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• How high did West Islip Senior High place in new rankings?

Also on today's calendar: The Ready Bride and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Fog in the morning and humid, with a high of 84 and low of 71 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with brief showers, temps: high: 79, low: 68.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Ranking Of Long Island's Top 15 Public High Schools Released By U.S. News (patch.com) — West Islip residents can celebrate: West Islip Senior High School ranks 28th in New York and 3,013th nationally in U.S. News & World Report's latest list of top public high schools. The roundup highlights 15 leading Long Island schools and explains the data-driven criteria behind the rankings.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Islip

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 21
• The Ready Bride →
  BACCA Arts Center, 149 N Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Chris Ruggiero in Concert with The American Bombshells in East Islip →
  Bayway Arts Center, 265 E Main St, East Islip
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Regular Business Meeting
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  7:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Fall Sports Begin
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
• 1st Practice HS Fall Sports
  West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
• HS | Class of 2026 Senior Portraits
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
• HS | Freshman Orientation
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  9:00 am
• HS | Safe Driving Course
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  12:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• HS |Class of 2026 Senior Portraits
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  9:00 am
• HS | Freshman Orientation
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19
• BEL | Belmont Principal Meet & Greet (K-2)
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  9:00 am
• Navigating Graduate School: The Hidden Curriculum
  Stony Brook University Online via Zoom
  10:00 am
• Art Expression @ The Long Island Museum | An In the Moment program
  Long Island Museum Stony Brook, NY 11794
  10:00 am
• BEL | Belmont Principal Meet & Greet (3-5)
  North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

North Babylon

• Massive Street Takeover Bust In Medford Sees 15 Rounded Up, 7 Vehicles Seized: Police (patch.com)
• A Long Island life: LIA Acting President and CEO Stacey Sikes (longislandpress.com)
• 8 New York Warehouse Stores Where Bargain Hunters Can Stretch $50 Surprisingly Far (takingthekids.com)

Bay Shore

• How Suffolk County is fighting the rising tick population and ways to protect yourself (abc7ny.com)
• The Pizzeria of Babylon Village reopening month-long closure (greaterlongisland.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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