🌱 How will Lawrence students graduate if Regents exams lose their power?

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• How will Lawrence students graduate if Regents exams lose their power?

Also on today's calendar: Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar!.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 64, low: 59.
• Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 71 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• New York moves toward single high school diploma in 2028 (liherald.com) — High schoolers in Lawrence could see major changes to graduation requirements starting with the class of 2028, as New York advances a plan for a single state diploma and reduced reliance on Regents exams. Local superintendents in Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere are closely watching the proposal’s details, stressing that Regents tests may still matter and that districts will work with Nassau BOCES to adapt for students.
   

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📸 Around Lawrence

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lawrence

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Wednesday October 7

• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• The Katie Mitchell Band at JR Asian Fusion →
  JR Asian Fusion, 896 W. Beech St., Long Beach
  8:00 am
• KMB & Friends @ LBNY’s Irish Day! →
  JR Asian Fusion, 896 W. Beech St., Long Beach
  8:00 am
• The Katie Mitchell Band & Friends at JR Asian Fusion →
  JR Asian Fusion, 896 W. Beech St., Long Beach
  8:00 am
• Police Youth Academy →
  Nassau County, NY Calendar
  9:00 am
• Yoga for Health & Peace (Hybrid)
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  9:30 am
• Baby Music With Love
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am
• Crochet, Knit & More Club
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  10:30 am
• Wonder & Witches
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  1:00 pm
• Silly Storywriter's Club
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  3:30 pm
• Self Care Saturday: Restorative Yoga
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  3:30 pm

Sunday October 4

• Fright Eye Fall Fest →
  Bright Eye Beer Co. Taproom, 50 West Park Ave, Long Beach

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Lawrence. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Valley Stream. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lawrence here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Inwood

• D.A. Bragg Announces Sentencing Of Joseph Morros For Fatal Shooting Of Tykeem Berry Outside Inwood Bodega (manhattanda.org)
• Inwood Insiders Want to Dissolve a Car-Free Plaza They Previously Championed (streetsblog.org)
• 2018 Porsche Macan For Sale at 5 Towns Drive - (516) 701-2700 (longisland.com)

Woodmere

• Marc Mero brings Champions of Choices Tour to Woodmere (liherald.com)
• Woodmere Holocaust survivor Asher Matathias dies at 82 (liherald.com)
• Mount Sinai South Nassau gala to support cardiovascular expansion in Oceanside (liherald.com)

Hempstead

• NY State Police Issue 404 Tickets In Long Island Work Zones (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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