🌱Happenings In Smithtown + New Alert System To Protect Officers On LI

Good morning, hello! It's me, Debora Whitehead, your host of the Smithtown Patch newsletter — here to explain all the most important things happening in town. In today's briefing, you'll read about these stories and more...

• Save the date for the Smithtown SHRED-A-THON!
• The Egg Hunt at Sweetbriar is today!
• Happenings and more!

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, warmer. High: 61, Low: 37.

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Here are the top four stories in Smithtown today:

1. Smithtown Chamber of Commerce announces the SHRED-A-THON! Bring old bills, documents and other papers you would like to dispose of correctly on April 29 at the Smithtown Office at 7 W. Main Street in Smithtown. Attendees are asked to use the parking lot on Manor Road. (Smithtown Chamber of Library)
2. There will be an Egg Hunt and Festival at Smithtown Sweetbriar today! There will be games and face painting, and kids are welcome to say "hi" to the animals living there. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door for those with the exact change. Visit here to check the info guide. (Smithtown Sweetbriar)
3. For those who want to participate in a book discussion group from the comfort of your house, the Smithtown Public Library is recruiting to its virtual group! Access the list of groups and sign up today. (Smithtown Public Library)
4. More protection for law enforcement as Long Island joins the Blue Alert System. The national network aims to arrest those who physically assault police officers. The alert is activated whenever that is a threat, and the public can call 911 to inform the issue. The alert was designed to honor the NYPD Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were murdered in Brooklyn in 2014. (LI News12)

Today in Smithtown:

• HSW - Gala Concert (Snow Date) - Smithtown High School-West. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sweetbriar Nature Center: "Being that it was just coyote appreciation day, we thought we would give you an update on Wile E. Coyote. He will be going back to the veterinarian next week for a new set of radiographs." (Sweetbriar Nature Center via Facebook)
• Smithtown Christian School: "Our elementary students and their teachers had so much fun dressing up as characters from their favorite books this week as part of our SCS Book Fair Week fun." (Smithtown Christian School via Facebook)
• Smithtown Christian School: "We were so blessed to have author Patty Labriola visit the first grade during the book fair week yesterday. She wrote the children's book "The Yawn That Went Around the World". The children loved having her! Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle." (Smithtown Christian School via Facebook)

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