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🌱 Patch AM: Deer Park High School Honors 12 Local 9/11 Victims With Wreaths

Coming up on the Deer Park Patch calendar: America at 250 for Educators

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Morning Deer Park! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Deer Park students climb stairs to honor 12 local 9/11 victims
  • See how Geiger Park transforms into an open-air art gallery

Also on today's calendar: America at 250 for Educators and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Friday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
  • Saturday: Some sun; nice, low humidity, with a high of 71 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Deer Park High School Honors 12 Local 9/11 Victims With Wreaths (patch.com) — Deer Park neighbors saw their high school community come together to honor the 12 local residents who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, marking the 25th anniversary with wreaths on the front lawn. Students then learned about hero Welles Crowther and took part in a symbolic stair-climb, reflecting on courage, sacrifice, and the legacy of those lost from Deer Park.
   

• Long Island Public Arts Festival Expands Across Suffolk County with Landmark Exhibitions in Deer Park and Huntington (longisland.com) — A major free public art festival is coming to Geiger Park in Deer Park this fall, bringing large-scale outdoor installations from 21 regional artists along the park's pathways. Running September 1 through October 4, the exhibit will feature striking "prism" displays and a soon-to-be-announced ribbon-cutting with Town of Babylon officials, before the festival continues on to Huntington.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Dix Hills

  • Smithtown West vs. Half Hollow Hills West girls soccer (newsday.com)
  • Tax Cap, Melville Development, Park Contract on Huntington Town Board Agenda (huntingtonnow.com)
  • Pumpkin picking in New York: When it starts, 15 farms to visit (recordonline.com)

Brentwood

  • Brentwood Students Mark 25 Years Since 9/11 With Memorial Ceremony (patch.com)
  • MS-13 Leader Gets 60 Years For 7 LI Murders, Including Brentwood Teens (patch.com)
  • Police: One Dead After Car Crashes into Sunken Meadow State Park Toll Booth, Bursts into Flames (longisland.com)

Bay Shore

  • Bay Shore Schools Honor 9/11 Survivors, First Responders On 25th Anniversary (patch.com)

Ok Deer Park! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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