🌱 Apartment Fire + New Steakhouse + Where To Find Pasteles

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Sachem Daily.

Pasteles can be hard to find during the holiday season. Find out where to get the Puerto Rican treats. And a new steakhouse is coming to a downtown nearby.

First, today's weather:

A.M. rain; windy and cooler. High: 48 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Sachem:

1. Patch has details on a fire in Patchogue that killed one woman. A fire broke out that damaged three apartments at a complex at 75 Rider Ave. Her identity has not been disclosed. (Patch)
2. Patch checks out a new restaurant coming to Patchogue Village. Chops will open this winter as a high-end steakhouse where Flo's was on Main Street. (Patch)
3. Authentic pasteles for the holiday season can be found being made in a nondescript strip mall in Medford. Island Empanadas makes the hard-to-find Puerto Rican staple. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Sachem:

• Christmas Festival & Sale, United Methodist Church, Lake Grove, 9 a.m.

Sachem Patch Notebook

• The Sachem school board recognized the following students for their volunteerism and academic achievements: Sachem High School East junior Adriana Ancilleri, who completed her Girl Scout Gold Award project, adding the "Healthy Hearts for Happy Kids" trail to the Town of Brookhaven's Holtsville Wildlife and Ecology Center fitness track. And Michaela Barresi, Anastasia Glenis, Alexis Ly, Andrea Reina and Adam Todd from Sachem High School East and Dilip Reddy Kusuma, Joseph Schiano and Taryn Wilcken from Sachem High School North were named commended students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. (Patch)

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— Jackie

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