🌱Stony Brook Depression Research + Friendsgiving Food Drive

Happy Wednesday, people of Three Village! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. These are the most important things going on around Three Village today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 44, low: 37.

Here are the top stories in Three Village today:

1. The Three Village Historical Society has published an excellent series of short works highlighting the North Shore region. "Founders Day: Discovering Setauket, Brookhaven’s Original Settlement" is “a walking tour guide for families who love exploring and bringing history to life.” It joins several other excellent offerings from the Society. The slender volumes are colorful and well-researched, with dozens of illustrations and photos. (TBRNews)
2. Dr. Christine DeLorenzo, professor of Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, studies depression. A disease with numerous symptoms that likely has a wide range of causes, depression presents an opportunity for DeLorenzo to bring not only a relentless energy to her work, but also an engineer’s perspective. She specializes in brain imaging, using positron emission tomography, among other techniques, to understand and differentiate the factors that might contribute to depression and to develop ways to treat specific subtypes of the mental health disease. (TBRNews)
3. Schools throughout the district gave to others this Thanksgiving by collecting hundreds of pounds of food items for local families and area soup kitchens. First grade students at W.S. Mount Elementary School hosted a Friendsgiving Food Drive. During the initiative, the students used their math skills to tally the donations received daily and create pie graphs to visually display the collection efforts. The items were boxed up and delivered to several local families just in time for Thanksgiving. (Three Village School District)
4. Looking for a family outing? Below, we've included some of this week's top events from around the Three Village area. See what's happening and what might interest you before you make plans. (Patch)

Today in Three Village:

• Daytime Parent-Teacher Conferences. (8 a.m.)
• Teen Among Us — Mods Edition — Port Jefferson Free Library. (2 p.m.)
• Everyday Matinees — Comsewogue Public Library. (2 p.m.)

Three Village Patch Notebook

• The Town of Smithtown hosted a ceremonial tree planting in St. James, honoring all lost to COVID-19 within the community. The memorial ceremony took place on Tuesday, Nov. 23, inside the recently renovated Veterans Memorial Park on Moriches Road. (LongIsland.com)
• East End Food Institute’s indoor farmers market will reopen Saturday in its new location, the former Homeside Florist and Greenhouses site on Main Road and Route 105 in Riverhead. The market, now called the East End Food Market, will be open on Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., through Apr. 30. (Riverhead Local)
• Three Village Historical Society: "Bring in the holidays with the Three Village Historical Society's 42nd Annual Candlelight House Tour! Join us in Stony Brook to tour four private homes and the historic All Souls Church, Reboli Center and Stony Brook Chapel." (Facebook)

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— Debora Whitehead

About me: Debora Whitehead is a dedicated wife and homeschooling mom from Coram, NY. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Education and loves to teach and write. Her passion for the community reflects on her volunteering work at the 'Mariposa Ministry," a nonprofit family assistance program. One of her strongest believes is Jesus Christ and when she is not parenting, teaching or reading, she is writing. One of her favorites quotes is: " The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."- Eleanor Roosevelt.

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