🌱Port Jefferson Daily: Board Discusses Vandalism + New History Class

Hey, everybody! It's me, Debora Whitehead, your host of the Daily. Let's get this Friday started with a quick dive into the most important things happening around town...

First, today's weather:

Heatwave with High:94, low: 74.

Here are the top 4 stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. The newly renovated bathroom at the Rocketship Park in Port Jefferson has been vandalized four days after its opening. A meeting was held on July 5 at the Village Hall, and residents expressed concerns about the rising incidents of vandalism in the Village. (TBR News Media)
2. Port Jefferson High School welcomes the creation of a new class, "NPR," which will teach the history of sports. The new program was designed by Suffolk SHF President Chris Vaccaro and his brother, Bryan Vaccaro, a social studies teacher and sports coach at Port Jefferson High School. (Port Jefferson Patch)
3. Lauren Pazienza, 26, of Port Jefferson, refused an offer to spend 15 years in prison and decided to plead not guilty to the attack of Barbara Gustern, 87, in Manhattan. Panzienza is accused of pushing Gusterns to the floor, causing severe injuries to her head and causing her death five days after the attack. (News12)
4. Port Jefferson will host a "Teen Origami" class on Saturday, July 23. For those who want to take a break from the heat and have fun indoors learning Japanese art, the program starts at noon. (PJFL)

Today in Port Jefferson:

• Story Time Yoga — Port Jefferson Free Library. (10 a.m.)
• Fourth Fridays Book Club — Port Jefferson Free Library. (11:30 a.m.)
• Teen DIY Pop Figurines — Port Jefferson Free Library. (Noon)
• Yoga Time — Port Jefferson Free Library. (Noon)

From my notebook:

• Greater Port Jeff-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council: "Where words fail, music speaks." (Greater Port Jeff-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council via Facebook)
• Port Jefferson Rotary Club: "Imagine a better world. Rotary makes it happen." (Port Jefferson Rotary Club via Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Belle Terre: "My son has four (4) cats that were abandoned when his tenant was evicted and is looking for a home for them. There isn’t a shelter that has space for them. Interested?" (Nextdoor)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Debora Whitehead

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