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🌱 Patch AM: Thinking about a pet? Oyster Bay adoptions are free all September

Be sure to catch 45th Annual Italian Festival on the Oyster Bay Patch calendar

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Hi there, Oyster Bay! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Thinking about a pet? Oyster Bay adoptions are free all September
  • Want to see Oyster Bay as it looked 100 years ago?
  • How Oyster Bay added four more neighbors to its 9/11 Wall

Also on today's calendar: 45th Annual Italian Festival and 12 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Elyse P.!

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Very warm; a morning shower, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
  • Saturday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 76 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Free Pet Adoption Month this September at Town of Oyster Bay Animal Shelter (longisland.com) — Oyster Bay's Town Animal Shelter is waiving all general adoption fees for dogs and cats throughout September, making it easier for residents to bring home a new companion. The shelter also offers spay/neuter, vaccinations, and microchipping, plus a free rabies clinic on September 19 in Syosset, giving locals multiple low-cost ways to care for their pets.
   

2. "Oyster Bay: As It Was A Century Ago" Brings History Alive in Oyster Bay (longisland.com) — Oyster Bay residents are invited to a free historical slideshow, "Oyster Bay: As It Was A Century Ago," on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Community Center on Church Street. Town Historian John Hammond will share rare vintage photos, stories of Roosevelt homes, Typhoid Mary's house, old schools, and long-gone local businesses, followed by a Q&A.
   

3. Oyster Bay honors 9/11 victims, adds four names to Wall of Honor (news12.com) — Oyster Bay residents gathered at Tobay Beach to honor neighbors lost on 9/11 and those who later died from related illnesses, adding four names to the town's Wall of Honor. Families lit candles, shared memories, and emphasized the courage of victims and first responders, underscoring how deeply the attacks still resonate in the community.
   

4. These fall 2026 building openings and renovation completions caught the eyes ofAN's editors (archpaper.com) — A new Piet Oudolf-designed public garden is set to open this October at Planting Fields in Oyster Bay, bringing 25,000 grasses and plants to the historic 409-acre estate. While the article surveys major cultural building openings worldwide, local readers can look forward to this rare New York garden by a renowned Dutch landscape designer right in their backyard.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I'm going to get a puppy from Homespun Doodles Breeder in Pennsylvania.
    Does anyone have any experience with that breeder? (Nextdoor Oyster Bay/East Norwich)
  • Michaels posted a job opening for Retail- Store Environment Team Member in Levittown. Apply here.
  • Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Costco in Westbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oyster Bay here.

Ok Oyster Bay! 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: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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