🌱 Christmas Movie To Be Shot In Smithtown + Maple Syrup Classes

Hi all. I'm back with your new edition of the Smithtown Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now, including...

• Learn details of the Christmas movie to be shot in Smithtown.
• There is a maple syrup class on Hoyt Farm in Commack.
• Happenings and more!

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Here are the top four stories today in Smithtown:

1. Smithtown will be the backdrop of the movie Christmas Eve in Miller's Point. Producers Eric Berger and Tyler Taormina are both from the Smithtown area. It will be the first time they will have their native town as one of their production locations. The movie starts shooting in February. (Smithtown Matters)
2. A maple syrup/sugar class will be hosted on Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve in Commack. Classes are open for all interested in learning the ancient process passed down by Native Americans. Tickets are $5 per person. Sessions will be held on Sundays starting in February. For more info, click on the link. (Commack Patch)
3. Congratulations to Smithtown High School East senior Holy Mary Zaher for being one of the 300 students across the country elected a scholar in this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search. Her project was “The Correlation Between Peroxisome Levels and Short-Term Memory Loss in a PINK1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease." (Smithtown Patch)
   
4. Stony Brook FoodLab is offering small-scale farming programs in 2023! Classes will be at the Stony Brook Southampton campus every Tuesday starting on Jan. 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. For those who can't make it in person, classes are available via Zoom! Visit thefoodlab.org to learn more and register. (Dan’s Papers)

Today in Smithtown:

• Art Exhibit-Athena Autistic Artistic College (Smithtown Library). (9:30 a.m.)
• All Abilities Sensory Movie (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (9:30 a.m.)
• Parachute for Tots (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (10 a.m.)
• Read, Sing, and Play (Smithtown Library-Commack Building). (10:30 a.m.)
• Game Day (Smithtown Library-Commack Building). (Noon)
• Green Living and Detoxing Your Home (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Long Island Career Fair is set for Friday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. This is a free online event for job seekers! Over forty local companies will be interviewing candidates. For more information, visit the link. (Eventbrite)
• "Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor of the state of New York and the first woman and mother to hold the post, delivered her State of the State address Tuesday from Albany with a focus on making New York safer and more affordable — and reducing greenhouse emissions by shifting to electric, not natural gas, in all new buildings moving forward." (Patch)
• Have you tried Uncle Giuseppe's truffle risotto balls? How about making it yourself? Chef Giovanni Farruggio of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace shares the recipe here. (News12)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Debora Whitehead

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