🌱Smithtown Daily: Whisperettes Are High Kick National Champions

Happy Thursday, Smithtown! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know about what's happening in Smithtown today.

First, today's weather:

Milder with clouds and sun. High: 47, low: 30.

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Here are the top stories in Smithtown today:

1. For the 23rd year in a row, the Smithtown High School East Varsity Whisperettes Kickline team are the Small High Kick National Champions! The Whisperettes returned from ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando after attending the Contest of Champions Nationals from March 2-7, according to the team. Way to go Smithtown Whisperettes! (Smithtown Patch)
2. A Smithtown home on White Pine Court was broken into through a dining room window this weekend at 8:10 a.m. Saturday, Suffolk police said. The burglar stole assorted jewelry, police said. Police have not found the thief who is wanted for second-degree burglary. (Patch)
3. Ibrahim Aksakal, a Turkish national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud in connection with a so-called “birth tourism” scheme that Aksakal operated in Suffolk County between approximately 2017 and 2020. Aksakal had pregnant Turkish women fraudulently enter the United States and had them stay in one of seven “birth houses” in Center Moriches, Dix Hills, East Northport, East Patchogue, Smithtown and West Babylon, New York. As a result of the scheme, Medicaid disbursed more than $1 million in fraudulently obtained benefits. (Department of Justice)
4. Charles Entenmann, famous for making a Long Island bakery, Entenmann's Bakery, a household name, dies at 92. The bakery was founded by Charles' grandfather William, in 1898 in Brooklyn. "After serving in the Army, Charlie, along with brothers Robert and William and mother Martha, took the family business, Entenmann's Bakery, from Main Street, Bay Shore, N.Y., to grocers across America," the obituary reads. Charles Entenmann's love for the humanities and Long Island led him to support and advocate for the Great South Bay YMCA in Bay Shore, his obituary said, and he funded research to improve water quality and habitats in the Great South Bay. (WABC-TV)

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Today in Smithtown:

• HSW — Musical — Smithtown High School-West. (All Day)
• Shamrock Pom Pom Painting (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (2:30 p.m.)
• LEGO® League (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (5 p.m.)
• Girl Scout Troop #01433 (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (5 p.m.)
• THE SIMPSONS’ Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta Talk THE LONG GOODBYE on Tom Needham’s SOUNDS OF FILM. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Vanderbilt Museum: Thankful Thursdays series kicks off March 10. (TBR News Media)
• Public Information Representative Donna Harris, United States Postal Inspection Service - New York: "National Consumer Protection Week. Hello neighbors, you'll be hearing from us on a regular basis to provide fraud and other tips to help you recognize the warning signs of a scam." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Smithtown Pines: "I need someone to paint my front steps. Anyone available?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Oakside / Landing: "Every corporation should do the same." (Nextdoor)

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— Diane Witek

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