🌱 Smithtown Daily: Father's Day Jazz Event + Pride Flag Raised

Hello, hello. Diane Witek here with your Monday edition of the Smithtown Daily, filled with all the things you need to know about what's going on locally. Keep reading for the latest.

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Warmer; cloudy, then some sun. High: 84, low: 64.

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Here are the top stories today in Smithtown:

1. What a great way to spend Father's Day! Enjoy a Jazz and Hors d'oeuvres/dessert reception at the Stony Brook Community Church on Sunday, June 19 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person ($10 for students); the church is located at 216 Christian Ave, Stony Brook. (Patch Events)
2. On Friday, John Mann Jr., 19, of Centereach, was arrested, and charged in connection with the death of a teenager, Suffolk police said. Police allege that Mann Jr., killed Henry Hernandez, then 16, of Riverhead, whose remains were found behind a Jay Road home, in Centereach, on March 15, 2020, police said. (Patch)
3. In Hauppauge Friday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone raised a pride flag "to kick off the weekend's Pride celebration." Bellone said that "Pride Month is about celebrating the progress that has been made and understanding differences that exist in the community."
4. A donor has been found for a Wading River couple's one year old, second child. Brian and Ashley Cotter's first baby, Ruby June, received a heart transplant and their second child, also needs a new heart. (MSN.com)

Today in Smithtown:

• Let's Move-Songs and Stories (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (10 a.m.)
• Construction Zone (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (10 a.m.)
• Game Day (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (Noon)
• Algebra 1 Regents Review (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (4:30 p.m.)
• Global History and Geography Regents Review (Smithtown Library-Smithtown). (5 p.m.)
• Make It Monday (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (6:30 p.m.)
• Juneteenth-Celebrate Freedom (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sweetbriar Nature Center: "Come to Sweetbriar’s annual WILDLIFE and CRAFT FAIR for a day of fun and education on June 18. It is the grand opening of our fully enclosed outdoor Butterfly House. Musical entertainment, crafts, games, face painting, animal shows, and CRAFT vendors." (Sweetbriar Nature Center via Facebook) (Website)
• Smithtown Library Kids: "Congratulations Athena on reading 1,000 books before Kindergarten!" (Smithtown Library Kids via Facebook) (Website)
• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Life is the bubbles at SPAC this summer for 'Little Mermaid Jr.'🐚Tickets are available NOW! Swim your way on over to our website to secure the best seats. 🎟️: smithtownpac.org, #smithtownpac, #spac." (Smithtown Performing Arts Center via Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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