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🌱 Patch AM: Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Baldwin High School and 11 more events

And on the Merrick Patch calendar - Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery!

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Coming up on the calendar:

  • Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery!
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Baldwin High School at Roosevelt UFSD
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Oceanside High School at Roosevelt UFSD

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Windy; flurries this morning, with a high of 35 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 31, low: 26.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 34 and low of 25 degrees.

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Other local events
    Monday January 5
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Baldwin High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 2407 Grand Ave , Baldwin
    5:00 pm
  • Tuesday January 6
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Oceanside High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 2407 Grand Ave , Baldwin
    5:00 pm
  • Boys Varsity Wrestling Match at Glen Cove High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 150 Dosoris Ln , Glen Cove
    5:30 pm
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Track Meet
    Roosevelt UFSD , 275 Wolf Hill Rd , HUNTINGTN STA
    6:30 pm
  • Wednesday January 7
  • Boys Varsity Wrestling Match at Bellmore John F Kennedy High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 3000 Bellmore Ave , Bellmore
    7:00 pm
  • Friday January 9
  • Boys Varsity Wrestling Match vs Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 1 Wagner Ave , Roosevelt
    5:00 pm
  • Girls Varsity Wrestling Match vs. Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 1 Wagner Ave , Roosevelt
    5:00 pm
  • Saturday January 10
  • Boys Varsity Wrestling Match at Island Trees High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 59 Straight Ln , Levittown
    9:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday January 2
  • Winter Drop-In Craft
    East Rockaway Public Library , 477 Atlantic Avenue , East Rockaway
    10:00 am
  • Sunday January 4
  • Aquatic Center
    Nassau County, NY Calendar
  • Monday January 5
  • DAHS Varsity Kickline
    Lee Road School Wantagh, NY 11793
    4:00 pm
  • Boys & Girls Varsity Bowling Match vs. Baldwin High School
    Roosevelt UFSD , 2407 Grand Ave , Baldwin
    5:00 pm

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