🌱 Patchogue Daily: Photo Gallery: Alive After Five + Clay Play At PML

Good morning, hello. It's me, Debora Whitehead, your host of the Patchogue Daily — here to explain all the most important things happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and more humid. High: 79, low: 71.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Patchogue:

1. Photo Gallery: Patchogue had its second-day Alive After Five on Thursday. A crowd gathered to enjoy live music, food, and a diversity of entertainment on Main Street. Click here to see some scenes of the event. (Greater Patchogue)
2. Bring the kiddos to the Patchogue-Medford Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 2, to create a "Clay Fish Aquarium." The program is for kids grades K-6 and starts at 5 p.m. (PMPL)
3. The Village of Patchogue held a public hearing to propose a new downtown waste system and dumping plan. A hired professional consultant will do the garbage collection. The decision to hire a private company to collect the waste was made after a rat problem caused by food being thrown at the village's dumpsters behind Main Street. (Long Island Advance)

Today in Patchogue:

• Kidnastics at PMPL. (10:30 a.m.)
• Summer Lunches at PMPL. (11:15 a.m.)
• Nick the Balloonatic at PMPL. (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Patchogue-Medford Library: "Wow! It was all flexibility and fun with New York Times best-selling author Susan Verde this month when she visited us to read her book "I Am Yoga" and taught us the yoga poses to accompany the story!" (Patchogue-Medford Library via Instagram)
• GreaterPatchogue: "A little piece of regional news from our sister news site GreaterSayville.com." (GreaterPatchogue via Facebook)
• Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts: "Our Directors Jodi & Michele with Eddiebcomedy at Eddie B. Teachers Only Comedy Tour!" (Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts via Facebook)
• Holy Angels Regional School - Patchogue: "Alex added Maine to our list! We are up to 12 states! Keep those vacation photos coming!" (Holy Angels Regional School - Patchogue via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update!

— Debora Whitehead

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