🌱 Real Estate + Rehabilitation Road Project + Lottery Winners

Happy Wednesday, people of Port Jefferson! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 44, low: 37.

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Here are the top stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. Horse lovers may not have to leave Long Island to find what they’re looking for in a home. This roughly 1-acre property in Miller Place has plenty of amenities for your steed. 95 Hunter
   Ave. is being sold for $599,000. This price is "pretty average" for an acre, says licensed real estate agent Kerrin Dullea. There are two areas in the backyard designated for horses. There’s a circular pen meant for training and exercise, and the four-stall barn overlooks that site, with a hay shed inside. (Newsday)
2. Katharine Fallon, Life Enrichment program manager at Jefferson’s Ferry Life Plan Community in South Setauket, was recently recognized for her work by the New York Chapter of LeadingAge. She was awarded its prestigious Employee of Distinction Award for Long Island. (Long Island Business News)
3. Two Long Islanders both won $5 million in the New York Lottery last week. Freeport's Jose Almazan got lucky with a ticket purchased in Freeport. Louis DeMayo from Port Jefferson Station also won $5 million two days earlier. (Port Jefferson Patch)
4. Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the completion of a $32.7 million project that rehabilitated a 1.7-mile stretch of State Route 112 in Suffolk County, enhancing safety and mobility along a key roadway for Long Island motorists. The project made a host of upgrades between Granny Road and the Long Island Expressway interchange in the Town of Brookhaven, making it better able to accommodate the region's growing population and bustling commercial destinations - including the nearby Country Fair Entertainment and Event Park. (LongIsland.com)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• Terryville Daytime Parent-Teacher Conferences. (8 a.m.)
• Boyle Daytime Parent-Teacher Conferences. (8 a.m.)
• Everyday Matinees- Comsewogue Public Library. (2 p.m.)
• Teen Among Us - Mods Edition - Port Jefferson Free Library. (2 p.m.)

Port Jefferson Patch Notebook

• Paws of War, a local veterans organization on Long Island, has begun a new program that helps veterans and first responders get advanced service training for their own dogs. (WPIX 11 New York)
• Two Long Islanders both won $5 million in the New York Lottery last week. (Patch)
• Selden draws young families looking for starter-homes. One of the most frequently cited attributes of Selden is that it’s a convenient place to live if you have to work anywhere east or west on Long Island, says Sophia McPhillips, director of the Middle Country Public Library, one of the largest libraries in Suffolk. (Newsday)

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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 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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