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Greetings Plainview! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Plainview hotel became the site of a huge bust.

Also on today's calendar: First Annual Hardscrabble Theater One-Act Play Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Warmer, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 70, low: 63.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Florida men had over 300 kilograms of cocaine at Plainview hotel, DA says (longislandpress.com) — A massive cocaine bust at the Holiday Inn on Sunnyside Boulevard in Plainview has led to upgraded trafficking charges against two Florida men, following the seizure of more than 300 kilograms of suspected narcotics. Nassau County prosecutors say the January operation involved local narcotics detectives and now carries potential sentences of 25 years to life, with the suspects due back in court November 13.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • The 409-Acre New York Park Designed By The Same Family Behind Central Park (takingthekids.com)
  • Top 5 stories in Long Island Press this week: LI schools failing lockdown drill compliance, a Wantagh mother's journey with cancer, and more (longislandpress.com)
  • Bellmore JFK pulls away late to beat Valley Stream Central (newsday.com)

Bethpage

  • Keegan Bradley accused of verbally attacking official during Ryder Cup (tennisworldusa.org)

Syosset

  • Nassau high school football roundup from Week 5 (newsday.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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