🌱 Nesconset Day Street Fair 2026 and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• The Shark Is Broken at Smithtown Performing Arts Center
• Nesconset Day Street Fair 2026

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 66.
• Saturday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 75 and low of 69 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Village of the Branch

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• The Shark Is Broken →
  Smithtown Performing Arts Center, 2 E Main St, Smithtown
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 30
• Nesconset Day Street Fair 2026 →
  127 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• ARROW New Student Walk Through
  Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
  9:00 am
• Research Survival Skills for Postdocs (RCR)
  Stony Brook University Frank Melville Jr. Library,Faculty Commons
  10:00 am
• SET New Student Walk Through
  Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
  11:00 am
• MINNE New Student Walk Through
  Three Village Csd Stony Brook, NY 11790
  12:00 pm
• LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests
  Stony Brook University Online
  2:00 pm
• Revitalizing Mishoon Culture on Long Island with Chenae Bullock
  The Long Island Museum 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
  3:00 pm
• Honoring the Past, Building the Future Gala Dinner →
  Hallockville Museum Farm Giorgio's Baiting Hollow, 100 Fox Hill Dr, Baiting Hollow, NY, 11933
  6:00 pm
• Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment →
  Studio Theatre of Long Island, 141 S Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
  7:30 pm
Friday August 21
• 🍻 FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR + LIVE MUSIC →
  Flanagan's Pub, 451 Hawkins Ave, Ronkonkoma
  5:00 pm
• Join us at Yankee Stadium! Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees
  Stony Brook University 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794
  7:05 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Smithtown

• U.S. News ranks Suffolk County's 20 best high schools (greaterlongisland.com)
• Catholic Scouting has new name, same adventurous mission (catholicnewsherald.com)
• Greg Sill's Legacy Brews Support for Smithtown Students (southshorepress.com)

Hauppauge

• Bodybar Pilates opening second Long Island location in Hauppauge (newsday.com)

Brentwood

• Free Backpacks, School Supplies To Be Given Away In Brentwood (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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