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🌱 Patch AM: Pols, Labor Leaders To Call For Widening Of Sunrise Highway, Starting In Patchogue

Make time for Christian Science Video Talk: "The Third Great Commandment" on the Patchogue Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Patchogue news conference could kickstart major Sunrise Highway expansion
  • Patchogue contractor accused of major workers' comp fraud involving asbestos work.

Also on today's calendar: Christian Science Video Talk: "The Third Great Commandment" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 77, low: 64.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pols, Labor Leaders To Call For Widening Of Sunrise Highway, Starting In Patchogue (patch.com) — Local and county leaders are gathering at the Patchogue ShopRite on Tuesday to push for widening Sunrise Highway, starting right in Patchogue and extending about 10 miles east. The proposal aims to add a third lane in each direction to ease growing congestion, and Patchogue is the launch point for what could be a major regional traffic and safety overhaul.
   

• New York Contractor Charged with $160K Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud (insurancejournal.com) — A Patchogue-based contractor, Joseph Arthurs of VGN Enterprise Corp., has been charged with allegedly underpaying more than $160,000 in workers' compensation insurance premiums by misrepresenting payroll, staff size, and asbestos-related work risks. Suffolk County prosecutors say the company actually handled larger, more hazardous asbestos abatement projects with a much higher payroll; Arthurs was arraigned September 9, with his next court date set for September 21.
   

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