gather. The agenda is simple: welcome, overview presentation, interactive session, what's next. Free and open to all — RSVP at ReimagineCentralAve.com.

Can't make it? Two more workshops and a public hearing are coming this fall — we'll list every one.

Source: City of Yonkers · Tag: Development

The last weekend before school — summer seasons wind down first day of school is Wednesday, Sept 2 — check your school's arrival time (1 min)

Today is the last weekday before Yonkers students head back (first day: Wednesday, September 2 — half-day schedules are common, so check your school). If you're soaking up the final weekend: county pools and spray parks wrap their seasons after Labor Day weekend. We'll have the full back-to-school rundown Wednesday morning.

Sources: News 12 · Yonkers Public Schools calendar · Tag: Schools

⚠️ Verify your school's exact first day and half-day schedule — dates vary by school

Yonkers Times' weekend reads: a Rough Rider historian and a Serpico thank-you the community desk's Sunday roundup, quick hits (1 min)

From this weekend's Yonkers Times community desk: historian-actor Patrick Falci brings "Reminiscences of a Rough Rider" to the Lincoln Depot Museum in Peekskill on Sept 5, plus a reader letter thanking Mr. Jackson for his story on Frank Serpico. Also worth a skim: how estate agents use historical pricing patterns to refine valuations.

Source: Yonkers Times · Tag: Community

The library's school-year lineup is back this week bilingual storytime, Knit & Sip, Tai Chi, Sensory Cart, Tech Central — all free (2 min)

The full YPL schedule returns with the school year. Today at Riverfront: bilingual storytime in Spanish and English (The Cove, 2nd floor — no registration), Chalk It Up! at noon, and free books in the Children's Department. At Will: Knit & Sip 1–4 PM, beginner Tai Chi with Master Yao-Wah Chan in the lower lobby, and the Sensory Cart for kids and teens. There's also a Downtown Revitalization Initiative info session tonight at 6 in the Riverfront Community Room.

Source: Yonkers Public Library · Tag: Families

AI Meet Up Tuesday at Will — bring your questions, get plain-English answers which AI should I use? can it fix my résumé? is it safe? (2 min)

The Will Library's AI Meet Up (Tuesday 11 AM–1 PM, Computer Room) is exactly what it sounds like: bring your AI questions — "which AI should I actually be using?", "can AI help write this email or fix my résumé?", "is it safe to type my personal information into these things?" — and leave with answers you can use. Free; registration available. (Full disclosure: we write with AI assistance and human review — always disclosed, like this.)

Source: Yonkers Public Library · Tag: AI & Tech

Business Spotlight: your business here — still free (2 min)

The spotlight slot in every issue goes to one Yonkers business. The first one is free to an early reader — reply SPOTLIGHT to this email.

Tag: Business

⚠️ SAMPLE SLOT — reserved free for an early reader's business