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Also on today's calendar: 2026 Gold Coast Int'l Film Festival and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Great Neck passing 9/11 memories to a new generation (longislandpress.com) — Great Neck residents, students, and first responders marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with three local ceremonies, emphasizing how to keep those memories alive for younger generations. From Firefighters Park to Temple Israel's Saddle Rock memorial and a quiet Great Neck Plaza gathering, speakers shared firsthand stories of the attacks, honored local victims, and urged teens and families to continue remembering together.
• Great Neck Library's 'The Great Give Back' Charity Drives (longisland.com) — Great Neck residents can support neighbors in need this October through three donation drives at all four Great Neck Library branches, collecting feminine hygiene products, diapers and wipes, and full-sized personal care items. Contributions will aid local families via the Allied Foundation and Sid Jacobson JCC's Community Needs Bank, which serves Great Neck and nearby communities through pantries and shelters.
• Top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week: Fire department settles lawsuit, town board called out and more (longislandpress.com) — One of this week's top Long Island stories involves a Great Neck man arrested after police say he pushed a 76-year-old woman during an argument about his dog on her lawn. The roundup also highlights a major Wantagh Fire Department settlement, calls for North Hempstead officials to denounce an Islamophobic post, a fatal truck crash, and a house fire displacing two families.
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