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🌱 Patch AM: Smithtown 19-Year-Old Killed In Head-On Crash Upstate: State Police

And check out 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize on the Smithtown Patch calendar

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Hey hey Smithtown! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Smithtown teen remembered after fatal upstate head-on crash
  • Smithtown community remembers devoted volunteer Dolores Marie L'HommeDieu
  • Meet the Smithtown teen who earned Suffolk's top youth honor

Also on today's calendar: 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 81, low: 70.
  • Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Smithtown 19-Year-Old Killed In Head-On Crash Upstate: State Police (patch.com) — Smithtown residents are mourning 19-year-old Peter B. Bonenfant, who died after a head-on collision on Route 28 in Ulster County, where state police say his car crossed into oncoming traffic. Loved ones describe the Smithtown teen as warm-hearted and passionate about cars, and a GoFundMe has already raised thousands to help his family with funeral and memorial expenses while the investigation continues.
   

• Dolores Marie L'HommeDieu, 90 (riverheadlocal.com) — Longtime Smithtown resident and volunteer leader Dolores Marie L'HommeDieu, 90, is remembered for decades of service through the Society for Lending Comforts to the Sick and other local causes. Raised in Smithtown Branch and married at Smithtown Presbyterian Church, she spent much of her life helping township families before later years in Calverton and Florida.
   

• Four Suffolk Students Earn Distinguished Awards (southshorepress.com) — A Smithtown High School West student, Logan Singleton, earned a prestigious gold-level Distinguished Youth Award for completing all four categories of the county program. Three Hauppauge students were also honored, and Legislator Leslie Kennedy highlighted how these teens from Smithtown and nearby communities are stepping up as future leaders through service and personal growth.
   

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