🌱 National Mammography Day + Meet Oreo, Neo, & Misty

Morning, people of Smithtown! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the Smithtown Daily.

First, today's weather:

Warm with sun and clouds. High: 72, low: 50.

Here are the top stories in Smithtown today:

1. Today is National Mammography Day. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The third Friday of the month is dedicated to remind women to get a mammogram. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says early detection is the best defense in beating breast cancer. (News 12 Long Island)
2. Smithtown Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Oreo, Neo, & Misty. The siblings are one-and-a-half-year-olds who lost their home when their owner had to move. Are you interested in adopting one (or all)? (Smithtown Patch)
3. 3 people assaulted Smithtown gas clerk: Police. The gas station employee was hit over the head with a gas nozzle and shoved, police say. Two men and a woman are wanted for the assault that took place in April. Police ask anyone with information to reach Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and leave an anonymous tip via phone call at 1-800-220-TIPS, using a mobile app which can be downloaded through the App Store or Google Play by searching P3 Tips, or online at www.P3Tips.com. (Smithtown Patch)

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Today in Smithtown:

• STEM Career Day - Smithtown Csd. (12 a.m.)
• Take and Make-Wine Cork Pumpkins (Smithtown Library). (9:30 a.m.)
• Halloween Silhouette Art (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (11 p.m.)
• Coyotes on Long Island (Smithtown Library- Smithtown Building). (7 p.m.)

Smithtown Patch Notebook

• Smithtown Department of Public Safety: "Reminder: Densification Inc. has started dynamic soil compaction on part of the site of the old Smithtown Concrete (CarMax). This process involves continuously dropping a 16 ton weight onto the ground from a crane. While you may feel ground vibrations in the area around the site, it is not dangerous and the noise level generated is not expected to be any louder than the work that is taking place there now. This process is expected to take 3 weeks. Please share this information with your friends and neighbors that may not follow us on Facebook." (Facebook)
• Sweetbriar Nature Center: "Love at first sight! Today we received a new patient, transferred all the way from NYC. The #wildbirdfund is the only rehab center in Manhattan and we help each other out when ever possible. They had a tiny goldfinch fledgling that needed a friend to be released with and luckily we had a single goldfinch that needed a partner too!" (Facebook)
• Smithtown Historical Society: "Today's feature for our Adopt-An-Animal spotlight is Rebel! Rebel is a Golden Laced Wyandotte who can lay up to 200 eggs annually. She can often be seen leading her chicken girl gang into mischief." (Facebook)

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Events:

• 5th Anniversary Celebration at The Shoppes. (Oct. 23)
• Fall Harvest Car Show & Swap Meet in Saint James. (Oct. 24)
• Mercy Haven's 36th Anniversary Gala. (Oct. 29)
• Smithtown Board Meeting, Patrick R. Vecchio Town Hall. (Nov. 2)
• America's Vet Dogs Freedom Run & Dog Walk Series. (Nov. 1-4)
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Announcements:

• Behind The Scoreboard – Lady Racing Drivers Need Financial Boost. (Details)
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You're officially in the loop for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update. If you're enjoying these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors along for the ride. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— 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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