🌱 Patchogue Daily: New Years Ball Drop Celebrations

Up and at 'em, Patchogue! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know around Patchogue today.

First, today's weather:

Periods of rain. High: 49, low: 40.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Patchogue:

1. Two popular Long Island villages will host a ball-drop New Years Street Celebration. The Villages of Patchogue and Farmingdale are getting ready to give the community a special celebration to kick of 2022. Main Street in Patchogue will have DJ Charlie Lombardo to fire up beats and turn the soiree into a street dance party. Farmingdale will make sure that Fire pits will be in place to keep attendees warm. Both events will start at 7 p.m. and will have vendors. (Newsday)
2. The Greater Patchogue Historical Society Museum is located in the second floor of the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library. Formed in 1982, the GPHS Museum opened in the library in 2017. The space houses just a fraction of the historical items the GPHS has inherited over the years and displays village's photos and a special back in time showing Patchogue history. (LI Advance)
3. Police is offering a cash reward to find the woman who stole packages off a front porch in Stony Brook. Detectives released a picture of the porch pirate. Police said the woman stole boxes from a home on Stony Brook Road Sunday night around 8 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact police. (News 12 Westchester)
4. Two people were stabbed on Thursday at a residence in Deer Park. One of the victims died and the surviving victim was hospitalized with serious injuries. Police didn't confirm if any suspect is in custody and the crime is under investigation. (Newsday)

Today in Patchogue:

• Indoor Winter Market at Rise & Grind- Patchogue Main ST. (4:30 p.m.)
• 60th Long Island Artists Exhibition- Deer Park Road. (3 p.m.)
• Christmas Prix Fixe Dinner- Danford's Hotel. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Patchogue-Medford Library: "Thank you to our generous community for all your donations to our annual mitten trees. These and so many more have been donated to help provide warmth to those in need. Thank you for helping spread warmth, joy and cheer." (Instagram)
• Holy Angels Regional School - Patchogue: "Our artists enjoyed creating folding cartoon surprise Christmas present drawings!" (Facebook)
• Holy Angels Regional School - Patchogue: "Pre-K Artists had fun painting beautiful Christmas trees with tempera paint. They added texture to the tree leaves by using plastic forks. They loved decorating their Christmas tree with sparkly sequins!" (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Patchogue: "Does anyone have a spare Refrigerator? - Mine just died." (Nextdoor)

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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.