🌱 Patch AM: How will Suffolk’s new hotel rules change stays near Hauppauge?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Suffolk’s new hotel rules change stays near Hauppauge?
• Which Hauppauge ceremony honored Suffolk’s standout senior-services volunteer?
• How will Hauppauge’s new battery project reshape Long Island’s power mix?

Also on today's calendar: Krampus & Cocktails and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 48 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 56, low: 28.
• Saturday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 38 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Suffolk Law Targets Human Trafficking At Hotels, Motels: Officials (patch.com) — Suffolk County lawmakers meeting in Hauppauge have unanimously passed a bill tightening regulations on hotels and motels to combat human trafficking, and the county executive plans to sign it. The new law will expand guest record-keeping, ban very short hourly rentals, and require anti-trafficking training for hotel operators and key employees, aiming to deter traffickers and aid law enforcement.
   

• South Huntington Woman Named Suffolk Legislator's 2025 Volunteer Of The Year (patch.com) — A South Huntington nonprofit consultant was honored at the William H. Rogers Legislature Building in Hauppauge as Suffolk Legislator Tom Donnelly’s 2025 Non-Profit Volunteer of the Year. Her work supporting senior-focused nonprofits, especially RSVP Suffolk, earned recognition during a county ceremony celebrating volunteers who strengthen services for older residents across Suffolk.
   

• LIPA rethinks energy strategy amid uncertainty over renewables (newsday.com) — LIPA has contracted a new grid-scale battery project in Hauppauge as part of a broader, more cautious rethink of Long Island’s energy future. Facing federal rollbacks on green incentives and rising costs, officials are delaying offshore wind timelines, reconsidering fossil-fuel plant retirements, and weighing more batteries, peaker plants, and even new gas infrastructure while activists push for expanded solar instead.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hauppauge

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Jennifer O’Brien State Farm Desk O’ Treat & Pumpkin Patch
  Jennifer O'Brien - State Farm Insurance Agent, 550 Smithtown Bypass Flr 2 Ste 114, Smithtown
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• HSW - Winter Concert III
  Smithtown High School-West , 100 Central Road , Smithtown
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• HSW Acoustic Cafe
  Smithtown West High School , 100 Central Rd , Smithtown
  6:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Jingle Bell Run
  Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
  7:15 am
• HSW - Winter Concert IV
  Smithtown High School-West , 100 Central Road , Smithtown
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• PTA Pancake Breakfast
  Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
  7:15 am
• Paint Nite: Merry Grinchmas
  The Experience , 180 Commerce Dr , Hauppauge
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Wednesday Open House Recruitment/Walk-In Interview
  ACLD SK , 300-310 Oser Ave , Hauppauge
  10:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Krampus & Cocktails
  Katies of Smithtown , 145 W Main St , Smithtown
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Dave & Buster's EARLY NYE Celebrations
  Dave & Buster's Islandia , 1856 Veterans Memorial Hwy , Islandia
  4:00 pm
• Dave & Buster's Late Night NYE Celebration
  Dave & Buster's Islandia , 1856 Veterans Memorial Hwy , Islandia
  9:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• SCS Gr. 5 Band/Orch./Gr. 4/5 Choir Winter Concert
  South Country Elementary
  10:00 am
• Wintergreen Scavenger Hunt: Tiny Tots (Ages 3-5), $4 per child upon arrival
  WQ29+4G Charles & Helen Reichert Administration Building , Kings Park
  10:30 am
• Snowman Wood Craft
  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County , 423 N Griffing Ave # 100 , Riverhead
  12:30 pm
• Vascular Disease Screenings - Centereach Location
  Stony Brook Vascular Center , 23 South Howell Ave, Suite H , Centereach
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Central Islip

• Central Islip Man High On Meth, Alcohol Sentenced After Wrong-Way Sunrise Highway Crash: DA (patch.com)
• Brentwood and Central Islip charter school applications sent back for review (newsday.com)
• ICE Agents Reportedly Spotted Again In Westhampton, Hampton Bays (patch.com)

Smithtown

• Smithtown launches Home for the Holidays campaign to help long-term shelter pets (tbrnewsmedia.com)

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