🌱 Could this new library writing club spark your teen’s creativity?

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• Could this new library writing club spark your teen’s creativity?

Also on today's calendar: Harlem Wizards and 8 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 63, low: 59.
• Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• High School Senior founded a creative writing program at Franklin Square Public Library (liherald.com) — A Franklin Square high school senior has launched a creative writing program at Franklin Square Public Library, giving local teens a place to write, socialize, and earn community service hours. Sessions feature varied writing activities, feedback surveys to shape future meetings, and a welcoming environment that the founder hopes will spark lasting enthusiasm for poetry and storytelling among neighborhood students.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin Square

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 24

• Harlem Wizards →
  Chaminade High School Athletic Gym, 340 Jackson Ave, Mineola
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Fall Finale Car Show →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
  10:00 am

Tuesday October 6

• 7:30 PM Board of Education Policy Meeting/Work Session Video Confer
  West Hempstead Union Free School District, 252 Chestnut St, West Hempstead
• Tax Forum →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
  10:30 am

Wednesday October 7

• Board of Education Meeting @WSS-Public
  Franklin Square Union Free School District, 760 Washington Street, Franklin Square
• Tax Forum →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar, 221 N Village Avenue, Rockville Centre
  2:00 pm
• Narcan Training →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar, 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park
  6:00 pm
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm

Thursday October 8

• Tax Forum →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont
  2:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Zouk Night Birthday Batch →
  Lantillaise Caterers and Restaurant, 20 New Hyde Park Road, Franklin Square
• Tax Forum →
  Hempstead Town, NY Calendar, 500 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Police Youth Academy →
  Nassau County, NY Calendar
  9:00 am
• Girls Varsity Soccer Home Game vs. Elmont Memorial High School
  Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
  10:00 am
• 43rd Annual Queens Agricultural Fair at Queens County Farm Museum →
  73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Let’s save the planet one Junk mail at a time.
  Take those prepaid envelopes and pack it with junk mail. take your name and address off anything. Make it as heavy as you can. They have to pay for… (Nextdoor Franklin Square)

• Compass Group posted a job opening for Executive Sous Chef - Belmont Park in Elmont. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Elmont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Franklin Square here.

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🗞 Nearby News

West Hempstead

• East Rockaway, West Hempstead merge varsity football programs (liherald.com)
• West Hempstead students explore careers at Career Jam (liherald.com)

Elmont

• El-Con returns for the second time at the Elmont Memorial Library (liherald.com)
• Audacy's We Can Survive Flyaway National Contest - Free Stuff Times Contests (freestufftimes.com)
• 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class For Sale at Beverly Hills Auto Group - (516) 540-2017 (longisland.com)

Hempstead

• NY State Police Issue 404 Tickets In Long Island Work Zones (patch.com)
• Chip City Closes + Popular Diner Expands To Babylon: LI Biz Roundup (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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