🌱 Patch AM: Crews Working To Free 2 Humpback Whales Stranded Off Of Long Island

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In today's newsletter:

• Two humpback whales stranded off Fire Island draw major rescue effort
• See how a Sandy-surviving Ocean Beach home was completely reimagined

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Crews Working To Free 2 Humpback Whales Stranded Off Of Long Island (patch.com) — Two humpback whales are stranded on sandbars just off Fire Island National Seashore, where response crews are monitoring their condition and hoping the incoming tide will refloat them. Officials urge people to keep a safe distance, reminding residents that whales are protected by federal law and providing hotlines to report any marine mammal or sea turtle strandings in New York and the broader Northeast.
   

• Fire Island Beach House Transformed into Coastal Retreat After Hurricane Sandy (freeyork.org) — A recently revamped Surf Road house in Ocean Beach shows how Fire Island homeowners are rebuilding smarter after Hurricane Sandy, with elevated construction and strict coastal codes. The expanded four-bedroom retreat features cedar cladding, generous ocean-facing windows, and multiple decks and ramps that blend indoor and outdoor living while keeping the home safely above storm surge.
   

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Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Story Time by the Bay
  LIMM Main Building & Grounds
  10:00 am
Friday October 9
• SA Fall Plant Sale
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705
Saturday October 10
• 4th Annual Pink Pumpkin 5k Run & Walk →
  Sayville NY
• North Shore Animal League America at East Hills Subaru →
  East Hills Subaru, 5700 Sunrise Highway, Sayville
  12:00 pm
• BAFFA Art Gallery presents Big Works →
  BAFFA Gallery, 47 Gillette Avenue, Sayville
  12:00 pm
• David J Moriarty live and acoustic at Sayville Falls Mini Golf & Beer Garden →
  Sayville Falls Mini Golf and Beer Garden, 30 Hanson Place, Sayville
  5:30 pm
• David J Moriarty at Sayville Falls Mini Golf and Beer Garden →
  Sayville Falls Mini Golf and Beer Garden, 30 Hanson Place, Sayville
  5:30 pm
Monday October 12
• Museum Closed
  Long Island Maritime Museum, 88 West Ave, West Sayville
• Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day Schools Closed
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705
Tuesday October 13
• October 2026 General Meeting →
  The Cull House, 75 Terry Rd., Sayville
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• SA Scholastic Book Fair
  Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Bayport, NY 11705

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🗞 Nearby News

Bayport

• Bayport eyes county title repeat (trihamletnews.com)

Sayville

• Sayville improves to 4 and 0 (trihamletnews.com)
• Day of fun at Fan Fest (trihamletnews.com)
• Photos: THE ADDAMS FAMILY Opens at CM Performing Arts Center (broadwayworld.com)

Patchogue

• ALL YOU NEED IS JOHN to Make North American Debut Feb. 2027 (broadwayworld.com)
• CNY Arts joins 2026 CHARM program to bring more murals to Central NY (syracuse.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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