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  • Inside the Plainview workshop turning Ground Zero steel into healing art

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 66.
  • Wednesday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Retired FDNY chief crafts to-scale Twin Towers for fellow 9/11 heroes (nypost.com) — A retired FDNY battalion chief now spends his days in his Plainview workshop crafting detailed Twin Towers models that incorporate steel from Ground Zero. He's made dozens of these tributes to gift to fellow 9/11 responders and families, turning a Plainview garage into a space for remembrance, woodworking, and healing conversations about that difficult day.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Long Island's summer extends into fall as businesses keep bustling beyond Labor Day (newsday.com)
  • Oyster Bay Railroad Museum's Rail Fest 2026 (longisland.com)

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  • 10 best things we ate on Long Island last month (newsday.com)
  • McManus Leads Big Red to Team Title With Course Record at Adelphi (cornellbigred.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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