🌱 Smithtown Daily: Meet Whisper + Smithtown Ice Skating Fun

Hey Smithtown: As you may know, Amazon Web Services experienced an outage on Tuesday that affected the Smithtown Daily. Some of you might have received a late newsletter on Wednesday, or no newsletter at all. Please know this was unfortunately beyond our control but know that we are fully back in business! - Diane Witek.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 41, low: 30.

Here are the top stories in Smithtown today:

1. Smithtown Adoptable Pet Of The Week: Whisper. Whisper is a female domestic medium hair mix between 7 and 8 months old and is the Smithtown Animal Shelter's Pet of the Week. She went to the shelter as part of its Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program. "This fluffy lady can be a little shy when you first meet her, but once she learns to trust you, she is as friendly as can be!" the shelter wrote. (Smithtown Patch)
2. Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta Secures Funding For Smithtown Chamber's Ice Skating Rink, Visit From Santa. Through an omnibus grant administered by the Suffolk County Office of Economic Development, Suffolk County Legislators Rob Trotta and Leslie Kennedy secured funding for the Greater Smithtown Chamber of Commerce to have a temporary ice rink installed at the Fresh Market/LA Fitness Shopping Center’s parking lot on Main Street in Smithtown for an afternoon of family fun. (smithtownmatters.com)
3. Threats Reported At Smithtown Schools; Police Investigating. Threats have been reported at two Smithtown schools this week, Suffolk police said. Police on Tuesday investigated a potential threat made at Great Hollow Middle School in Smithtown. An employee of the middle school reported on Monday that a student heard another student make a comment that was perceived as a threat. Police said there was no credible threat after officers showed up at the school on Tuesday. (Smithtown Patch)

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Today in Smithtown:

• Medicaid: New York v. Florida. (8:30 a.m.)
• Time for Twos (Smithtown Library). (10 a.m.)
• Storytime with Miss Sharon (Smithtown Library). (11 a.m.)
• Family Photo Op and Craft (Smithtown Library). (4:30 p.m.)
• Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty Stony Brook Holiday Boutique. (5:30 p.m.)
• "Ricky Powell: The Individualist," director Josh Swede Up Next on Tom Needham’s SOUNDS OF FILM. (6 p.m.)
• How to Stay Young — The First 100 Years (Smithtown Library). (7 p.m.)
• HSW - Winter Concert I — Smithtown High School-West. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Sweetbriar Nature Center: "Now available! Sweetbriar T-shirt or Sweatshirt! 50th anniversary design on the back and our regular logo on the front." (Facebook)
• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Congratulations to Christine Boehm on the completion of her internship for the Master of Science in Performing Arts Leadership & Management program at Shenandoah Conservatory. We can't wait to see what amazing work you do in the future!" (Facebook)
• Straus Historical Society: "Artifact Wednesday: Percy S. Straus was the second son of Isidor and Ida Straus. He was married to Edith Abraham Straus and spent his career as an executive at Macy's, becoming president in 1933 after his brother Jesse's death." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty Stony Brook Holiday Boutique. (Dec. 9)
• Bright Lights, A Magical Holiday Celebration at the Vanderbilt Museum. (Dec. 10)
• John’s Crazy Socks Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary with an Open House Party and Pop-Up Shop. (Dec. 11)
• Bright Lights, A Magical Holiday Celebration at the Vanderbilt Museum. (Dec. 11)
• Big Apple Circus is NOW OPEN in New York City! (Dec. 12)
• 57th Annual Children's Christmas Toy Drive. (Dec. 13)
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Announcements:

• Living with someone with memory issues? Paid study for both! (Details)
• Behind The Scoreboard — Ed Sullivan’s Huge Lesson For The World. (Details)
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Job listings:

• Lumber yard worker/ facility attendant/ Customer Service. (Details)
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Other classifieds:

• pets. (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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Smithtown Daily? You can contact me at diane.witek@patch.com.