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

Coming up on the calendar:

• Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery!
• VFW monthly meeting

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 34 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 30, low: 24.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 33 and low of 25 degrees.

📸 Around Oyster Bay

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oyster Bay

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 5

• Exciting 2026 virtual and in-person programs with Hospital for Special Surgery!
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday January 14

• VFW monthly meeting
  20 Queens St , Syosset
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• Full Body Strength - Live and Virtual
  Studia A & B , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainvew
  10:00 am

Friday January 2

• Boot Camp - Live and Virtual
  Studia A & B , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainvew
  6:10 am
• Baby Blessings Donation Drop Off
  Mid-Island Y JCC , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainview
  8:00 am
• Dancercise Exercise Classes- In person
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library , 999 Old Country Rd. , Plainview
  9:15 am
• HIIT Mix - Live and Virtual
  Studia A & B , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainvew
  9:30 am
• Little Learners
  Planting Fields Arboretum Oyster Bay, NY 11771
  10:00 am
• First Fridays: Living Legacies, An Exclusive Curator-Led Tour with Marie Penny
  Inside the Main House Oyster Bay, NY 11771
  10:00 am
• Aqua Chi Gong
  Mid-Island Y JCC , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainview
  10:00 am
• Silver Sneakers - Live and Virtual
  Studia A & B , 45 Manetto Hill Road , Plainvew
  10:30 am
• The Whaling Museum presents Find the Yeti
  The Whaling Museum , 301 Main Street , Cold Spring Harbor
  11:00 am
• The Whaling Museum presents Warm Up on Frosty Fridays!
  The Whaling Museum & Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor , 301 Main Street , Cold Spring Harbor
  11:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Oyster Bay PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• Long Island Swim School — (516) 378-8467
  Learn the Skills, Love the Sport, Swim for Life!

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Jericho

• The 20 most affordable cities in New York to buy a house (mediabistro.com)
• Forks Up: New Long Island Restaurants Diners Savored In 2025 (dailyvoice.com)
• Best Rinks to Go Roller Skating on Long Island (newyorkfamily.com)

Syosset

• Newsday's Top 50 boys ice hockey players for 2025-26 (newsday.com)

Levittown

Ok Oyster Bay! 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 just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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