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🌱 Patch AM: 4 Bellmore Residents Forced From Home After House Fire: FD

Spotted on the Bellmore calendar: Jay Medal Soirée

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

In today's newsletter:

  • Four Bellmore residents displaced after late-night Shore Road house fire
  • How a Bellmore mom's idea became a 6-million-book nonprofit

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 75 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 67.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 4 Bellmore Residents Forced From Home After House Fire: FD (patch.com) — Bellmore residents are recovering after a Thursday night house fire on Shore Road that displaced four people and sent one person for evaluation for smoke inhalation. About 60 firefighters from Bellmore and neighboring departments quickly contained the basement blaze within 30 minutes, and county fire marshals and police arson investigators are now working to determine the cause.
   

• Hicksville-based anti-illiteracy nonprofit, Book Fairies, expands (longislandpress.com) — A Bellmore mom's idea has grown into Book Fairies, a Hicksville-based nonprofit that just distributed its 6-millionth book and moved into a much larger warehouse. Founded by Bellmore resident Amy Zaslansky, the group now has expanded space and a strengthened board to get more free books into schools, shelters, community groups, and incarcerated readers locally and worldwide.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Wantagh

  • 13 New York Spots Where Showing Up Without A Reservation Could Ruin Your Day In 2026 (takingthekids.com)
  • 10 ADs, One Mission. Introducing the Hudl AD Council (hudl.com)
  • Cantor Sol Zim to join Congregation Beth Tikvah for High Holy Days (liherald.com)

Merrick

  • Merrick Public Library adds coffee bar for patrons to enjoy (liherald.com)

Rockville Centre

  • Mount Sinai South Nassau Announces $350K Grant For Cancer Clinical Trials (patch.com)

Ok Bellmore! 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: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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