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Also check out An Evening with Author Ann Helfgott: The Naomi Scrolls on the Huntington Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Huntington women quietly helped pioneer pro-style baseball on Long Island
  • Which Huntington dishes now send donations to medically fragile children?
  • Huntington Station pastor joins island-wide call to protect immigrants

Also on today's calendar: An Evening with Author Ann Helfgott: The Naomi Scrolls and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Breezy in the morning; cloudy, with a high of 69 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy, a little rain; windy, temps: high: 66, low: 56.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and windy, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Play ball! When Long Island women played pro baseball (newsday.com) — Women from Huntington once played professional-style baseball on Long Island, starring for the Huntington Manorettes and drawing players from Huntington High School and local defense plants. This deep dive into mid‑century women's leagues highlights how Huntington athletes helped pioneer televised women's games and broke barriers in a male‑dominated sport, long before today's renewed push for women's pro baseball.
   

• The Giving Table partners with Long Island restaurants to raise money (newsday.com) — Two Huntington spots, IMC Restaurant & Bar and Crabtree's New York & Main, are joining The Giving Table, where ordering certain dishes sends donations to Angela's House, which supports medically fragile children. Huntington diners can enjoy featured plates like branzino crudo or Wagyu skirt steak while contributing a few dollars per order, with organizers hoping to grow monthly fundraising as more Long Island restaurants sign on.
   

• Babylon Mass an appeal with prayer to spotlight threats to immigrants (newsday.com) — A Huntington Station pastor joined other Long Island clergy in a special Babylon Mass urging Catholics to stand with immigrants facing deportation and family separation. With most of his St. Hugh of Lincoln parishioners coming from Central America, he and fellow advocates called for stronger legal protections, support for immigrant-owned businesses, and participation in local justice groups responding to stepped-up federal enforcement.
   

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