🌱 Why are detectives seeking more information about this ex-BOCES aide?

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In today's newsletter:

• Why are detectives seeking more information about this ex-BOCES aide?

Also on today's calendar: 🎄 White Christmas – Live at The Gateway Playhouse 🎶.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 32 and low of 28 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 43, low: 30.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Selden Man Arrested 3rd Time, This Time For Snapping Pictures Under Shorts Of Woman, 25, At ShopRite: Police (patch.com) — A former Eastern Suffolk BOCES aide who once worked at Brookhaven Learning Center in Bellport has been arrested again, this time accused of secretly photographing a woman at a Selden ShopRite. Prosecutors say he was recently indicted in a separate unlawful surveillance case involving a 13-year-old, and detectives are asking anyone with information or possible victimization to contact them.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bellport

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Holiday Spectacular On Ice
  Gateway Playhouse, 215 S Country Rd, Bellport
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• 🎄 White Christmas – Live at The Gateway Playhouse 🎶
  Gateway's Haunted Playhouse , Ticket Sales Building , 215 S Country Rd , Bellport
  2:00 pm

Friday December 26

• SMART Recovery
  South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Defensive Driving Class
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar , 1 Independence Hill , Farmingville
  9:00 am
• Senior Flex
  Bayport-Blue Point Public Library , 186 Middle Rd , Blue Point
  10:15 am
• Senior Fit Chair Workout
  Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library , 407 William Floyd Pkwy , Shirley
  1:00 pm
• Snowman Tea Light Craft
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar
  1:00 pm
• SO-Grade 6 Winter Concert
  Saxton Middle School Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• ORE-Grades 7/8 Winter Concert
  High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• MS Gr. 7/8 Winter Concert in HS Auditorium 7:30 PM
  HS Auditorium Bayport, NY 11705
• William Floyd was born 291 years ago today, December 17, 1734.
  William Floyd Learning Center Shirley, NY 11967
• Makerspace Drop-In Hours
  Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library , 407 William Floyd Pkwy , Shirley
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I've lived in my neighborhood for over 22 years and today was THE WORST display of snow removal.
  All our neighborhood has NO blacktop visible. SMH (Nextdoor North Bellport)

• Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Bellport. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Bellport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Patchogue

• Yaphank Historic Houses Tour Back On For This Weekend After Cancelation For Bad Weather (patch.com)
• Around 200 Crashes Logged In Across Suffolk On Sunday: Police (patch.com)
• State of Emergency Declared In Patchogue Village (patch.com)

Yaphank

• Suffolk Police Monitoring, Stepping Up Patrols After Mass Shooting In Australia On Hanukkah (patch.com)
• 4 to 7 inches will blanket Long Island and it's not melting anytime soon (greaterlongisland.com)
• Ultimate Winter Bucket List: 34 Best Things To Do with Kids on Long Island (mommypoppins.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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