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  1. Local teens can once again participate in the Southampton Youth Bureau's 19th Annual Battle of the Bands! The event will be held on Friday, June 10 — with a rain date of Friday, June 17 — from 8-11 p.m. in Hampton Bays. Applications are available online here! For additional information, call 631-702-2425. (Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch)
  2. A report created by BusPatrol America, the company that operates the school-bus-camera program, indicated that there were 85,608 school-bus-camera violations (failing to stop for school buses) from May - December 2021 for Suffolk alone. The eight-month violation period yielded roughly $12.1 million in revenue, Suffolk has received about $6.6 million of that, and about $77,000 went to East End municipalities that adjudicate their own violations. (Subscription: Newsday)
  3. Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, a 1982 William Floyd High School graduate, recently visited the school. McDaniels shared his experiences growing up in New York City, comparing his experiences as being similar to what students experience today; he made his first record right out of high school. McDaniels is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award winner. (Patch)
  4. The Mental Health Subcommittee of the Community Mental Hygiene Advisory Board is meeting this Wednesday, April 6, from 3-4:30 p.m., via Zoom. Call 631-853-8500, to get the number for the Zoom call. (Press Release Desk)

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