🌱 Volleyball Team Supports Coach With Cancer + NYE On Main St.

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

Sachem East volleyball players supported their coach through breast cancer. And 'Midnight on Main Street' returns to Patchogue this New Year's Eve.

First, today's weather:

Some sun, then clouds. High: 47 Low: 38.

Here are the top stories today in Sachem:

1. Patch has a story about Sachem East High School girls varsity players who went the extra mile for their coach, Amanda Schmohl, while she fought breast cancer. The team organized a walk for Islip Breast Cancer Coalition. (Patch)
2. USA Today shared the top 10 Best Readers' Choice picks for best small airports. Long Island MacArthur was in the top 10 based on excelling in their commercial flight offerings, easy access, and air traveler amenities. (Metropolitan Airport News)
3. Greater Port Jeff shares that five talented young musicians will compete for $5,000 in grand prize money in the third annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition at Stony Brook University's Staller Center Recital Hall and will be streamed live at The Violin Channel. (Greater Long Island)
4. Patch shares that Paws of War, a Nesconset-based organization, is seeking money to help relocate a military working dog back home to the U.S. Duke has been given a medical retirement clearance in his old age and the organization wants to bring him home for the holidays. (Patch)
5. Patchogue’s New Year’s Eve festivities once again will be in-person. The Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce’s 'Midnight on Main Street' returns for its sixth annual year. (Greater Patchogue)

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Today in Sachem:

• 5th Grade Band, 7:55 to 8:45 a.m., Cayuga School.

From my notebook:

• Check out photos from Saturday's Connetquot River Boat Parade in Oakdale. (Greater Patchogue)

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Events:

• Restore America New York (December 1)
• NY Project Hope — New York State's COVID-19 Crisis Counseling (December 4)
• Free Car Seat Safety Inspection, Safe Child ID Cards and Learn Hands Only Child/Infant CPR (December 4)
• Santa Photo Experience (December 4)
• Big Apple Circus is NOW OPEN in New York City! (December 12)
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— Jackie

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