🌱 Patch AM: How a Syosset work choice led to decades of community service

What's up Syosset! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Syosset work choice led to decades of community service

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Adult Winter Reading Club.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 34 degrees.
• Monday: Becoming windier; a.m. rain, temps: high: 52, low: 31.
• Tuesday: Windy; rather cloudy, colder, with a high of 33 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Public official and Little League coach (massapequapost.com) — A longtime Oyster Bay parks commissioner and Massapequa Park Little League coach once chose to work from Deloitte’s Syosset office, a decision that helped introduce him to Long Island. His four decades of coaching and public service have shaped youth baseball, village parks, and town recreation programs, illustrating how one official’s personal history and passion continue to influence families across the area.
   

📸 Around Syosset

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Syosset

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Tuesday January 6

• 2026 Adult Winter Reading Club
  Syosset Public Library , 225 S Oyster Bay Rd , Syosset
  9:00 am
• Title Swap Tuesdays
  Syosset Public Library , 225 S Oyster Bay Rd , Syosset
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Tarot or Tea? with Andrija
  Twin Flame , 329 1 Broadway , Bethpage
  12:00 pm
• AMERICAN RED CROSS ADULT CPR/AED
  875 Old Country Rd , Plainview
  2:00 pm
• Welcome Snowman Wood Sign
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Teen Events , 999 Old Country Rd. , Plainview
  3:00 pm
• AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION PALS Recertification (for those currently certified)
  875 Old Country Rd , Plainview
  5:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Ticket distribution begins - Music & Conversations: Classical vs. Jazz
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library , 999 Old Country Rd. , Plainview
• Sock Ski Bunny
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Children's Events , 999 Old Country Rd. , Plainview
  11:00 am
• Candle Dipping Workshop
  The Whaling Museum & Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor , 301 Main St , Cold Spring Harbor
  11:00 am
• Tai Chi Exercise Classes - via Zoom
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library US
  1:00 pm
• Video Game Tournament: Mario Kart
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Children's Events 999 Old Country Rd., Plainview, NY, 11803, US
  2:00 pm
• ADULT OPEN GAME DAY
  Plainview-Old Bethpage Library , 999 Old Country Rd , Plainview
  5:30 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Syosset PatchAM possible:

• Long Island Swim School — (516) 378-8467
  Learn the Skills, Love the Sport, Swim for Life!
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• The Children’s Orchestra Society — (718) 888-0635
  Teaching Children the Language of Music

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Everyone is like a book, and every page of life tells a story.
  There are highs and lows, moments of joy and moments of confusion. It’s precisely because of this that we keep growing and moving forward. Which… (Nextdoor Jackson Ave/Pine Rd)

• Bowlero Corp posted a job opening for Cook in Syosset. Apply here.
• Lifetime Fitness - Life Time, Inc. posted a job opening for LifeCafe Supervisor in Syosset. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Syosset here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oyster Bay

• Frank Ozol is the Oyster Bay Herald Person of the Year (liherald.com)
• Snow headed to Long Island: 5 to 9 inches expected (liherald.com)

Plainview

• DWI Driver Critically Injures Man In Head-On Crash On Express Drive On Long Island: Police (dailyvoice.com)

Ok Syosset! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I haven’t the foggiest.
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