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In today's newsletter:

  • Why North Amityville's pool now honors a trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen nurse
  • Which Long Island houses quietly became Hollywood stars, including Amityville's?

Also on today's calendar: Flowers in the Snow and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 75 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• North Amityville Pool Renamed For Trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen Veteran (patch.com) — North Amityville's community pool has been officially renamed for Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a pioneering military nurse, Tuskegee Airmen veteran, and beloved longtime Amityville resident and school nurse. Local officials, family, and neighbors gathered October 3 to celebrate her barrier-breaking service, from integrating the Army Nurse Corps to caring for Amityville High School students for more than a decade.
   

• Batman lived here? 11 Long Island homes made famous by Hollywood (greaterlongisland.com) — Amityville's infamous Ocean Avenue house leads a list of Long Island homes that Hollywood has turned into icons, from horror settings to dream beach houses. The story explains how the Amityville murders, book, and films made the real village globally recognizable, while also spotlighting other Nassau and Suffolk locations you may have driven past without realizing their screen fame.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Lindenhurst

  • Long Island Motorist Fatally Strikes Homeless Man and Flees Lindenhurst Scene (pulptastic.com)
  • LI high school sports roundup: Volleyball and soccer scores (newsday.com)

West Babylon

  • Photos: Jim Bakker, 'Praise the Lord' televangelist brought down by scandal, dies (heraldsun.com)
  • High school roundup: Field hockey, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls swimming (newsday.com)
  • Seven Suffolk Precincts Join National Coffee Outreach Effort (southshorepress.com)

Deer Park

  • Athletic Complex Gets Major Makeover At West Babylon Junior High (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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