🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Author Event At MMSCL + Family Literacy

Morning, people of Shirley-Mastic! It's me again, Debora Whitehead, your host of the Shirley-Mastic Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 63, low: 45.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Shirley-Mastic:

1. MMS Community Library features an author event with Shirley resident Donna Tischner. Come hear author Tischner discuss her romance novels on March 19 at 1 p.m. Copies will be available for purchase and signing, register at http://communitylibrary.org. (MMSCL)
2. Are you looking for skate classes in Shirley? Local business, GR8SKATES can help you! All are welcome to join the classes scheduled every Saturday from 10:30 -11:30 a.m. Tutoring is $20 per class and $5 for the skate rental. The GR8SKATES is located at 30 The Green, Shirley. (GR8SKATES)
3. Patchogue St. Patrick’s 2 Mile Run/Walk is set for this Sunday. March 20 is the big day for the community to celebrate the fun holiday in the Village. The race starts at 11:45 a.m., rain or shine. (Patchogue CofC)
4. Nearby News: A woman was struck by a SUV while crossing North Bicycle Path in Coram. The crash happened on Tuesday, March 14, around 7:30 p.m. The woman is identified as Merlin Martinez. After the accident, she was transported to Stony Brook Hospital where she was pronounced dead. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Family Literacy — MMS Community Library. (9 a.m.)
• The Only Requirement — MMS Community Library. (12:15 p.m.)
• Illustrators Workshop — MMS Community Library. (4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "For the second year in a row, residents have voted a Suffolk County eatery as the best upscale restaurant on Long Island, according to a new report. Tellers An American Chophouse in Islip was voted the 2022 best upscale restaurant by Long Islanders, according to an announcement from Bethpage Best of Long Island." (Daily Voice)
• "Centereach first graders are doing their part to help Ukraine. The students are running a coin collection, which has become a schoolwide initiative leading to hundreds of dollars raised. The class at Our Savior New American School started the coin collection and their teachers said they expected to collect a "few" dollars. Their little collection turned into a school-wide collection, and students started to empty their piggy banks and donate their funds. Other students donated their snack money." (News 12 Bronx)
• Suffolk County publishes coronavirus case update for March 14. (Press Release Desk)

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— Debora Whitehead

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