Community Corner
🌱 How Baldwin helped shape a Grammy-nominated singer’s path home
And check out Teen to Teen Volunteers, HS on the Baldwin Patch calendar
Hey there, Baldwin! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Baldwin helped shape a Grammy-nominated singer's path home
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 69.
- Saturday: Mainly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 76 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Taylor Dayne comes home for a Suffolk show (timesreview.com) — A pop icon with early roots in Baldwin and Freeport is returning to Long Island for a Sept. 17 show at The Suffolk in Riverhead. She reflects on how growing up in local apartment buildings and community spaces shaped her love of music and sense of home. Baldwin readers may enjoy seeing how their town helped launch a Grammy-nominated career. 
📸 Around Baldwin
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Baldwin
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- Teen to Teen Volunteers, HS
Baldwin School District HS
8:30 am
Tuesday August 25
📣 Baldwin Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Play Hooray
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
10:00 am - Adult Craft: Scrapbooks & Junk Journals
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
11:30 am - Learn to Crochet: Granny Squares
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
11:30 am - Messy Art - Spray Foam Sculptures
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
4:30 pm - The Franklin - 1051 Franklin Ave Ribbon Cutting
Garden City Chamber of Commerce 230 7th St, Garden City, NY 11530
5:30 pm - Traffic Commission Meeting →
Garden City, NY Calendar, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City
5:30 pm - Sage Autumn →
Spotlight NY Huntington, 370 New York Ave, Huntington
6:00 pm - ZBA MEETING 8-20-26 →
Freeport Calendar Freeport, NY 11520
6:30 pm - Out of Control Comedy at Puerto Plata by the water →
Puerto Plata Seafood On The Water, 42 Woodcleft Ave, Freeport
7:00 pm - Comedy After Dark
Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561, US
7:30 pm - Concert at Rath Park →
Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
8:00 pm
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Good morning my neighbors.
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- Tailored Brands posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Oceanside. Apply here.
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Hempstead. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baldwin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rockville Centre
- 99 S Park Ave, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (redfin.com)
- Long Island's Best High Schools Revealed, With A Rockville Centre School On Top (dailyvoice.com)
Freeport
- Freeport Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show Returns August 29 & 30, Just in Time Say Goodbye to Summer! (longisland.com)
Hempstead
- More Than 840K Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler And Ram Vehicles Recalled In U.S. (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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