🌱 Food Insecurity + Cashless Bail Law Repeal + Trustees Meetings

Up and at 'em, Port Jefferson! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

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First, today's weather:

Breezy. High: 65, low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. Resurrection House, located in Wyandanch, provides emergency shelter, a food pantry and other services to families, and is gearing up to help people in need this holiday season. Though the need for donated food is not quite as high as it was during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, food bank executives say food insecurity still remains a big problem on Long Island.(Newsday)
2. The Board of Trustees board meetings, scheduled for Monday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 20, at 3:30 p.m., have been canceled. The rescheduled Board of Trustees meeting for the month of December will take place on Monday, Dec. 13, at 3:30 p.m. and will have a public portion. (Press Release Desk)
3. Under the direction of the Port Jefferson School District orchestra teacher Dr. Vanessa Salzman, a musical tribute took place in front of Earl L. Vandermeulen High School on the outdoor cafeteria patio. To honor veterans, the students performed patriotic songs, while members of the district's Varsity Club placed American flags around the Armed Forces Tribute rock. The impromptu event was another opportunity for Port Jefferson student-musicians to publicly showcase their talents. (Press Release Desk)
4. Suffolk County Republican lawmakers joined together last week calling on Democratic leaders in Albany to repeal the state’s Cashless Bail Law. They argue that it has led to an uptick in violent crime. (TBRNews)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• Clinton Picture Make-Up Day — Comsewogue School District. (All Day)
• Mother Goose on the Loose — Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• SEPTA Meeting — Comsewogue School District. (7 p.m.)

Port Jefferson Patch Notebook

• Pet owners are trying to put rabbits, guinea pigs, cats and dogs up for adoption at Smithtown’s animal shelter at an alarming rate, the town's shelter director said. Leigh Wixson
  said her team started to observe a "huge uptick in calls to surrender" animals, including calls from nonresidents, last summer. (Newsday)
• Village of Port Jefferson dug into their archives to find these beautiful old pictures from Long Island. (Greater Long Island)
• Stony Brook Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. (STB Hospital)

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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 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.

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