🌱 Patch AM: How a Freeport scholar is reshaping Revolutionary War history

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Freeport scholar is reshaping Revolutionary War history
• Which Freeport waterfront and Rocky Horror events are happening October 16?
• Freeport man gets decades in prison for violent kidnapping case

Also on today's calendar: Progressive entertainment presents hilarious night of laughter and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 63 and low of 57 degrees.
• Monday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 72, low: 59.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 71 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Freeport professor discusses the impact of Black and Indigenous people during the Revolutionary War (liherald.com) — A Freeport resident and Brooklyn College professor recently led a talk at the Freeport Memorial Library highlighting the overlooked roles of Black and Indigenous people in the Revolutionary War. She explained how local history, including Long Island's Black communities, connects to broader struggles for liberty, and urged better inclusion of these stories in school curricula and public commemorations.
   

• October 16, 2026 Events on Long Island (longisland.com) — Freeport residents have several October 16 outings close to home, from a waterfront weekend at Catcher's Fish House on the Nautical Mile to a live Rocky Horror Picture Show at Sparkle on Stage. The broader Long Island roundup also highlights spooky walks, ghost tours, art shows, and family-friendly Halloween attractions across Suffolk and Nassau counties.
   

• Freeport Man Sentenced for Kidnapping, Assault of Ex-Girlfriend (lilifepolitics.com) — A Freeport man has been sentenced to 23½ years to life in prison after a brutal 2024 assault and kidnapping of his estranged girlfriend that involved threats with a gun. Freeport and Nassau County police arrested him after the victim finally contacted authorities, and prosecutors say the case shows that severe domestic violence will be aggressively punished in the county.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Freeport

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Progressive entertainment presents hilarious night of laughter →
  Governor's Comedy Clubs, 90 Division Ave, Levittown
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• SCHOOLS CLOSED Columbus Day
  North Merrick UFSD Merrick, NY 11566
• Indigenous People's Day- All Schools Closed
  Roosevelt UFSD Roosevelt, NY 11575
• Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day- Schools Closed
  Freeport UFSD Freeport, NY 11520
• Boys JV Football Away Game vs. Long Beach High School
  Roosevelt UFSD, 239 Lido Blvd, Lido Beach
  10:30 am
Tuesday October 13
• Boys JV Soccer Away Game at Sewanhaka High School
  Roosevelt UFSD, 500 Tulip Ave, Floral Park
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Cheerleading Competition
  Roosevelt UFSD, 120 Division Ave, Levittown
  6:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Soccer Home Game vs. Sewanhaka High School
  Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
  6:00 pm
• PBM MEETING 10-13-26 →
  Freeport Calendar Freeport, NY 11520
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Secondary Progress Period Two Reports Posted
  Freeport UFSD Freeport, NY 11520
Thursday October 15
• ZBA MEETING 10-15-26 →
  Freeport Calendar Freeport, NY 11520
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• The Making of a United Ireland: How It May Happen and What Needs to Be Done →
  Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport
  10:00 am
• The Making of a United Ireland: How It May Happen and What Needs to Be Done - Hybrid →
  Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Baldwin

• Baldwin schools earn seventh Champions of Change Award (liherald.com)
• Sixth annual Grand Baldwin Festival packs Prospect Street (liherald.com)
• Four Baldwin firefighters honored for 50 years of service (liherald.com)

Merrick

• Merrick's Martin Valk takes helm of N.Y. Kiwanis (liherald.com)
• Harold D. Fayette students become young programmers one step at a time (liherald.com)
• Broken or Foggy Window Glass in Merrick Does Not Always Mean You Need a New Window (prlog.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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