🌱 Patchogue Daily: Alive After Five 2022 + Soccer Field Project

Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started right. Here's everything you need to know today in Patchogue.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 46, low: 44.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Patchogue:

1. Village of Patchogue announced the return of the “Alive After Five” Festival for the summer of 2022. Time and dates are not set yet but, officials confirmed the return of the popular festival to Main Street this year with live music, food and craft beer. (News 12)
2. The Village of Patchogue Community Development Agency had its annual public hearing meeting on Thursday, Feb. 3. Trustee Lizbeth Carrillo gave suggestions about building a soccer field somewhere in the Village based on some residents' requests. The board considered the idea, suggesting the project to be built behind the Parks and Recreation Building at 380 Bay Ave. (LI Advance)
3. Get freezing for a reason with the Patchogue Plunge 2022. The plunge will happen on Super Bowl Sunday and will benefit the Gabby Petito Foundation. The plunge will be at the Sandpit Marina at 10 a.m. A raffle will be available at the site. (Plunge2022)
4. The Bellport wrestling team is the great winner of the League IV tournament. The championship took place in Hauppauge and three champions from Bellport crowed. The victory makes the Bellport team a fourth consecutive year winner. (LI Advance)
5. Nearby News: A prison guard trainee from Coram was arrested after pretending to be a cop and pulling women over in Nesconset and Ronkonkoma. David Olivari was charged with criminal impersonation, larceny, unlawful imprisonment, and unauthorized use of a computer. The women he stopped said he took their phones and demanded they show him nude photos of themselves. (Newsday/Subscription Required)

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Today in Patchogue:

• MED — Valentine Dance — Patchogue-Medford UFSD. (5 p.m.)
• ESCYPAA VIII Valentine’s Day Open Mic at VFW. (1 p.m.)
• Carl Palmer ELP Legacy Tour at Patchogue Theater. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "Suffolk County police have arrested a Brentwood man on drug and weapons charges after police said he sold the highly addictive opioid fentanyl in Islandia earlier this week. Leury Rodriguez, 27, of Wilcox Lane, 'conducted a drug deal' in the hamlet on Monday and was found in possession of more than a quarter kilogram of fentanyl, Suffolk County police said in a news release Wednesday." (Newsday/Subscription Required)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Upper East Patchogue: "If anyone is looking for this sweet cat, he/she (I don’t know their pronouns) has been hanging around my house for the last week or so. Very sweet and friendly but making my indoor cats nuts and setting off my Ring bells." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Lower East Patchogue: "Spinal cord implant allows paraplegics to walk again, scientists say." (Nextdoor)

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— Debora Whitehead