🌱 Patch AM: How are Great Neck students turning discarded oyster shells into art?

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In today's newsletter:

• How are Great Neck students turning discarded oyster shells into art?

Also on today's calendar: Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 70.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• LI oyster farm, arts group give shells new life (libn.com) — A Long Island oyster farm and arts alliance are turning thousands of cleaned oyster shells into free or low-cost art materials for schools, museums, and nonprofits, including Great Neck Public Schools. The Creative Reuse Project keeps shells out of landfills while giving local students and artists an unusual medium, with plans to grow carefully as funding and logistics allow.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 25
• Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set →
  Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Rd, Sands Point
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
  12:01 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Ready, Set, School!
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Board of Education Business Mtg 8PM
  Carle Place School District 168 Cherry Lane, Carle Place, NY 11514
Thursday September 10
• 45th Annual Italian Festival →
  North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Rosh Hashana Community Luncheon with Humanist Jewish Cong. of Queens/LI →
  La Baraka, 255-09 Northern Blvd
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• SM New Student Assessments (thru 8/26)
  Great Neck UFSD SM
  9:00 am
• Hanging for Body of Work
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
  10:00 am
• Oyster Bay Library →
  Nassau County, NY Calendar
  12:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Sewanhaka Central High School District Sewanhaka High School, 500 Tulip Ave, Floral Park, NY 11001, U
  8:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Grade 6 Orientation
  North Shore Csd Sea Cliff, NY 11579
• NSAS WALK Welwyn
  North Shore Audubon Society Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Rd, Glen Cove, NY 11542, U
  7:30 am
• NSAS WALK Jamaica Bay NWR
  North Shore Audubon Society Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd, Broad Channe
  8:00 am
• HS Mineola EAST
  Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
  8:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Manhasset

• All about the 14 suspects in the alleged Penn State cocaine operation: details (nypost.com)

North Hempstead

• North Shore cable project raises underwater concerns (newsday.com)

Roslyn

• Neighboring beach club welcomes Atlantic Beach club members displaced by tornado damage (news12.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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