🌱 Patch AM: East Islip horn player lands a top chair in San Francisco

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In today's newsletter:

• East Islip horn player lands a top chair in San Francisco

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Less humid with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with periods of sun, temps: high: 81, low: 69.
• Monday: Humid; downpours in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• San Francisco Symphony to Welcome Three New Musicians Next Season (broadwayworld.com) — An East Islip native, horn player Michael Stevens, has been named Associate Principal Horn of the San Francisco Symphony starting with the 2026–27 season, capping an impressive orchestral career. His appointment, alongside several other new musicians, puts a hometown name on a major national stage and offers a point of pride for local music lovers and students.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Islip

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale →
  Grand Avenue, Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
  9:30 am
Saturday September 12
• Chris Ruggiero in Concert with The American Bombshells in East Islip →
  Bayway Arts Center, 265 E Main St, East Islip
  2:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 31
• First Day of School for Staff - Superintendent's Conference Day
  Islip UFSD Islip, NY 11751
  8:00 am
• HS Fall Code Night
  Islip UFSD Islip, NY 11751
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Superintendent Conference Days
  East Islip UFSD Islip Terrace, NY 11752
• First Day of School for Students
  Islip UFSD Islip, NY 11751
Thursday September 3
• First Day of School for Students
  East Islip UFSD Islip Terrace, NY 11752
Friday September 4
• Schools Closed - Labor Day Weekend
  Islip UFSD Islip, NY 11751
• JFK PTA Welcome Back Breakfast - Staff
  John F Kennedy Elementary School East Islip, NY 11730
  8:00 am
Friday September 18
• SouthBound Kicks off our Twilight Market →
  Bay Shore Bandshell, 80 E Main St, Bay Shore
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Child Safety Seat Check →
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar
  8:00 am
• Growing Up Wild age 3-6 →
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar
  10:00 am
• Golden Sky Basket Weaving Workshop →
  Hallockville Museum Farm NY
  10:00 am
• Watercolor Workshop: Aug/Sept, Part 1
  Long Island Maritime Museum LIMM Main Building
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Adults & Children with Learning Disabilities posted a job opening for Special Education Pre-School Teacher in Bay Shore. Apply here.
• FlexStaff Careers posted a job opening for Ward Clerk (Nursing) in Bay Shore. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Islip here.

🗞 Nearby News

Islip

• LI Woman Gets 8 Months For Probation Violation In Connection With Plea In Dog Mauling Case: DA (patch.com)
• Medford Man Charged With DWI After Crash With Parked Vehicle Hurts 2, 1 Seriously, In Middle Island: Police (patch.com)
• Islip Town to Host Annual Job Boot Camp September 30 (longisland.com)

Bay Shore

• Nordstrom Rack reopens at the Gardiner Manor plaza in Bay Shore (greaterlongisland.com)
• Fifteen Sick, Fourteen Hospitalized, One Dead: CDC Closes the Clover Hill Dairy Requesón Listeria Outbreak That Ran Three Years and Four Months (lexblog.com)

Central Islip

• Bellport man accused of neglecting, abusing 10-year-old dog (news12.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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