🌱 Patch AM: GoFundMe Launched For Mother, Son Killed In Smithtown House Fire

What's up Smithtown! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Smithtown fundraiser honors mother and son lost in house fire
• Could these Smithtown shelter sisters be your next family members?
• How did Sayville overpower Smithtown West on its road to glory?

Also on today's calendar: Breakfast with Santa at Christ Lutheran Church in East Northport and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the alien say to the puzzle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 46 and low of 30 degrees.
• Thursday: Colder; a p.m. snow shower, temps: high: 36, low: 24.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 37 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• GoFundMe Launched For Mother, Son Killed In Smithtown House Fire (patch.com) — Smithtown residents are rallying around the family of Christine and Nicholas Lehmann, who died in a recent house fire on Fifty Acre Road South. A GoFundMe has been launched to honor them by supporting people with special needs and first responders, while investigators say the blaze appears non-criminal.
   

• Shelter Pets of the Week: Lucy and Winnie (tbrnewsmedia.com) — Two seven-month-old sister cats, Lucy and Winnie, are waiting together for adoption at the Town of Smithtown Animal & Adoption Shelter on Middle Country Road. The shelter explains their chronic herpes is manageable and encourages potential adopters to schedule a meet-and-greet. Visitor hours, appointment options, and contact details are provided so Smithtown residents can easily stop by.
   

• Sayville wins Rutgers Trophy as Suffolk's best football team (newsday.com) — Smithtown football fans will recognize Smithtown West as one of the key opponents Sayville beat on its way to being named Suffolk County’s top high school football team. Sayville capped a 12-0 season with a Long Island title and a Suffolk Division III championship, including a 34-7 win over Smithtown West.
   

📸 Around Smithtown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Smithtown

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Thursday December 11

• Sprouts & Friends: 3 Months - 5 Years [Not in Kindergarten] (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  10:00 am
• LECTURE: THE WWI CHRISTMAS TRUCE (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  2:00 pm
• Yoga for Kids: Grades K - 5 (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  5:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Island Harvest Distribution Center -Smithtown Senior Citizen Department
  Smithtown, NY Calendar , 420 Middle Country Rd , Smithtown
  6:00 am
• Dance Cardio Sculpt (In person) (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  9:00 am
• Game Time (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  11:00 am

Monday December 15

• Gift Wrapping by Teen Volunteers (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Smithtown
  6:30 pm
• GMS - Winter Concert (MacCarthy/Margolin)
  Great Hollow Middle School Nesconset, NY 11767
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Breakfast with Santa at Christ Lutheran Church in East Northport
  Christ Lutheran Church - East Northport, NY, 189 Burr Rd, East Northport, NY, 11731
  9:30 am

📣 Smithtown Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 10

• Dance Cardio Sculpt (In person) (Commack Public Library)
  Commack Public Library , 18 Hauppauge Road , Commack
  9:00 am
• Wednesday Open House Recruitment/Walk-In Interview
  ACLD SK , 300-310 Oser Ave , Hauppauge
  10:00 am
• Jennifer O’Brien State Farm Desk O’ Treat & Pumpkin Patch
  Jennifer O'Brien - State Farm Insurance Agent , 550 Smithtown Bypass Flr 2 Ste 114 , Smithtown
  10:00 am
• Happy House Plants
  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County , 423 N Griffing Ave # 100 , Riverhead
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Smithtown Students Share Stage with NYC Ballet Dancers in "The Nutcracker" at Hofstra University —Ohman School of Ballet Read on Patch

🗞 Nearby News

Hauppauge

• State's top cannabis official resigns; LI case dropped (newsday.com)
• Floyd's Jeru Hall wins Zellner Award (newsday.com)

Commack

• Man Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Commack Crash: Police (patch.com)
• Nearly $1K In Items Lifted From Commack Target: Police (patch.com)

Stony Brook

Ok Smithtown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I come in peace. You come in pieces.
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