🌱 Skate On Main Street + SB Hospital Awarded + Ronkonkoma Chubs

Up and at 'em, Smithtown! Diane Witek here providing you with what you need to know to get your day started off right! Here's everything worth knowing around Smithtown today.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and patchy clouds. High: 55, low: 52.

Here are the top stories in Smithtown today:

1. First-Ever Ice Skating On Main Street Coming To Downtown Smithtown. Next month, you'll have the opportunity to lace up your skates and kick off the holiday season with Smithtown's inaugural Ice Skating on Main Street event. On Dec. 4 from 2-7 p.m., folks can ice skate right on Main Street outside the Fresh Market Shopping Center, as well as partake in other holiday festivities. (Smithtown Patch)
2. Stony Brook University Hospital Earns National Recognition For Efforts To Improve Management Of Heart Failure. The American Heart Association awarded Stony Brook University Hospital with the Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines®– Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. Stony Brook has received this award for a third consecutive year, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to ensuring heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines grounded in the latest scientific evidence. (Stony Brook News)
3. Popular Butcher Opens New Long Island Location. Barely two weeks after opening his most recent meat shop in Ronkonkoma, the Chubs oeuvre was so well known in central Suffolk County that a steady stream of customers seemed to already know what they would find there: the rib-eye steaks and bourbon-teriyaki steak tidbits, the marinated chicken cutlets and breaded, stuffed chicken breast "boats," including one stuffed with mac-and-cheese and wrapped in bacon. (Newsday)

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Today in Smithtown:

• HSW — On Site Admissions Day — Smithtown High School-West. (7:30 a.m.)
• Medicare Made Easy (Smithtown Library). (10 a.m.)
• Food Drive for Smithtown emergency food pantry. (11 a.m.)
• Business Olympics — Smithtown Csd. (1 p.m.)
• Musical Tots (Smithtown Library). (2:30 p.m.)
• Thanksgiving with Charlie Brown (Smithtown Library). (5 p.m.)
• St. John's University Student Teacher meeting (Smithtown Library). (6 p.m.)
• DIY Boho Yarn Wall Hanging (Smithtown Library). (7 p.m.)

Smithtown Patch Notebook

• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Are you looking for the perfect group outing? Come on down to 'Frozen Jr.!' Group discounts are available for groups of 15 and more. This is a perfect opportunity for any birthday party, girl scout troop or celebration!" (Facebook)
• Sweetbriar Nature Center: "If you had Spooktacular tickets and didn't attend a make up night. There is an Owl prowl on Nov. 19 and a Creatures of the night on Nov. 24. Please sign up on the website for the event you want to attend." (Facebook)
• Accompsett Middle School PTA: "Our new Spiritwear line has many great options and still plenty of time to order to receive in time for the holidays. Champion Reverse Weave hoodies and crewnecks are the ultimate in comfort and quality, and they are 25 percent off!" (Facebook)

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• Pottery Sale! (Nov. 20)
• Smithtown Historical Society: Model Train Show. (Nov. 27)
• Smithtown Historical Society: Heritage Country Christmas. (Dec. 4)
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• PAL Grows Youth Lacrosse Across Long Island. (Details)
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— 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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