🌱 Tornados, Storm Damage + Special Olympics Polar Plunge

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Shirley was one of the worst-hit areas on Long Island during Saturday's storms. Find out what happened at the damaged Chipotle. Brookhaven residents are going to jump into the cold Long Island Sound for a good cause.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 50 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories today in Shirley-Mastic:

1. Patch checks out the damage from Saturday's sudden wind storm. Part of a Chipotle store in Shirley was destroyed and trees were down across Suffolk County after tornado warnings. (Patch)
2. News 12 reports from Brookhaven's Calabro Airport Saturday afternoon where planes were overturned in the storm. No injuries were reported. (News 12)
3. This Saturday, November 20, the Town of Brookhaven and Special Olympics New York will hold the 12th Annual “Polar Plunge: Freezin’ for a Reason” at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai. Proceeds go to Special Olympics New York athletes on Long Island. (tbrnewsmedia.com)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Little Creators Art Studio, in person, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Library, 10 a.m.

Shirley-Mastic Patch Notebook

• Two William Paca Middle School eighth-grade students – Arianna Caserma and Jackson Seifert – were selected to perform in the NYSCAME/SCMEA Middle School All-County Jazz Concert at East Islip High School. (Patch)
• The Mastic Park Civic Association will resume monthly meetings at the Mastic Fire House on Mastic Rd., beginning the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in January. (Patch)

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