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🌱 Patch AM: How Freeport firefighters helped save three people in a Baldwin inferno
Also, don't miss Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! on the Freeport Patch calendar
Greetings Freeport! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Freeport firefighters helped save three people in a Baldwin inferno
Also on today's calendar: Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Turning sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.
- Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 64, low: 52.
- Wednesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 67 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 3, Including Teen With Smoke Inhalation, Rescued From Baldwin Fire: Report (patch.com) — Freeport firefighters were among roughly 120 responders called to an eight-alarm house fire in nearby Baldwin early Saturday, where three people, including a teen with smoke inhalation, were rescued. The blaze on McKinley Street drew departments from several Nassau communities after a smoke detector woke the family, highlighting the importance of working alarms for Freeport-area homes. 
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6:30 pm - You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit →
Hilton Long Island/Huntington, 598 Broadhollow Rd, Melville
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- BOT MEETING 10-5-26 →
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5:30 pm - Boys JV Football Home Game vs. MacArthur Senior High School
Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
6:00 pm - Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country Meet
Roosevelt UFSD, 99 Quaker Meeting House Rd, Farmingdale
5:00 pm - Boys JV Soccer Home Game vs. Great Neck North High School
Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
5:00 pm - Boys Varsity Soccer Away Game at Great Neck North High School
Roosevelt UFSD, 35 Polo Rd, Great Neck
5:00 pm - Varsity Cheerleading Competition
Roosevelt UFSD, 59 Straight Ln, Levittown
6:00 pm - Girls JV Soccer Away Game at Freeport High School
Roosevelt UFSD, 58 W Seaman Ave, Freeport
5:00 pm - Girls Varsity Soccer Home Game vs. Freeport High School
Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
5:00 pm - Girls JV Volleyball Home Game vs. Bellmore John F Kennedy High Scho
Roosevelt UFSD, 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt
5:00 pm - Girls Varsity Volleyball Away Game at Bellmore John F Kennedy High
Roosevelt UFSD, 3000 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore
5:00 pm - The Therapy Tour (Freeport, NY) →
Zion Cathedral, 312 Grand Avenue, Freeport
7:30 pm - I See You, Sis Women's Brunch →
Freeport Yacht Club Rentals, 533 Guy Lombardo Avenue, Freeport
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🗞 Nearby News
Baldwin
- Kennedy pulls away in win over Baldwin (newsbreak.com)
- Baldwin Student Nails Perfect Chemistry Regents Score, Collects Teacher's 25-Year-Old $100 Bet (libertyonenews.com)
Merrick
- A New York First – Afghan-Owned Pita Grill House Serves up Halal Greek Food on Long Island (thenationalherald.com)
Roosevelt
- In a surprise move, Vermont's Roman Catholic Diocese seeks to dismiss its 2-year-old bankruptcy case (bostonglobe.com)
- Burgerology to open in Patchogue, replacing Spycoast Kitchen (newsday.com)
- Inaugural edition of Sheen Awards honors Mother Angelica (ewtnnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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