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Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. 2 Fire Island Communities To Be Sprayed On Ground To Protect Against Mosquitoes (patch.com) — Fire Island residents in Atlantique, Summer Club, and Davis Park are being notified about evening ground spraying to control adult mosquitoes using Anvil pesticide this Wednesday and Thursday. Suffolk County officials explain this is part of an annual effort, outline recent West Nile concerns, and provide practical safety tips and hotlines so locals can reduce exposure during and after the spraying.
2. What Lies Beneath the Tryst: Land, the Legacy, and the Unfinished Future of Fire Island Pines Harbor (fireislandnews.com) — Residents in Fire Island Pines are still waiting to see what becomes of the long-condemned former Botel, now planned as The Tryst Fire Island hotel, as permitting, zoning, and ownership complexities slow progress. The article traces nearly a century of harbor history, explaining how divided land parcels, Brookhaven regulations, and nonconforming hotel use all shape what can realistically be built next.
3. New Mayor Begins Her First Term After Being Sworn in at Aug. 22 Saltaire Village Board Meeting (fireislandnews.com) — Saltaire residents on Fire Island have a new mayor, Susan Skerritt, who took office on Labor Day after defeating longtime leader Hugh O'Brien, a familiar Fire Island News columnist and Fire Island Association representative. At the same meeting, trustees tightened bike rack rules to protect walkways, advanced a long-term capital planning effort, and honored key community figures, including the late village doctor Bob Furey.
4. Boat Flips In Fire Island Inlet During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds (dailyvoice.com) — A Labor Day outing in Fire Island Inlet turned dangerous when a boat overturned, but the U.S. Coast Guard quickly rescued four people and towed the submerged vessel back toward its Fire Island station. Local fire officials say at least one additional person was saved in a separate incident, with only one minor injury requiring hospital care and others declining treatment.
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