🌱 Smithtown Daily: Three Third-Prize $50,000 Winners + Ice Cream

Get on up, Smithtown! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in Smithtown.

First, today's weather:

Much colder with snow, 1-3". High: 31, low: 21.

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Here are the top stories today in Smithtown:

1. A total of three third-prize $50,000 winning Powerball tickets were sold for the New Year's Day drawing, according to the New York Lottery. The winning tickets each had four matching numbers and the Powerball. The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Jan. 1 were: 27-29-45-55-58 and the Powerball was 2. (Patch)
2. Mickey’s Ice Cream Kitchen opened at 370 Lake Ave. in St. James last month. Their flavors range from seasonal flavors, like pumpkin spice in the fall to coconut caramel chip that tastes like an Almond Joy and cannoli chip. Each of the shop’s flavors are ready to go as pints, and can be served in cones, shakes, and sundaes with all the fixings. (Greater Long Island)
3. Smithtown leaders and many Kings Park businesspeople say a downtown sewer plan will spark growth as it will make way for new or expanded commercial uses like restaurants, cafes and bars and potentially dozens of apartments, clearing Suffolk County to deploy $20 million in New York State grant money to lay 10,000 feet of pipe which is expected to come online by spring 2025. (UK Property Guides)
4. Kisjonne Campbell-Anderson, 24, a Brooklyn man was arrested for fataly stabbing Michaelle Jaccis outside her West Babylon home about 1:40 p.m. Saturday. An argument turned physical and Campbell-Anderson allegedly stabbed Jaccis; Medics took her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. (Yahoo! News)

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Today in Smithtown:

• Art Exhibit-The Walls Still Talk (Smithtown Library-Kings Park Building). (9:30 a.m.)
• Chair Yoga with Donna (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (10 a.m.)
• Sports Pages Book Discussion Group (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (10:30 a.m.)
• Advanced Battle of the Books (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (4 p.m.)
• A Taste of Italy with Chef Rob Scott (Smithtown Library-Kings Park Building). (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Smithtown Historical Society: "We are grateful for a wonderful year here at the farm and look forward to seeing you in 2022! Happy New Year!" (Facebook) (Website)
• St James/Smithtown Little League: "Happy New Year to our SJSLL families! All of us at St. James-Smithtown Little League are looking forward to an exciting year of blazing fastballs, clutch hits and diving plays." (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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