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• How a Smithtown West alum’s mentor won a national DOE honor

Also on today's calendar: 34TH Long Island Guitar Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Which rock group has four members who can't sing or play instruments ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 43 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 64, low: 48.
• Wednesday: Cooler; a shower in the p.m., with a high of 58 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• BNL's Mike Jensen receives inaugural DOE mentorship award (tbrnewsmedia.com) — A Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist has earned the Department of Energy’s first Distinguished Mentor Award, and one of his earliest mentees started with him at Smithtown West High School. The story highlights how his guidance launched local students toward advanced STEM careers, emphasizing patience, curiosity, and hands-on research experiences that can shape future scientists and even inform coastal planning decisions.    

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📸 Around Smithtown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Smithtown

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 29

• 34TH Long Island Guitar Festival
  Setauket Presbyterian Church, 5 Caroline Ave, Setauket- East Setauket
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday April 28

• CHS Spring Concert I
  Commack High School Commack, NY 11725
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• NR Art/Science/Innovation Expo
  Commack High School Commack, NY 11725
  6:00 pm
• CMS Select Concert/District Art Show
  Commack Middle School Commack, NY 11725
  7:00 pm
• GMS - NJHS Induction Ceremony
  Great Hollow Middle School Nesconset, NY 11767
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Hello Spring Fest
  St Thomas-Canterbury Episcopal , 90 Edgewater Ave , Smithtown
  11:00 am
• Drum Circle of Joy and Unity
  St Thomas-Canterbury Episcopal , 90 Edgewater Ave , Smithtown
  2:30 pm
• Annual Provider Conference and Job Fair Offering free CTLEs and CEUs
  Aura Ballroom , 215 Sunnyside Blvd , Plainview
  8:30 pm

Monday May 4

• BIS/MSIS Gr. 5 Spring Concert/Art Show
  Burr Intermediate School Commack, NY 11725
  6:30 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Town Board Meeting
  Smithtown, NY Calendar , 99 W. Main Street Victor T. Liss Board Room - 2nd Floor , Smithtown
  2:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Christ Lutheran Church's Blood Drive for NYBC
  Christ Lutheran Church - East Northport, NY , 189 Burr Rd , East Northport
  8:30 am
• Nesconset Spring Fling, Music Fest and Food Truck Rodeo
  127 Smithtown Blvd , Nesconset
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (03442) - 863 W Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hauppauge

• Uzakewicz Breaks Own Record, Privateers Win Regular Season Finale (maritimeathletics.com)

Stony Brook

• Ronkonkoma contractor to build new Ronald McDonald House in Stony Brook – The Long Island Times (litimes.org)
• Andrea Goldsmith installed as Stony Brook's seventh president after week of inauguration events (tbrnewsmedia.com)
• Breast cancer tumor vaccine being studied at Stony Brook Medicine (newsday.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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