🌱 Awareness Month + School Steam Challenge + Kiefer's Case

Hello, neighbors! Debora Whitehead here with your brand-new edition of the Port Jefferson Daily.

First, today's weather:

Heavy rain; becoming windier. High: 64, low: 55.

Here are the top stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. 6 Ways To Volunteer During Breast Cancer Awareness Month: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."- Helen Keller. Looking for ways to volunteer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and help those facing breast cancer and their loved ones? There are simple but very wonderful ways to make the path easier for the ones on that hope road. Click on the link and see some ways you can help. (News12)
2. Port Jeff School District: Steam Challenge Accepted! Edna Louise Spear Elementary School students continue to develop the foundations of scientific inquiry and engineering design principles. They recently participated in a STEM design challenge to create the longest paper chain with just one piece of paper. The school congratulates Alexis Amtmann and Brandon Hildreth in Mrs. Anne Marie Spina’s fourth-grade class for creating the longest chain at 209 inches! (Port Jeff School District)
3. LI Woman Fatally Stabbed Was ‘Loving And Caring’: A 27-year-old Long Island woman who was fatally stabbed was remembered on Sunday by colleagues as a loving, caring, and valuable person on the team at Tailgaters Bar in Holbrook, according to a Facebook post. "We are sad-hearted to say Meghan Kiefer passed away," the post read. "She will always be loved, and a part of our hearts, and be one of the team." Once the bar's management learns her funeral arrangements, they will share them, according to the post. (Port Jefferson Patch)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• ClubHouse Kids- Comsewogue Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Nature Buddies Love Spiders - Port Jefferson Free Library. (11 a.m.)
• Nickelodeon All-Star - Port Jefferson Free Library. (6:30 p.m.)
• Pajama Story Time - Port Jefferson Free Library. (7 p.m)
• BOE Work Session- Port Jefferson School District. (7 p.m.)
• ONLINE Travel Tuesday: Video Vacations (Comsewogue). (7 p.m.)

Port Jefferson Patch Notebook

• Energized Downtown, Patchogue attracts singles, young families, downsizers: "A revitalized downtown that was recognized in 2019 by the American Planning Association as one of America's four "Great Neighborhoods" and a housing stock in the $400,000 to $600,000 range have attracted singles, families and downsizers to the Village of Patchogue." (Newsday)
• Trunk or Treat: "Cornerstone Bible Church of Port Jefferson Station. Trunk or Treat-Sunday Oct.31 from 12-2p.m., Cornerstone Bible Church Port Jefferson Station in the parking lot in front of Church. Join us for an afternoon of fun!" (Facebook)
• Port Jefferson Library: “The Yeoman” Our newsletter outlines two months of programs. Print copies are mailed out to residents and are also available in the Library. An audio version is available and a Text to Speech software is available for use in the Library. The file can be used with home text to speech software as well." (Port Jeff Library)

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— Debora Whitehead

About me: Debora Whitehead is a dedicated wife and homeschooling mom from Coram, NY. She has a Bachelor Degree in Education and loves to teach and write. Her passion for the community reflects on her volunteering work at the 'Mariposa Ministry", a non-profit 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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