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🌱 How a Rocky Point ceremony launched this couple’s remarkable love story

Also check out Brett Dennen in Concert on the Rocky Point Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Rocky Point ceremony launched this couple's remarkable love story

Also on today's calendar: Brett Dennen in Concert.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 65.
  • Thursday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This Holbrook special needs couple is a 'match made in heaven' (longislandpress.com) — A Holbrook couple with developmental disabilities marked their marriage with an intimate civil ceremony before a Justice of the Peace in Rocky Point, followed by a larger religious celebration in Ronkonkoma. Their relationship, now 14 years strong, is featured in a new children's book that highlights how local organizations and family support helped them build an independent life together on Long Island.
   

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  • Board of Education Mtg., 7:30 HS Library
    Mount Sinai School District Mount Sinai, NY 11766
    • Wednesday September 23
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    290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station
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Middle Island

  • Man Seriously Hurt In 1-Vehicle Crash In Middle Island: Police (patch.com)

Mount Sinai

  • IN BRIEF Election items, 'Witt v. Air Force,' Mount Sinai's anti-trans move, Switzerland's government, Freddie Mercury mural, WNBA, Janet Jackson, 'Tip Toe' (windycitytimes.com)
  • Cancer Is Now The Leading Health Threat For 9/11 Survivors 25 Years On (clinicaladvisor.com)
  • Environmental Conditions Linked to Health Outcomes for WTC Responders (ophthalmologyadvisor.com)

Brookhaven

  • Mosquito Sample taken From Fire Island Pines Tests Positive For West Nile Virus (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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