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In today's newsletter:

  • See which Mineola schools just earned a national excellence honor
  • Probation visit in Mineola leads to serious child‑exploitation charges
  • Why a Mineola Chaminade graduate is named in a Cornell lawsuit

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

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 72, low: 55.
  • Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 21 Long Island schools named Schools of Excellence (newsday.com) — Mineola families can celebrate Hampton Street Elementary and Mineola Middle School being named National PTA Schools of Excellence for 2025‑27, recognizing strong family‑school partnerships. They're among 21 Long Island schools honored, alongside several districts announcing new principals and a superintendent, all focused on improving student support and engagement across the region.
   

• Bethpage Man Charged with Disseminating Child Sexual Material (lilifepolitics.com) — A Nassau County probation visit to the Mineola office on County Seat Drive led investigators to a Bethpage man now charged with multiple counts of disseminating and possessing child sexual material. After a multi‑state investigation, police arrested him at home, and he faces arraignment in Hempstead, underscoring how closely probation and law enforcement monitor registered offenders.
   

• Chaminade graduate is named in lawsuit as president of Cornell fraternity at time of alleged gang rape (newsday.com) — Mineola readers may recognize Chaminade High School in a high‑profile lawsuit involving a Cornell fraternity, where a graduate is named for his leadership role but not accused of assault. The suit alleges multiple fraternity members raped a student and has prompted a state investigation into how authorities handled the case, intensifying scrutiny of campus sexual assault responses.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Carle Place

  • High school roundup: Field hockey, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls swimming (newsday.com)

Westbury

  • Brianna Messina: Paving the Path for Others to Follow (nyrr.org)
  • Brian Kilmeade reveals strange source of inspiration — as he looks back on epic 30 years at Fox News (newsbreak.com)

Uniondale

  • Freeport tops Uniondale for second win (newsbreak.com)
  • Frontline Fest (hot97.com)
  • West Hempstead house fire displaces residents, claims 2 dogs, fire marshal's office says (newsday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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