🌱 4 Dogs At Paws & Pals + Mike Simonelli For Suffolk Legislature

Hello, people of Smithtown! Diane Witek here with your brand-new edition of the Smithtown Daily.

First, today's weather:

Showers and a heavier thunderstorm. High: 74, low: 52.

Here are the top stories in Smithtown today:

1. Paws & Pals: Dogs up for adoption at Little Shelter on Oct. 15. In this week's Paws & Pals, Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center presented four dogs looking for their 'furever' homes. (News 12 Long Island)
2. Robert J. Murphy, Superintendent of Highways, Town of Smithtown. Murphy, 58, of St. James, is also running on the Conservative Party line. He did not respond to requests for an interview. (Newsday)
3. Candidate profile: Mike Simonelli for Suffolk Legislature. Conservative challenger Mike Simonelli is running in the 13th Legislative District against Republican incumbent Robert Trotta and Democratic challenger Kevin Mulholland. (Smithtown Patch)
4. NY Bagel Company in Islandia launches campaign to help provide food for people in need. It's a quintessential New York bagel shop. It has just about everything, including a wall filled with brown paper bags as far as the eye can see. "Now we have a lot of bags, I started putting them on the front window cause we have so many," NY Bagel Company co-owner Judy Murphy said. Simple, yet powerful."$5 towards anything in the store for anyone in need," Judy said. (WABC-TV)

Today in Smithtown:

• PSAT - Ryan — Smithtown High School-West. (6:30 a.m.)
• PSAT @ HSE & HSW — Smithtown CSD. (7:30 a.m.)
• The Great Giveback — Patchwork Mural (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (10 a.m.)
• The Great Give Back — Community Clean Up (Smithtown Library). (10 a.m.)
• Autumn Fair. (10 a.m.)

Smithtown Patch Notebook

• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Sneak peek alert! Leah Kelly stars as Elsa in Disney’s 'Frozen Jr.' here at SPAC opening Nov. 20, SmithtownPAC.org #smithtownpac #spac #longisland #longislandtheatre #elsa #frozen #frozenjr #disney #disneymusical #letitgo." (Facebook)
• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Twelfth Night returns to The Smithtown Historical Society TOMORROW night at 8 p.m.! smithtownpac.org, Arya Sementelli #spac #carriagehouseplayers #twelfthnight #shakespeare #longisland #longislandtheatre #outdoorperformance." (Facebook)
• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "By donating today to Smithtown Performing Arts Counsel Inc., you can ensure this historic building is a permanent fixture in beautiful downtown Smithtown. #donatetoday #smithtownpac." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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