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Village of the Branch, New York Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Village of the Branch! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- HSW - Safe Halloween at Smithtown High School West
- PAL Junior Islanders NCDC Veteran's Day Game at The Rinx
Today's riddle: Why was the skeleton lonely? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 58, low: 42.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 46 degrees.
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Upcoming Events in
Village of the Branch
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HSW - Safe Halloween
Smithtown High School West
4:00 pm -
PAL Junior Islanders NCDC Veteran's Day Game →
The Rinx, 660 Terry Rd, Hauppauge
1:15 pm
Thursday October 29
Wednesday November 11
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Walk at Sunken Meadow State Park →
Sunken Meadow State Park, 1 Sunken Meadow State Parkway, Kings Park
2:45 pm -
SEL - Trunk or Treat (Rain Date)
Smithtown Elementary School
5:00 pm -
Trunk or Treat
Kings Park Csd Kings Park, NY 11754
5:30 pm -
Teaming w/ BxB Pros @ The Experience! →
The Experience, 180 Commerce Drive, Hauppauge
6:00 pm -
Open Mic Mondays! →
Parsnip Lake House, 432 Smithtown Blvd, Lake Ronkonkoma
7:00 pm -
Open Mic Mondays →
Parsnip Lake House, 432 Smithtown Blvd, Lake Ronkonkoma
7:00 pm -
Section XI Division Championships →
Kings Park NY -
Board of Education Meeting @ 7:30pm
Helen B Duffield Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 -
Late Registration Dead- line for Nov 7 SAT
Sachem Csd Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 -
Hauppauge Workshop: Demystifying the Civil Service Merit System →
725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge
10:00 am
Monday October 26
Tuesday October 27
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🗞 Nearby News
Smithtown
- Bill Kiley's first novel, ‘Commissioner Machiavelli,' is an engaging police thriller (tbrnewsmedia.com)
- Suffolk high school football roundup for Week 7 (newsday.com)
- Suffolk Legislature accepts $500,000 state waterfront grant for Bavarian Shores remediation on Lake Ronkonkoma (newsbreak.com)
Hauppauge
- Long Island couple, in lawsuit, alleges Queens real estate saleswoman inadvertently texted them racially discriminatory note when showing apartment (newsday.com)
Stony Brook
- New York Deploys $360 Million for Stony Brook and Regional Hubs Supported by $1.37B in Federal Foundry Commitments (quantumcomputingreport.com)
- Gallery: Walk of Hope 2026 (sbstatesman.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the skeleton lonely?" — He had no body to play with. (Thank you Margie S. for sending it in!)
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