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🌱 Patch AM: Brush Fire Burns Behind Morewood Park In Smithtown: FD

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Tuesday May 5th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

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  • Brush fire behind Smithtown’s Morewood Park tests local firefighters

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Today's riddle: Knock-knock! Who’s there? Irish. Irish who? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 71 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Showers, mainly later; cooler, temps: high: 62, low: 54.
  • Thursday: Windy with rain at times, with a high of 63 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brush Fire Burns Behind Morewood Park In Smithtown: FD (patch.com) — A fast-moving brush fire behind Morewood Park in Smithtown sent firefighters deep into the woods Sunday afternoon, where dry, windy conditions and steep terrain complicated their efforts. Multiple neighboring departments assisted Smithtown crews, who brought the blaze under control in just over an hour, with only one firefighter treated on scene and no other injuries reported.    


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    Tuesday May 5
  • Exercise with Vicki (Spring Session)
    Hauppauge Public Library, 1373 Veterans Memorial Hwy Ste. 1, Hauppauge
    10:00 am
  • Converting STEM PDFs to Accessible Formats
    Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
    12:00 pm
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    Commack Public Library, 18 Hauppauge Rd, Commack
    1:00 pm
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    Smithtown, NY Calendar, 99 W. Main Street Victor T. Liss Board Room - 2nd Floor, Smithtown
    2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Kings Park

  • Why chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high for Long Island schools (newsday.com)
  • Long Island boaters brace for a possible world without West Marine (greaterlongisland.com)

Hauppauge

  • 6 Takes On Today's Member Experience: Inna Sprague (creditunions.com)
  • Newsday's top 10 Long Island high school flag football team rankings (newsday.com)

Stony Brook

  • Stony Brook University Libraries hosts guest speaker to discuss book censorship (sbstatesman.com)
  • Police stepping up patrols after threat made against an elementary school in the Three Village School District (news12.com)

Ok Smithtown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Irish you a happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Thank you Eileen C. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!


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