🌱 Port Jefferson Daily: Science Team To Compete Upstate + Fest-Of-Ale

Get on up, Port Jefferson! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on today in Port Jefferson.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 54 Low: 45.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Port Jefferson:

1. Port Jefferson Middle School Science Olympiad team will participate in a state competition. The team won third place at the Suffolk County Regional Division Science Olympiad held at Candlewood Middle School in Dix Hills and now is set to compete on April 8 and 9, in the state competition at East Syracuse Minoa Central High School in Syracuse. (TBR News Media)
2. Staller Center welcomes the Queen's Cartoonists on April 9 at 7 p.m. The event is a recital where projected cartoons classics will be paired with creative and adapted music. It's a fun event for the whole family! Tickets are $52 to $60. To order, call 632-2787 or visit www.stallercenter.com. (TBR News Media)
3. Police Blotter: A security camera captured a man stealing an S650 Bobcat loader worth $60,000 from the yard of Asphalt Supply located on Comsewogue Road in Port Jefferson Station. The crime occurred on March 23 and police continue to search for the suspect. (tbrnewsmedia)
4. Nearby News: Mourners gathered in Huntington Station Sunday to honor Capt. Michael Lyons who died last week from 9/11 related cancer. (News12)
5. Port Jefferson Brewing features Spring Music Fest-Of-Ale. The festival will rock three days of beer, music, and art! The event is set for April 29 until May 1 and is open for humans and friendly dogs of all ages. (Facebook)

Today in Port Jefferson:

• No Homework Tuesday — Comsewogue School District. (All Day)
• Belle Visits the Library (Comsewogue). (5:30 a.m.)
• ONLINE Breathe Together (Comsewogue). (10 a.m.)
• AARP Income Tax Assistance (Comsewogue). (10 a.m.)
• General Membership Meeting — Port Jefferson Rotary Club. (12:15 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Kids of age 3-5 are welcome to join Miss Kim at the Port Jefferson Free Library on April 6 at 11 a.m. to learn all about pigs and make a craft! (PJFL)
• Port Jefferson Panning of Board Meeting is scheduled for April 7 at 6 p.m. at the Village Hall located at 121 W Broadway, Port Jefferson. (Port Jefferson Village Center)
• "Two Suffolk County Community College Computer Science students, Haley Olson and Joseph Hanrahan, recently took top honors and a cash prize at the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) at Stony Brook University’s Sixth Annual Hackathon." (tbrnewsmedia)

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