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Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Syosset teacher named as Art Educator of the Year (longislandpress.com) — A Berry Hill Elementary art teacher in the Syosset Central School District has been named the 2025 Region 9 Art Educator of the Year, highlighting excellence in local classrooms. With two decades of teaching experience and regional leadership, she's being recognized for strengthening art education across Nassau County while representing Syosset on the statewide stage.
2. Music student earns scholarship to arts academy (jericho-news-journal.com) — A Syosset UFSD guitarist has earned a coveted Joel Foundation Scholarship to attend Nassau BOCES' Long Island High School for the Arts Summer Arts Academy. As one of just 14 recipients, he completed a four-week instrumental program and may continue at LIHSA, showcasing how Syosset students are accessing top-tier music training close to home.
3. Newsday's top 100 Long Island boys soccer players for 2026 (newsday.com) — Syosset soccer fans can cheer senior forward Xavier Navarro, who scored 11 goals and seven assists last season to help Syosset reach the Nassau AAA final, as he's named among Newsday's top 100 Long Island boys players. The extensive list previews standout athletes across the Island as the 2026 high school season kicks off.
4. Huntington Station spa employee accused of forcibly touching a woman during a massage (news12.com) — A Syosset man working at a Huntington Station spa has been charged with forcible touching after a customer reported being inappropriately touched during a December 2025 massage. Police say the woman came forward after the employee later contacted her on Facebook, and investigators are now asking anyone else who believes they were victimized to call the Suffolk County Second Squad.
5. Amazon $1B, 140-acre Holbrook warehouse opposed by some residents, who are getting organized (newsday.com) — Long Island residents are mobilizing against a proposed $1 billion, 4.2‑million‑square‑foot Amazon warehouse in Holbrook that would dwarf the existing Syosset delivery station by 21 times. Organizers are scrutinizing traffic and environmental impacts, planning petitions, and preparing to pressure Islip Town officials as Amazon revises its application and pledges to work with the community.
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