🌱 Patch AM: What safety worries are residents raising about Hauppauge’s proposed BESS facility?

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• What safety worries are residents raising about Hauppauge’s proposed BESS facility?

Also on today's calendar: Dave & Buster's EARLY NYE Celebrations and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Afternoon snow, 1-2"; colder, with a high of 29 and low of 25 degrees.
• Saturday: A little morning snow, temps: high: 32, low: 22.
• Sunday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 37 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Final town meeting of the year (suffolkcountynews.net) — A recent Islip Town Board meeting included public comments on a proposed battery energy storage (BESS) facility planned for 220 Rabro Drive in Hauppauge, with a resident raising safety concerns about contaminants, fires, and explosions. The meeting also honored Connetquot’s championship volleyball team, marked councilman James O’Connor’s final session before becoming a family court judge, and featured holiday well-wishes and a push to support small local businesses.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hauppauge

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• 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

Saturday December 27

• The Revolvers @ FOLEYS
  FOLEYS Smithtown , 550 Smithtown Bypass , Smithtown
  8:30 pm

Sunday December 28

• 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

Wednesday December 31

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

Friday December 26

• Gingerbread University in Naugles Barn
  Hallockville Museum Farm , 6038 Sound Avenue , Riverhead
  10:30 am
• Little Bookworms: Ages 2-4
  Central Islip Public Library , 33 Hawthorne Ave , Central Islip
  10:45 am
• Holiday Train Display
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar
  11:00 am
• Winter Crafts: Families with Children from 3 Years - 5th Grade (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  11:00 am
• Game Time (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  12:00 pm
• Interactive Frozen Movie Spectacular
  Elwood Public Library District , 1929 Jericho Turnpike , Commack
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bath Planet - BCI Acrylic, Inc. posted a job opening for Internal Bookkeeper in Hauppauge. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Central Islip

• 'Home Alone' vibes as Medford kid evades burglar (greaterlongisland.com)
• Shinnecock Nation sues state officials over Sunrise Highway easement (nbcnewyork.com)

Smithtown

• Someone in New York Recreated the ‘Christmas Vacation' House's Insane Light Show (vice.com)
• Times … and dates: December 25 to January 1, 2026 (tbrnewsmedia.com)
• Local Italian Grocer Spreads Holiday Cheer, Decorations Brighten Aisles (patch.com)

Huntington

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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