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🌱 Patch AM: See which powerful Long Island moments made LI Life’s 2025 shortlist

Make time for Elvis Birthday Bash with Lamar Peters and Gene DiNapoli on the Islip Patch calendar

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Morning Islip! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See which powerful Long Island moments made LI Life’s 2025 shortlist

Also on today's calendar: Elvis Birthday Bash with Lamar Peters and Gene DiNapoli .

Find out what's happening in Islipfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Islipfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 40 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Monday: Windy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 52, low: 32.
  • Tuesday: Windy; rather cloudy, colder, with a high of 34 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Our favorite LI Life photos of the year (newsday.com) — Long Island’s LI Life section is highlighting some of its most memorable 2025 photo stories, from local artists and homesteaders to disability advocates and nonbinary couples. Islip gets a nod through welding instructor Taylor Terhaar, who teaches at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Islip Career Center in Oakdale and says she genuinely loves going to work every day.
   

📸 Around Islip

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Other local events
    Monday December 29
  • Kiddie Count Down
    LIMM Main Building
    10:00 am
    • Wednesday December 31
  • Museum Closed
    Long Island Maritime Museum , 88 West Ave , West Sayville

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Touro College & University System posted a job opening for Student Wellness Coordinator - School of Health Sciences in Central Islip. Apply here.
  • The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Bay Shore. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Islip here.

🗞 Nearby News

Central Islip

  • Lindenhurst man charged in CVS killing motivated by debt (greaterlongisland.com)
  • DWI Driver Critically Injures Man In Head-On Crash On Express Drive On Long Island: Police (dailyvoice.com)

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Ok Islip! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I haven’t the foggiest.
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