🌱 How a new $500K grant could reshape Lake Ronkonkoma’s shoreline
Brookhaven, New York Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Brookhaven! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new $500K grant could reshape Lake Ronkonkoma’s shoreline
Today's riddle: Why was the skeleton lonely? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Suffolk Legislature accepts $500,000 state waterfront grant for Bavarian Shores remediation on Lake Ronkonkoma (newsbreak.com) — Brookhaven residents who care about Lake Ronkonkoma should know Suffolk lawmakers just accepted a $500,000 state grant to clean up and improve the Bavarian Shores shoreline, plus another $150,000 for watershed data. The money will support water-quality restoration, public access, and long-term management in partnership with Brookhaven, Islip, and Smithtown over the next five years. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the skeleton lonely?" — He had no body to play with. (Thank you Margie S. for sending it in!)
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