🌱 Patch AM: How nearly $1M will change Smithtown’s drinking water access

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In today's newsletter:

• How nearly $1M will change Smithtown’s drinking water access

Also on today's calendar: Caroline Church's 3rd Annual Live Nativity & Tree Lighting and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 43 and low of 28 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 48, low: 44.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, with a high of 56 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State funding approved for water improvement projects on Long Island, elsewhere (newsday.com) — Smithtown is set to receive nearly $1 million to extend the town water district to homes now relying on private wells contaminated with PFAS. The funding is part of a larger state and federal package for Long Island water projects, aimed at adding treatment systems and expanding safe public water access in several communities.
   

📸 Around Smithtown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Smithtown

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Caroline Church's 3rd Annual Live Nativity & Tree Lighting
  Caroline Episcopal Church, 1 Dyke Rd, Setauket
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• The Nutcracker at Caroline Church
  Caroline Episcopal Church, 1 Dyke Rd, Setauket
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• 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
• Town Board Meeting
  Smithtown, NY Calendar , 99 W. Main Street Victor T. Liss Board Room - 2nd Floor , Smithtown
  2:00 pm
• Oscar Nominee Scandar Copti Talks HAPPY HOLIDAYS on SOUNDS OF FILM
  6:00 pm
• LEGENDARY MURPHY’S DUO
  Garden Grill , 64 N Country Rd , Smithtown
  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
• 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
• Creation Station
  The Smithtown Library - Kings Park Building , 1 Church St , Kings Park
  10:00 am
• LIVE MUSIC RUBBER SOUL
  Garden Grill , 64 N Country Rd , Smithtown
  6:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• 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

Sunday December 28

• Krampus & Cocktails
  Katies of Smithtown , 145 W Main St , Smithtown
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Commack Cemetery under NYS Attorney General Cemetery Board Investigation 🫆 —Jason Donegan The Psychic Godfather Read on Patch

• Please help me find my friends dogs .
  They got out a little under an hour ago and it’s freezing out and they are probably scared! Any information would be really helpful. Thank you! https… (Nextdoor Caroline)
• Has anyone recently tried to cancel their Optimum service ?
  I went to their location in Happauge Saturday to return my equipment and was told I could not do so until my service was cancelled . I was given a… (Nextdoor Samoset Park)

• St. Catherine of Siena posted a job opening for Asst Admissions Director in Smithtown. Apply here.
• ClubCorp posted a job opening for 1st Assistant Golf Professional in Hauppauge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Smithtown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kings Park

• 15 Recent UFO Sightings Reported Across Upstate New York (thenew961.com)

Hauppauge

• LIPA rethinks energy strategy amid uncertainty over renewables (newsday.com)

Commack

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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