Oct 1: The Month of Pumpkins Begins

Start your Monday with this daily guide, where you will find five pieces of information you should know today, like events happening in town or topics being covered on the site. Have an event or topic that should appear in this column? Add it to the calendar or send us a news tip.

Pumpkin Sale: Monday marks the first day of October, and we all know what's coming on the last day of the month. The Community United Methodist Church will get you started. They'll be holding their annual pumpkin patch sale at 10:30 a.m.

PTA: The Fairfield PTA holds an Executive Meeting at 9:45 a.m.

Girls Volleyball: Massapequa travels to East Meadow for a 7 p.m. match.

Golf: The Chiefs bring their clubs on the road for a match against Levittown at 3:45 p.m.

Monsters: We're not trying to imply that Halloween is coming, but the Central Avenue Library will be hosting a "Marvelous Monsters" craft for kids 5 to 12 at 7 p.m.