🌱 Port Jefferson Daily: Middle School Drama Production

Happy Thursday, Port Jefferson! These are the most important things going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Fog with rain and drizzle. High: 42, low: 34.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Port Jefferson:

1. Port Jefferson Middle School's drama club will present a stage production on Feb. 4-5. “Honk! Jr.” shows messages of tolerance and acceptance and is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic, “The Ugly Duckling.” Tickets are a suggested donation of $5 per person or $20 per family. (Port Jefferson School District)
2. Port Jefferson Public Library invites children from age 8-12 years to create a Valentine Perler Bead on Monday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. Come to have lots of fun while creating a special Valentine’s gift for a friend or loved one! (PJPL)
3. Nearby News: A Stony Brook graduate nurse practitioner opened a clinic in Amityville to help the community to narrow the gap of racial disparities in health care. Dr. Tia Knight-Forbes is a longtime resident of Amityville. "She says with her ethnic background, if patients don’t trust you then they are not going to listen to anything you’re saying," according to News12. (News12)
4. The Reboli Center for Art & History in Stony Brook is displaying the stunning botanical and glass jewelry created by Michael Michaud Design. The jewelry creation process is very unique, "The glass is melted into a mold and then cooled and cleaned reproducing the shapes and colors to be placed into the metal bezels." (smithtownmatters.com)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• TAKE & MAKE: Chocolate Meltdown Cookies (Comsewogue). (9:30 a.m.)
• Clay Play — Port Jefferson Free Library. (11 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Port Jefferson, NY: "Coming up this weekend! The 3rd Annual Ice Festival in the Village of Port Jefferson, where families can find cool things to do all across town! Save this handy schedule of events, bundle up and parking is free." (Facebook)
• Port Jefferson Free Library: "Happy Chinese New Year! 2022 is the Year of the Tiger so we are sharing this great video from Chinese-American Author/Illustrator Grace Lin!" (Facebook)
• Greater Port Jeff-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council: "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."(Facebook)
• Port Jefferson Free Library: "Happy February! We are celebrating Love a Book month and have so many fun Valentine DIY Kits for you! Stop by Reference and pick up this cute sign kit while supplies last!" (Facebook)

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— Debora Whitehead