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Spotted on the Brentwood calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize

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Greetings Brentwood! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Brentwood cheese sample solved a three-year Listeria mystery

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 64.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fifteen Sick, Fourteen Hospitalized, One Dead: CDC Closes the Clover Hill Dairy Requesón Listeria Outbreak That Ran Three Years and Four Months (lexblog.com) — A Brentwood retail cheese sample helped Suffolk County health officials crack a three-year Listeria outbreak tied to Clover Hill Dairy requesón. Local sampling at a Brentwood store linked contaminated cheese to illnesses, prompting recalls and a shutdown of the Maryland dairy's operations after 15 severe cases and one death across four states.
   

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    Tuesday September 1
  • Summer Sports Physical
    East Middle School North Middle School & Nurse's Offices
    8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday August 28
  • Grade 6 Middle School Orientation
    Hauppauge UFSD Middle School Auditorium
    9:00 am
  • Welcome Session for 6th Grade Parents
    Hauppauge UFSD Middle School Auditorium.
    10:00 am
  • Stony Brook Southampton Dialogues | A Conversation with the CEO of the New York Climate Exchange
    Stony Brook University Chancellors Hall,Stony Brook Southampton
    12:00 pm
  • Welcome Back Social
    Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794
    5:00 pm
    • Saturday August 29
  • Child Safety Seat Check →
    Brookhaven, NY Calendar
    8:00 am
  • Golden Sky Basket Weaving Workshop →
    Hallockville Museum Farm NY
    10:00 am
  • Growing Up Wild age 3-6 →
    Brookhaven, NY Calendar
    10:00 am
  • Watercolor Workshop: Aug/Sept, Part 1
    Long Island Maritime Museum LIMM Main Building
    10:30 am
    • Monday August 31
  • Professional Developement Workshop: Music, Movement, & Creative Expression
    Long Island Museum Stony Brook, NY 11794
    9:00 am
  • Optional Building Visit
    Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
    1:45 pm
    • Tuesday September 1
  • GMS School Supply Drop-off →
    Bay Shore UFSD Gardiner Manor Elementary

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Phoenix House Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation posted a job opening for Vocational Counselor in Brentwood. Apply here.
  • Cintas posted a job opening for Production Associate - Utility IV in Central Islip. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brentwood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Central Islip

  • Bellport man accused of neglecting, abusing 10-year-old dog (news12.com)
  • Central Islip man sentenced for sexual assault of inmate at Riverhead Correctional Facility (riverheadlocal.com)
  • LIMEHOF music documentary film fest returns to Stony Brook (libn.com)

Hauppauge

  • Hauppauge, Smithtown Students Earn Suffolk Youth Awards (patch.com)

Commack

  • 'Their Child Is Never Forgotten': Huntington Tree To Glow Gold To Honor Children Lost To Cancer (patch.com)

Ok Brentwood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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