🌱 Patch AM: What happened between a Commack football player and coach at practice?

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In today's newsletter:

• What happened between a Commack football player and coach at practice?
• Did you know a pioneering pacemaker company now manufactures in Commack?

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 5 more events.

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: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Suffolk police investigating incident involving Commack football player, coach (greaterlongisland.com) — Police are investigating an incident between a Commack High School football player and a coach that occurred during practice on August 26, with no arrests or details released yet. The case emerges just as Commack's varsity team prepares for its September 10 season opener, and district officials have not publicly commented.
   

• Avery's diaphragm pacemaker (implantable-device.com) — Avery's long-running diaphragm pacemaker technology, first commercialized in 1971, is still being produced today, with the company's manufacturing now based in Commack. The story traces how RF-powered implants evolved from cardiac pacing to respiratory support, then closes with a lighthearted look at an engineer's custom electric DeLorean.
   

📸 Around Commack

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Commack

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
  12:01 am
Sunday August 30
• Nesconset Day Street Fair 2026 →
  127 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset
  10:00 am
Saturday September 5
• Fall Youth Flag Football Season Starting Saturday, September 5 →
  267 Bellerose Ave, East Northport
  8:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 14
• Links 2 Legacy Applications Deadline →
  SYJCC, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack
  9:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• High Holiday Retreat to the Berkshires →
  Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp, 159 Empire Rd, Copake
  9:00 am
• High Holiday Retreat at the Berkshires →
  Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp, 159 Empire Rd, Copake
  9:00 am
Wednesday September 16
• Take Your Canasta Skills to the Next Level with SUPER Samba →
  SYJCC, 74 Hauppauge Rd, Commack
  6:30 pm

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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
• Summer Mat Yoga with Alice & Madeleine →
  Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn
  10:30 am
Saturday August 29
• The Sixties Show →
  Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington
  8:00 pm
• The Big Summer-Send-Off with The Haymakers at Twisted Cow Distillery →
  Twisted Cow Distillery, 13 Hewitt Square, East Northport
  8:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Schools Closed Superintendents Conference Day
  Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768
• Optional Building Visit
  Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
  1:45 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Superintendent's Conference Day Staff Only
  Elwood UFSD Greenlawn, NY 11740

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• All Commack Schools will Open For The New Semester On September 2 —Rachel Ross Read on Patch

• EnerSys Corporation posted a job opening for Assembler I in Commack. Apply here.
• Whole Foods Market posted a job opening for Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Part Time in Commack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Commack here.

🗞 Nearby News

Smithtown

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

Hauppauge

• How Long Island will be impacted if MLB makes high school players ineligible for 2028 draft (newsday.com)

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-- 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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