🌱 Patchogue Daily: Bake With Grace Opening + St. Patrick’s Run

Happy Friday, Patchogue! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Patchogue today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 61, low: 45.

Here are the top 5 stories in Patchogue today:

1. Bake with Grace comes to Patchogue Village! Owned by 21-year-old Grace Reilly, the cookie and pie business started during the COVID-19 pandemic and quickly become a local sensation. (Greater Long Island)
2. Patchogue St. Patrick’s 2 Mile Run/Walk is set for this Sunday. March 20 is the big day for the community to celebrate the fun holiday in the Village. The race starts at 11:45 a.m. rain or shine. (Patchogue CofC)
3. Debbie Gibson will play at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts as part of her "The Body Remembers" Tour. On June 20 Gibson will be on the stage to perform her classics that are part of famous Broadway musicals such as "Les Miserables" and "Grease." To purchase tickets, click here. (Patch)
4. The Patchogue Young Professionals' third annual Shark Tank competition was a success. Inspired by the popular show “Shark Tank,” Patchogue-Medford High School students created and shared their entrepreneurial ideas for a chance to win prizes. (Greater Long Island)
5. Nearby News: A woman was struck by a SUV while crossing North Bicycle Path in Coram. The crash happened on Tuesday, March 14, around 7:30 p.m. The woman is identified as Merlin Martinez. After the accident, she was transported to Stony Brook Hospital where she was pronounced dead. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Patchogue:

• Bingo With Barbara at PMPL. (10 a.m.)
• SAX — School Musical — Patchogue-Medford UFSD. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "For the second year in a row, residents have voted a Suffolk County eatery as the best upscale restaurant on Long Island, according to a new report. Tellers An American Chophouse in Islip was voted the 2022 best upscale restaurant by Long Islanders, according to an announcement from Bethpage Best of Long Island." (Daily Voice)
• "Centereach first graders are doing their part to help Ukraine. The students are running a coin collection, which has become a schoolwide initiative leading to hundreds of dollars raised. The class at Our Savior New American School started the coin collection and their teachers said they expected to collect a "few" dollars. Their little collection turned into a school-wide collection, and students started to empty their piggy banks and donate their funds. Other students donated their snack money." (News 12 Bronx)
• Suffolk County publishes coronavirus case update for March 14. (Press Release Desk)

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— Debora Whitehead

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