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Good morning Islip! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Woman accused of DWI after crashing through Islip Town Beach tennis court
  • Why Islip Democrats suddenly lost access to party offices and tools
  • How Islip's infamous garbage barge helped change recycling nationwide

Also on today's calendar: Vet Fest and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 73 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 80, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Some sun; nice, less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woman Charged with DWI After Crashing Through Tennis Court in Islip (longisland.com) — A Ronkonkoma woman was arrested after police say she dropped her 10-year-old daughter at Islip Town Beach, then crashed into a parked car and through a fenced tennis court while allegedly driving intoxicated. No one was on the courts, but she was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and now faces DWI under Leandra's Law, drug impairment, and child endangerment charges, with arraignment set in Central Islip.
   

• Islip Democrats accuse fellow Suffolk Dems of retaliation after being denied use of office (newsday.com) — Islip Democrats say they were abruptly blocked from using Suffolk County party offices and key organizing software after backing a challenger in the recent county leadership race, a charge county leaders deny as mere 'misinformation.' The dispute forced the local committee to move its monthly meeting online and begin searching for a new permanent space, potentially reshaping how Democratic campaigns and volunteers coordinate in Islip.
   

• In 1987, Islip, New York loaded 3,168 tons of garbage onto a barge Mexico and Belize turned away; after two months at sea it burned in Brooklyn, and hundreds of towns stepped up recycling (parade.com) — Residents of Islip may remember when the town's overflowing landfill helped spark a national conversation about trash, after more than 3,100 tons of local garbage spent months wandering the coast on the Mobro 4000 barge. That 1987 fiasco, which ended with the waste burned and buried back in Islip, is now credited with jump-starting curbside recycling programs across thousands of U.S. communities.
   

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Smithtown

  • LI Woman Charged With DWI With Child After Crashing Onto Tennis Court: PD (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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