🌱 See how Manhasset Secondary School ranks among Long Island’s best

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In today's newsletter:

• See how Manhasset Secondary School ranks among Long Island's best
• How a Penn State drug case reached back to Manhasset
• Meet the Manhasset club chasing a spot in the 2027 Open Cup

Also on today's calendar: Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
• Saturday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 75 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Ranking Of Long Island's Top 15 Public High Schools Released By U.S. News (patch.com) — Manhasset Secondary School earned a spot among Long Island's top public high schools in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, placing 55th in New York and 4,962nd nationally. The list highlights how local schools stack up on graduation rates, test performance, and college readiness compared with other leading districts across Long Island and the country.
   

• Westbury Man Identified as Chief Supplier in Penn State Fraternity Cocaine Ring (hudsonreporter.com) — Manhasset residents are briefly connected to a major drug-trafficking case centered at Penn State, where prosecutors say a Long Island graduate led a fraternity-based cocaine ring. One Manhasset man is charged with helping transport drugs, while another resident urges compassion and hopes the case warns other young people away from similar choices.
   

• VYING FOR GLORY: 20 NY/NJ teams will try to reach Open Cup (frontrowsoccer.com) — A Manhasset-based club, N.Y. Pancyprian Freedoms, is among 20 New York and New Jersey teams entering fall qualifying for the 2027 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The article lists all participating amateur and semi-pro sides, including several from nearby Long Island communities, and explains that four qualifying rounds will determine which 16 teams advance to the main tournament.
   

📸 Around Manhasset

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manhasset

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 25
• Summer Breeze Blowout with The Everly Set →
  Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Rd, Sands Point
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• yoojin away
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
• TENT to come down
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
Sunday August 23
• Drop off Body of Work
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
  3:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
  Roslyn Public Schools 300 Harbor Hill Road, Roslyn, NY 11576
• Hanging for Body of Work
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
  10:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Meet Kim Monyihan-Katie and Lisa →
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
  1:00 pm
• Max Ginsburg
  The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Village Justice Court
  Village of Old Brookville 201 McCouns Ln, Glen Head, NY 11545
  5:30 pm
• The Franklin - 1051 Franklin Ave Ribbon Cutting
  Garden City Chamber of Commerce 230 7th St, Garden City, NY 11530
  5:30 pm
• Traffic Commission Meeting →
  Garden City, NY Calendar, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City
  5:30 pm
• Pomplamoose →
  Warsaw Concerts, 261 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn
  7:00 pm
Friday August 21
• BOARD OF EDUCATION: Tour of District Buildings
  William S. Covert Elementary School Hempstead, NY 11550

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Brunswick Corporation posted a job opening for Seasonal Dock Hand at Port Washington, NY (April through October) in Port Washington. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

North Hempstead

• North Hempstead sued over Sbarro family's Inspiration Wharf (newsday.com)

Great Neck

• Dreamfields Brand Inc Field Sales Representative in Great Neck, NY (cleveland.com)
• Your Travalanche Daily Digest for August 18, 2026 (wordpress.com)
• Bethpage High School welcomed dozens of special education students from other districts (longislandpress.com)

Roslyn

• High-powered lobbying drives Propel power line project (newsday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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