🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Japanese (Flower) Art Of Ikebana

Morning, neighbors! Diane Witek here with your brand-new copy of the Center Moriches-Eastport Daily.

First, today's weather:

Windy with some sun. High: 57, low: 37.

Here are the top stories today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

1. Spring flowers are abundant right now. By learning the Japanese art of Ikebana you can make various floral arrangements, a bouquet, a centerpiece or a fashion a floral crown. Amber Otto, owner of Eastport General Store, hosts spring flower workshops. See Newsday's list of florist providing workshops. (Newsday)
2. To help save lives, some restaurant and bar owners are putting fentanyl testing strips in bathrooms. Fentanyl-testing strips are becoming more common in bars, restaurants and venues across the country to combat fentanyl overdose. (Patch)
3. Wegmans Food Markets is bringing its incredible customer service, restaurant foods, and one-stop shopping experience to Lake Grove. Wegmans has chosen the DSW Plaza Shopping Center in Lake Grove. Opening date has not yet been announced. (Long Island Press)

Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

• Library Playdate IN PERSON — Ages 18 months-Not Yet in Kindergarten — CMJ221 (Center Moriches). (10 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Center Moriches Drama Club: "CM drama is really out here in the woods! Eleven days to opening night, have you gotten your tickets yet?" (Instagram)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "The Suffolk Sheriff’s Boldest Hockey Team will be taking on the New York Cancer Foundation in a rematch game! Suffolk’s Boldest won the first matchup back in August of last year, and now the NY Cancer Foundation wants to even the score!" (Facebook) (Website)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "24/7 access to your favorite 📘ebooks, 📘Audiobooks, 📘Magazines, 📘Comics & more! https://bit.ly/3EwIoVo. #cmorlibrary, #libbyapp." (Facebook)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "Check out 'TRAIN TO BUSAN' (2017), a South Korean zombie film that is frightfully good, at https://bit.ly/3LjJlTD. Free with your library card! #cmorlibrary, #kanopy, #traintobusan, #koreanfilms, #filmsthatmatter." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.