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Cheers Hauppauge! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Hauppauge sharpshooter made Newsday’s Top 100 players list?
  • What does Suffolk’s $390 million note sale mean for your taxes?
  • How often are Hauppauge hotels showing up in trafficking investigations?

Also on today's calendar: Weaving for Beginners and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 36 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Saturday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 39, low: 26.
  • Sunday: Colder with snow, 1-3", with a high of 32 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Newsday's Top 100 girls basketball players for 2025-26 season (newsday.com) — One of Long Island’s top returning girls basketball sharpshooters hails from Hauppauge, where senior guard Alexa Fortune is highlighted for her three-point shooting and 17.2-point scoring average. She’s featured among Newsday’s Top 100 players list, which spotlights standout talent from schools across Suffolk and Nassau counties as the 2025-26 season tips off.
   

2. Suffolk County Secures Competitive Financing in Sale of $390 Million Tax Notes (messengerpapers.com) — Suffolk County officials in Hauppauge have locked in competitive short‑term financing, selling $390 million in tax anticipation notes at a 2.53% net interest cost. For Hauppauge residents, this signals improving investor confidence in the county’s finances and potentially lower borrowing costs as leaders work to stabilize long‑standing budget issues ahead of next year’s property tax collections.
   

3. Long Island hotels, motels cited in sex trafficking, prostitution charges (newsday.com) — Hauppauge hotels, including properties on Motor Parkway and a Holiday Inn Express, are among dozens of Long Island sites identified in a sweeping investigation into sex trafficking and prostitution in local motels. The piece details how traffickers use budget and brand-name hotels across Suffolk and Nassau, the growing involvement of minors, and the legal and enforcement push to hold both traffickers and hotel operators accountable.
   

4. ‘Commonsense': GOP Senate Conference Unveils PROTECT Act (messengerpapers.com) — State Republican lawmakers gathered at Hauppauge’s H. Lee Dennison Building to promote the PROTECT Act, a proposal to give judges more power to detain defendants deemed dangerous despite current bail limits. They argue the bill would address repeat violent offenders and cite several high-profile cases, while urging residents to pressure Albany and the governor to act in the upcoming legislative session.
   

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Other local events
    Tuesday December 16
  • HSW - Winter Concert II
    Smithtown High School-West , 100 Central Road , Smithtown
    7:00 pm
    • Wednesday December 17
  • Weaving for Beginners
    Hauppauge Public Library , 1373 Veterans Memorial Hwy Ste. 1 , Hauppauge
    6:30 pm
  • 6th Grade Winter Concert
    Hauppauge UFSD Hauppauge, NY 11788
    7:00 pm
    • 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

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Young Hauppauge Dancer in "The Nutcracker" with New York City Ballet Stars —Ohman School of Ballet Read on Patch
  • Town of Islip: Help stop BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) in our Community —GP Read on Patch
  • Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Islandia. Apply here.
  • Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Islandia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hauppauge here.

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