🌱 How police saved five fishermen when their boat sank off Asharoken

Good morning Asharoken! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How police saved five fishermen when their boat sank off Asharoken

Also on today's calendar: Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A stray t-storm; warm, humid, with a high of 87 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 74.
• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 73 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Five Men Saved in Dramatic Long Island Sound Rescue as 17-Foot Boat Begins to Sink (longisland.com) — Five men fishing just off Asharoken in Long Island Sound were pulled to safety Tuesday evening after their 17-foot boat began rapidly taking on water. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers brought everyone aboard unharmed, then de-watered the vessel and towed it to the Soundview Boat Ramp in Northport, highlighting quick emergency response close to Asharoken’s shoreline.
   

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📸 Around Asharoken

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Asharoken

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• CHAD ZUMOCK - 8/14 - 8/15 →
  Governor's @ McGuire's Comedy Club, 1627 Smithtown Ave, Bohemia
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 8

• NHS Marching Band Performance (HS) 11AM
  Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768

Monday August 10

• Tigerette Post-Clinic 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ HS
  Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768

Thursday August 20

• Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment →
  Studio Theatre of Long Island, 141 S Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
  7:30 pm

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📣 Asharoken Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 7

• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- Sound Harbor Music
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Sound Harbor Music 54 Broadway Greenlawn, NY
  4:00 pm
• Sunset Music Series: Dolphins Quartet →
  Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, 25 Lloyd Harbor Rd, Lloyd Harbor
  6:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• NHS Marching Band Performance (HS) 11AM
  Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768
• Soap Making Workshop with Angela of Alegna Soap →
  Nest on Main, 135 Main St, Northport
  11:00 am
• Wilderness Survival Series: Primitive Firecraft (Vanderbilt) →
  Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium, 180 Little Neck Rd, Centerport
  2:00 pm

Sunday August 9

• 7th of Puppy Yoga Series at Twisted Cow Distillery →
  Twisted Cow Distillery, 13 Hewitt Square, East Northport
  11:30 am
• The Wedding Singer →
  John W Engeman Theater At Northport, 250 Main St, Northport
  2:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Tigerette Post-Clinic 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ HS
  Northport-East Northport UFSD Northport, NY 11768

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🗞 Nearby News

Northport

• Suffolk Police rescue five men from sinking boat near Northport (greaterlongisland.com)
• West Nile Virus Found In Mosquitoes In Suffolk County (patch.com)

East Northport

• Farmer's Market grocery store replaces Larkfield IGA supermarket in East Northport (newsday.com)

Greenlawn

• Grieving mother pleads for return of son's lost ashes (news12.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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