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🌱 What we know about the deadly Sunrise Highway hit-and-run arrest
Coming up: Flowers in the Snow on the North Lindenhurst Patch calendar

Hey there, North Lindenhurst! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
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In today's newsletter:
- What we know about the deadly Sunrise Highway hit-and-run arrest
Also on today's calendar: Flowers in the Snow and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst (newsbreak.com) — A pedestrian was killed in an early-morning hit-and-run on Sunrise Highway at North Indiana Avenue near Babylon Town Hall in North Lindenhurst, and police say the driver has been arrested. The crash shut both directions of Sunrise Highway for hours before reopening around 1 p.m., leaving local drivers rattled and questioning safety on that stretch of road.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Lindenhurst
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★ Featured events ★
- Flowers in the Snow →
BACCA Arts Center, 149 N Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
7:30 pm
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- HS Homecoming Parade/Game @ 12:00pm/2:00pm
Lindenhurst UFSD Lindenhurst, NY 11757
12:00 pm - ALB: Homecoming Parade 12PM/2PM
Lindenhurst UFSD Lindenhurst, NY 11757
12:00 pm - HS Varsity Football HOME v. Newfield @ 2:00pm
Lindenhurst UFSD Lindenhurst, NY 11757
2:00 pm - Frankenstein →
Studio Theatre of Long Island, 141 S Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
2:30 pm - NE Hispanic Heritage Night 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Amityville UFSD Amityville, NY 11701
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Trip →
West Babylon Public Library, 211 NY-109, West Babylon
6:45 am - Oquenock PTA Book Fair Day #2
West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
8:00 am - Oquenock PTA Desserts with Dad Day #2
West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
8:00 am - Board of Trustees Special Meeting →
Amityville, NY Calendar Amityville, NY 11701
8:15 am - Building NGSS-Aligned Science Units Using Paul Andersen's 10-Step Storyline Process →
JEA Alternative School, 31 Lee Ave, Wheatley Heights
8:30 am - New Visions Biology Unit 2 - Humans vs Bacteria - Natural Selection and the Interdependence of Organisms →
JEA Alternative School, 31 Lee Ave, Wheatley Heights
8:30 am - Language, Cognitive Development & Cultural Diversity →
JEA Alternative School, 31 Lee Ave, Wheatley Heights
8:30 am
Thursday October 8
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🗞 Nearby News
West Babylon
- Photos: Jim Bakker, 'Praise the Lord' televangelist brought down by scandal, dies (heraldsun.com)
- Seven Suffolk Precincts Join National Coffee Outreach Effort (southshorepress.com)
- High school roundup: Field hockey, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls swimming (newsday.com)
Lindenhurst
- Long Island Motorist Fatally Strikes Homeless Man and Flees Lindenhurst Scene (pulptastic.com)
- LI high school sports roundup: Volleyball and soccer scores (newsday.com)
Amityville
- North Amityville Pool Renamed For Trailblazing Tuskegee Airmen Veteran (patch.com)
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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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