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Greetings West Islip! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Lindenhurst hit-and-run led back to West Islip hospital

Also on today's calendar: After the Rain: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Benefit Event for Chasing the Rainbows 🌈 and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 66 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 74, low: 54.
  • Friday: Brilliant sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man killed crossing Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst hit-and-run, driver arrested (greaterlongisland.com) — A man struck in a pre-dawn hit-and-run on Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead. Police later arrested a Brentwood man, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously for a possible reward.
   

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Other local events
    Wednesday October 7
  • PTA Coucil Meeting
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    7:00 pm
  • WIHS Senior Homecoming Dance
    West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday October 8
  • MGV | Pumpkin Patch
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
  • Oquenock PTA Desserts with Dad Day #2
    West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
    8:00 am
  • Oquenock PTA Book Fair Day #2
    West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
    8:00 am
  • BEL | Class Rep Tea
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    5:30 pm
  • PP | PTA Meeting
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    6:00 pm
  • WED | PTA Class Parent Meet & Greet
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    6:00 pm
  • BEL | PTA Meeting
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    6:00 pm
  • WED | PTA Meeting
    North Babylon UFSD North Babylon, NY 11703
    7:00 pm
  • Board of Education Meeting
    West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795
    7:30 pm
    • Friday October 9
  • MS Early Winter Sport Signups - FinalForms
    West Islip UFSD West Islip, NY 11795

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🗞 Nearby News

Babylon

  • Suffolk supervisors seek changes to state property tax cap as costs rise (riverheadlocal.com)

North Babylon

  • New York Cookie Chain Suddenly Closes All Stores (newsbreak.com)

Bay Shore

  • Bay Shore Woman Admits To Fatally Stabbing Ex-Boyfriend: DA (patch.com)
  • CBS Fall Lineup Arrives With Vampires, Tech Lawyers, and NCIS In the Big Apple (awardsradar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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