🌱 Larceny At CVS + Marky Ramone Show + Soup Tasting Contest

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here are the most important things happening today in Patchogue.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 46, low: 35.

Here are the top stories today in Patchogue:

1. Santa made his way back to the Patchogue River for its annual Holiday Boat Parade.
   The event, run by the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce and the Patchogue Riverfront Committee, returned this weekend for the 27th annual parade. The parade had been cancelled in year’s prior due to the pandemic. This year’s theme was “A Christmas Movie,” allowing visitors to see some of their favorite holiday movies transformed into lighted boat parade floats. (Greater Long Island)
2. Bellport gets into the holiday spirit with a soup-tasting contest at the four corners of the village on South Country and Station roads on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 27, from 12- 2 p.m. Entries for the annual wreath contest will be displayed throughout the village starting Dec. 4. That evening, Santa will lead a holiday parade leaving the firehouse at 5:30 p.m., followed by a tree lighting at 6 p.m. (Newsday)
3. The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) announced six new shows for 2022.
   The first new show is Marky Ramone "My Life as a Ramone" on Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. Marky Ramone is best known for the 15 years he spent drumming for the legendary Ramones. In this spoken word event, the last surviving Ramone tells the story "My Life as a Ramone," presented in conjunction with The Bowery Presents. Tickets can be purchased at PatchogueTheatre.org. (Patchogue Patch)
4. The Suffolk County Police Department seeks help in identifying and locating four suspects wanted for grand larceny at a pharmacy in Patchogue. Two men and two women stole medicine from CVS, at 470 W. Main St., at about 8:10 p.m. on Oct. 11, according to the department's Fifth Squad and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers. The stolen medicine is worth approximately $1,800.
   Police have released two photos of the female suspects. (Patchogue Patch)

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Today in Patchogue:

• LIEOC ESOL. (10 a.m.)
• Thanksgiving Eve at The Oar. (5:30 p.m.)
• Ernie & the Band. (9 p.m.)

Patchogue Patch Notebook

• One of four passengers in a Dodge Charger died after the vehicle's driver, now charged with drunken driving, crashed into another car and flipped over on the southbound Robert Moses Causeway Sunday evening, State Police said in a statement. (Newsday)
• Selden draws young families looking for starter-homes. One of the most frequently cited attributes of Selden is that it’s a convenient place to live if you have to work anywhere east or west on Long Island, said Sophia McPhillips, director of the Middle Country Public Library, one of the largest libraries in Suffolk. (Newsday)
• Paws of War, a local veteran's organization on Long Island, has begun a new program that helps veterans and first responders get advanced service training for their own dogs. (WPIX 11 New York)

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— Debora Whitehead

About me: Debora Whitehead is a dedicated wife and homeschooling mom from Coram, NY. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Education and loves to teach and write. Her passion for the community reflects on her volunteering work at the 'Mariposa Ministry," a nonprofit family assistance program. One of her strongest believes is Jesus Christ and when she is not parenting, teaching or reading, she is writing. One of her favorites quotes is: " The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."- Eleanor Roosevelt.

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