🌱 Patch AM: New Date Set For Long Beach's Annual Kite Festival

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In today's newsletter:

• Colorful kites and culture return to Laurelton Boardwalk this month
• Why Long Beach may soon treat Sept. 11 as an official holiday
• How Long Beach's booming baseball programs are shaping young players this fall

Also on today's calendar: America at 250 for Educators and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 63 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain becoming heavier; windy, temps: high: 72, low: 62.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower possible, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Date Set For Long Beach's Annual Kite Festival (patch.com) — Families in Long Beach can look forward to the fifth annual Hispanic Heritage Month Kite Flying Festival, now set for Sept. 27 on the Laurelton Boardwalk. The free afternoon event will offer kite flying, live entertainment, cultural performances, family activities, and local vendors, highlighting Latino culture and community connections in the city.
   

• Long Beach Sept. 11 memorial honors residents who died (liherald.com) — Long Beach residents recently gathered at the Virginia Avenue Garden of Remembrance to honor neighbors lost on and after Sept. 11, with their names read aloud in a moving ceremony. City leaders used the event to announce plans to make 9/11 an official holiday for city employees, pending union negotiations and formal council action over the coming year.
   

• Long Beach baseball programs build community through youth sports (liherald.com) — Youth baseball in Long Beach is booming, with Beach Baseball camps and the Beach Bombers travel program giving local kids structured coaching, teamwork skills, and new friendships that will carry into Long Beach High School. Families from Long Beach and nearby communities can also sign up for a three-date fundamentals clinic this fall in East Rockaway, with age-specific sessions for players 8 through 16.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• America at 250 for Educators →
  Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  3:30 pm
Sunday September 27
• Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Kite Flying Festival →
  Long Beach, Long Beach
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 19
• Celebration of Jazz and Blues: The Katie Mitchell Band →
  Main Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  7:30 pm
Sunday September 20
• Dolly's Country Music Bingo →
  The Allegria Hotel, 80 West Broadway, Long Beach
• LB Kiwanis: 2026 Playing in the Pubs →
  Upstairs at Bright Eye Beer Co., 50 W Park Ave, Long Beach, NY, 11561
  1:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Family Movie: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Sensory Screening)
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am
• Accessible Yoga for Every Body (Hybrid)
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am
• Monthly Mommy Mixer!
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  11:30 am
• Writers' Support Group
  Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Ave, Long Beach
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Kiwanis Club membership recruitment program →
  Long Beach Hotel, 405 E Broadway, Long Beach
  7:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• October Food Fest of Island Park →
  301 Long Beach Rd, Island Park
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Staying Strong Through Midlife and Beyond: HSS Free Webinar! →
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Hicksville schools were placed on lockout due to a bomb threat at the public library, but the lockout was later lifted and normal activities resumed.
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🗞 Nearby News

Oceanside

• Oceanside School District welcomes students back with 'Magic in Every Moment' (liherald.com)

Rockville Centre

• The Vision for Eden (jewishlink.news)
• 25 years after 9/11, memory and resolve endure at Jerusalem memorial (heritagefl.com)

Valley Stream

• Car smashes through glass window of Rockville Centre pizzeria (news12.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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