🌱 Patch AM: How easily can you reach Port Jefferson’s harbor without a car?

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In today's newsletter:

• How easily can you reach Port Jefferson's harbor without a car?

Also on today's calendar: Breathe Together (ONLINE) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 67.
• Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 10 New York Beach Towns Where The Train Station Is Less Than A Mile From The Water (takingthekids.com) — Port Jefferson gets a spotlight here as a walkable harbor village where the LIRR station sits about a mile from Main Street and the ferry terminal. The piece explains how to reach the waterfront, parks, shops, and ferry by foot or bus, while comparing Port Jefferson with nine other New York train-to-water beach and harbor towns.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Port Jefferson

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Thursday August 20
• Planning Board Meeting →
  Port Jefferson Village, NY Calendar, 121 West Broadway, Port Jefferson
  6:00 pm
• Harborside Concert Series - Simply Stapleton →
  Port Jefferson Village, NY Calendar
  7:00 pm
Friday August 21
• East Beach Rocks →
  Port Jefferson Village, NY Calendar, East Beach, Port Jefferson
  5:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• 14th Annual Sikaflex "Quick & Dirty" Boat Building Competition
  Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Jeanne Garant Harborfront Park, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY, 11777, United States
• 15th LISEC Sikaflex Bayles Boat Shop "Quick & Dirty" - Boat build →
  Port Jefferson Village, NY Calendar, 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson
  10:00 am
Tuesday August 25
• Breathe Together (ONLINE) →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  10:00 am
Wednesday August 26
• SNAP Assistance at Comsewogue Public Library →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  11:30 am
• Community Blood Drive at Comsewogue Public Library →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  1:00 pm
• Game Night at Comsewogue Public Library →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  6:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• Coffee & Coloring at Comsewogue Public Library →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  9:00 am
Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound
  12:01 am
Wednesday September 9
• Support for Veterans at Comsewogue Public Library →
  Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
  10:00 am

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• Ace Canvas & Tent Corp. — (631) 981-9705
• Heritage Chemists Pharmacy & Boutique — (631) 509-4545
• The North Shore Injury Lawyer — (631) 495-9435

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Associate in Port Jefferson. Apply here.
• PJ Lobster House posted a job opening for Restaurant Morning Cleaning Staff / Opening Team in Port Jefferson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Port Jefferson here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port Jefferson Station

• Times … and dates: Aug. 20 to Aug. 27 (tbrnewsmedia.com)
• Mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus (trihamletnews.com)

Mount Sinai

• Can Deep Brain Stimulation Finally Deliver for Depression? (medscape.com)
• Mount Sinai scientists reveal how the brain represents leader and follower roles and build an AI that reads the hidden goals behind teamwork (eurekalert.org)
• Mount Sinai Limits New Patients on Public Plan (newsmax.com)

Miller Place

• Carolina Hurricanes' Goalie And Stanley Cup Winner, Brandon Bussi, Brings Cup Home To Long Island (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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