🌱 Smithtown Daily: Tom Sandoval Coming To Town + Biz Mask Lifted

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Here are the top stories today in Smithtown:

1. If you watch the Bravo reality show, "Vanderpump Rules," then you know the star of the show, Tom Sandoval. He is coming to Smithtown to perform with his cover band, "Tom Sandoval & The Most Extra," a spokesman for Sandoval announced. The band plays songs from the '70s, '80s & '90s. Sandoval's group is set to play at Napper Tandy's on 15 E. Main St., Smithtown, at 7 p.m. on March 10. General tickets are $25, while VIP tickets are $100, the event information states. Click here if you would like to buy tickets to Sandoval's show. (Smithtown Patch)
2. David Olivari, 37, a Coram man, was arrested Tuesday in connection with impersonating a police officer, Suffolk police said. A woman told police that she was driving on the Long Island Expressway Service Road in Ronkonkoma around 3 a.m. Jan. 22 when she was stopped by a man driving a small dark-colored vehicle equipped with a flashing light, police said. A second woman made a similar complaint after she was victimized while driving on Shenandoah Boulevard in Nesconset around 11:35 p.m. Jan. 23, police said. Detectives are asking anyone with information, or who believes they have been a victim, to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or Crime Stoppers at 800- 220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential. (Patch)
3. Due to a dramatic decline in NYC COVID-19 cases, Gov. Kathy Hochul is lifting the indoor mask mandate for New York businesses. The policy shift comes as New York makes "tremendous progress" in the fight against the coronavirus with sharp drops in new cases, positivity and hospitalizations, the governor said Wednesday. Businesses can still require masking on their own, Hochul said. (Patch)
4. Reported by LI Business News, Stony Brook University Hospital is celebrating four consecutive years of being named to America’s 100 Best Hospitals in the country for clinical excellence by Healthgrades. It places the Suffolk facility in the top 2 percent of all hospitals “for clinical care and patient outcomes across treatment of the most common conditions and procedures.” Stony Brook University states that last fall, the Hospital was recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery™, one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ for seven consecutive years, one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care™ for eight consecutive years and one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ for seven years in a row. (News 12 Bronx)

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Today in Smithtown:

• Empower Your Best Life: Retirement Planning Edition. (8:30 a.m.)
• Take and Make Valentine's Candle Holders (Smithtown Library). (9:30 a.m.)
• Zumba Gold with Fran (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (10 a.m.)
• Girl Scout Troop #01433 (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (5 p.m.)
• UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE’s Amy Goldstein Up Next on SOUNDS OF FILM. (6 p.m.)
• HSW — PTSA — Smithtown High School-West. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Let's play a round of Princess Trivia! Which shoe did our beloved Cinderella leave behind at the ball? A Royal Princess Party begins in just 11 days! 🎟️: smithtownpac.org, #longisland, #longislandtheatre, #aroyalprincessparty." (Facebook) (Website)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Oak Wood Forest: "Help! I need to hire someone trustworthy to drive my husband and I to Stony Brook for his procedure at 8 a.m. on Thursday. I’m not sure how to post on my phone and my internet service is sometimes unreliable." (Nextdoor)

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