🌱 Patch AM: How a Syosset teen turned injury into a pageant opportunity

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Syosset teen turned injury into a pageant opportunity
• Why a modest Syosset home now triggers New York's Mansion Tax

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 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 70.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pivoting a Dream: Syosset High Schooler to compete in Miss Long Island Teen Pageant (longislandpress.com) — A Syosset High School junior, Kelsie Chin, is preparing to compete in the 2027 Miss Long Island Teen Pageant and is seeking sponsorships from local businesses. She's highlighting her Syosset-based volunteer work and leadership roles, including with the Syosset, Woodbury, Jericho Chamber of Commerce and student health initiatives, to cover fees and showcase her community impact.
   

• Business coalition urges state to amend Mansion Tax (libn.com) — A Syosset split-level home listed at $1.15 million is used as a real-world example in a push by Long Island business groups to change New York's Mansion Tax. They argue the $1 million threshold now hits many ordinary Nassau and Suffolk homes, and want it raised, indexed to inflation, and adjusted by region.
   

📸 Around Syosset

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Syosset

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• 44th Annual WICC Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth with $25,000 Grand Prize →
  Long Island Sound,
  12:01 am
Sunday August 30
• The Songs We Love To Sing →
  Temple Or Elohim, 18 Tobie Ln, Jericho
  3:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Harmony Hangout →
  Syosset
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• PTA Sponsored Bagel Truck
  Syosset Central School District 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791
  7:30 am
Tuesday September 1
• Senior class photo
  Syosset Central School District Syosset High School, 70 Southwoods Road, Syosset, NY 11791
  7:00 am
• The Great Give Back: Squares That Care →
  Syosset Public Library, 225 S Oyster Bay Rd, Syosset
  9:00 am
• Ready, Set, School!
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Board of Education Business Mtg 8PM
  Carle Place School District 168 Cherry Lane, Carle Place, NY 11514
Thursday September 10
• Barbara A. Davis Book Talk & Signing for "Denim Wars" →
  The Next Chapter, 204 New York Ave, Huntington
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Mercy Bowling League →
  Syosset Bowl, Syosset
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Morning Mystery Book Discussion →
  Syosset Public Library, 225 S Oyster Bay Rd, Syosset
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Automatic Data Processing, Inc. posted a job opening for ADM | HRO TotalSource | PEO | DM1 in Melville. Apply here.
• Bartlett Tree Experts posted a job opening for Arborist Climber in Farmingdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Syosset here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oyster Bay

• North Shore cable project raises underwater concerns (newsday.com)
• Monmouth Athletics Announces Hire of Rowing Head Coach TJ Scarpa (monmouthhawks.com)

Plainview

• 171,056 Shares in Kimco Realty Corporation $KIM Purchased by Quantbot Technologies LP (marketbeat.com)

Jericho

• Hicksville's Sugar Bae Dessert Cafe closes (newsday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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