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Hi there, Kings Park! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Kings Park's superintendent really thinks about AI in your child's class
  • Kings Park man admits to two bank robberies; sentencing set for October
  • How a Kings Park photographer turns abandoned hospitals into powerful stories

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
  • Monday: Humid; downpours in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Suffolk school superintendents share thoughts on AI (newsday.com) — Kings Park Central School District superintendent Timothy Eagen outlines how local students should learn to use AI tools while still limiting excessive screen time and protecting privacy. His comments, shared alongside other Suffolk superintendents, emphasize purposeful classroom technology, stronger safeguards under New York law, and preparing Kings Park graduates for a workplace where AI is unavoidable.
   

• Kings Park Man Faces Up To 11 Years For Robbing 2 Flagstar Banks: DA (patch.com) — A Kings Park resident has pleaded guilty to robbing two Flagstar Bank branches in Suffolk County on separate days and possessing cocaine when arrested, and now faces a potential 5½ to 11-year prison sentence. The case, involving banks in West Babylon and Deer Park, is moving toward an October 1 sentencing date in county court.
   

• Sanatorium: Inside the Architectural Cure for Tuberculosis (untappedcities.com) — A virtual talk by photographer John Lazzaro will explore historic tuberculosis sanatoriums nationwide, with a strong focus on New York sites. Lazzaro previously documented the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park giving local residents added reason to tune in as he connects architecture, public health history, and his haunting images of once-busy institutions.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday August 29
  • The Big Summer-Send-Off with The Haymakers at Twisted Cow Distillery →
    Twisted Cow Distillery, 13 Hewitt Square, East Northport
    8:00 pm
    • Monday August 31
  • Schools Closed Superintendents Conference Day
    Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768
  • Professional Developement Workshop: Music, Movement, & Creative Expression
    The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
    9:00 am
  • Optional Building Visit
    Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
    1:45 pm
  • MINNE Kindergarten Meet & Greet
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    2:00 pm
  • MINNE Kindergarten Playdate
    Three Village Csd Minne Back Field
    2:30 pm
    • Tuesday September 1
  • NASS AM Pre-K Meet & Greet 11am
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    11:00 am
  • ARROW AM Pre-K Meet & Greet
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    11:00 am
  • Mount AM Pre-K Meet & Greet
    Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
    11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Walgreen Company posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Smithtown. Apply here.
  • PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Store Supervisor in Commack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kings Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Smithtown

  • Smithtown junior is app-solutely fantastic (tbrnewsmedia.com)
  • 2 Long Island Leaders Join Guide Dog Foundation, America's VetDogs Board (patch.com)
  • Readers sound off on construction liability, deporting Haitians and Dolly Parton (nydailynews.com)

Commack

  • 114 Washington Boulevard, Commack, NY 11725 Property for sale (corcoran.com)

Huntington

  • PSEG Long Island, LIPA Purchase Melville Office Building (patch.com)

Ok Kings Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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