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🌱 Patch AM: How Mineola’s pediatric cancer center helped one boy reclaim his childhood

Also, don't miss You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit on the Mineola Patch calendar

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Hi there, Mineola! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Mineola's pediatric cancer center helped one boy reclaim his childhood
  • How did Mineola's girls soccer team crush Lawrence this week?
  • How do NYU's Mineola properties affect your school and property taxes?

Also on today's calendar: You're Invited to the Childhood Reset Summit and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Sunday: Occasional afternoon rain, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A fresh start for East Meadow's Matty Mazello (liherald.com) — An 11-year-old East Meadow boy beat leukemia after two years of treatment at NYU Langone's Cancer Center for Kids in Mineola, and is now starting middle school cancer‑free. His story highlights the Mineola center's role as Nassau County's largest outpatient facility for childhood cancer and blood disorders, and shares hopeful advice for other families facing similar diagnoses.
   

• High school roundup: Soccer, field hockey, volleyball and boys golf (newsday.com) — Mineola's girls soccer team dominated Lawrence 7–1, with Cassidy Fitzgerald and Sophia Prudenti each scoring twice to keep Mineola's strong season rolling. The roundup also highlights other Long Island high school results in boys and girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball, and golf from Thursday's action.
   

• Long Island hospitals took $4.8 billion in property value off tax rolls, increasing taxpayer burden (newsday.com) — Nonprofit hospitals on Long Island have removed $4.8 billion in property value from local tax rolls, and NYU Langone's exempt properties in Mineola are part of that shift. Residential buildings for medical students and a credit union branch in Mineola avoid school and municipal taxes, meaning homeowners and other businesses shoulder more of the cost for local services and schools.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Westbury

  • A Career, a Community, a Cause: Three Long Island stories meeting at this year's gala (longislandpress.com)
  • 13 Spooky LI Haunts: A scary good list of events for Halloween 2026 (longislandpress.com)
  • Head to Head Contrast: Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) versus Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ:CODA) (defenseworld.net)

Uniondale

  • Valley Stream Central girls soccer's Joeyce Forero scores four goals in win over Uniondale (newsday.com)

Hempstead

  • NY State Police Issue 404 Tickets In Long Island Work Zones (patch.com)
  • Chip City Closes + Popular Diner Expands To Babylon: LI Biz Roundup (patch.com)

Ok Mineola! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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