🌱 Why a Dix Hills mosque is reviving a century-old Bay Shore seminary
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- Why a Dix Hills mosque is reviving a century-old Bay Shore seminary
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Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Hazy; breezy, very hot, humid, with a high of 98 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny, breezy and hot, temps: high: 90, low: 71.
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Montforts of Bay Shore selling century-old home those considering the priesthood once trained (newsday.com) — A Dix Hills–based Suleymaniye Mosque group has purchased a historic former Catholic seminary property in Bay Shore, planning to reopen it as a Muslim-run boarding school. The sale marks the Montfort Missionaries’ departure after a century on the site, reflecting changing religious demographics while continuing the property’s long educational mission on Long Island. 
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