🌱 Will Lake Ronkonkoma’s Memorial Day fireworks plan actually go forward?

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• Will Lake Ronkonkoma’s Memorial Day fireworks plan actually go forward?

Also on today's calendar: Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What can go UP the chimney DOWN; but can't come down the chimney UP? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 81, low: 54.
• Saturday: Cloudy and cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Community Raises Concerns Over Fireworks Show (lilifepolitics.com) — Lake Ronkonkoma residents and civic groups are pushing back against a proposed Memorial Day weekend fireworks show over the lake, warning about risks to newly nesting eagles, lake water quality, and local veterans sensitive to explosions. Suffolk County legislators, environmental advocates, and veterans’ leaders are debating safety, permits, parking, and cleanup, while some suggest a quieter drone light show on Flag Day as an alternative celebration.
   

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📸 Around Lake Ronkonkoma

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Ronkonkoma

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★ Featured events ★

Monday May 4

• Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program
  Tabler Dr, Stony Brook
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 16

• Cherokee PTA Family Fun Night TBD
  Cherokee Street Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:00 pm
• Slocum Night with the Ducks
  Edith L Slocum Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:35 pm
• 🎉 It’s Thursday! 🎉
  Shennanigans Cafe , 228 Hawkins Ave , Lake Ronkonkoma
  7:00 pm

Friday April 17

• 🍻 FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR + LIVE MUSIC
  Flanagan's Pub , 451 Hawkins Ave , Ronkonkoma
  5:00 pm
• PTA Family Karate Night
  Helen B Duffield Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:00 pm
• ELS PTA Talent Show @ RMS
  Edith L Slocum Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:30 pm

Sunday April 19

• Peter and The Wolf
  Ballet Long Island , 1863 Pond Rd # 9 , Ronkonkoma
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• 🌮 Tacos and Trivia Tonight! 🌮
  Shennanigans Cafe , 228 Hawkins Ave , Lake Ronkonkoma
  8:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Blood Drive
  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church , 800 Portion Rd , Lake Ronkonkoma
  8:45 am

Sunday May 3

• Spring Basket Raffle Fundraiser
  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church , 800 Portion Rd , Lake Ronkonkoma
  12:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 16

• Babies Who Brunch!
  Goldfish Swim School - Centereach , 141 Centereach Mall Unit 8 , Centereach
  10:00 am
• Vascular Disease Screenings - Centereach Location
  Stony Brook University , 23 South Howell Ave, Suite H , Centereach
  1:00 pm
• Estate Planning Basics Seminar
  Brookhaven Senior Citizens Calendar , 739 Route 25a , Mt. Sinai
  1:00 pm
• EVENING MOVIE (In Person)
  Sachem Public Library , 150 Holbrook Rd , Holbrook
  1:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Lake Grove

• Lobster Heist: Woman Wanted After Seafood Theft From Lake Grove Wegmans (patch.com)

Ronkonkoma

• Brush Fire Spreads Across 3 Properties In Smithtown, 1 Treated For Smoke Inhalation: FD (nationaltoday.com)
• New York musician charged with sexual extortion in Logan after social media scheme (cachevalleydaily.com)
• Ronkonkoma's kitchenware manufacturer Mercer Culinary closes Long Island operations, lays off at least 35 (newsday.com)

Stony Brook

• Stony Brook researchers help uncover how shrinking shrews may soon help in brain regeneration (sbstatesman.com)
• Pride Heads East For CAA Clash At Stony Brook (gohofstra.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: UMBRELLA (Thank you JEANNE S. for sending it in!)
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