🌱 Will 46 new homes off Jericho Turnpike reshape Elwood traffic?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will 46 new homes off Jericho Turnpike reshape Elwood traffic?

Also on today's calendar: Youth Fall 2026 Flag Football Season - Team, group & individual registration and 5 more events.

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

• New development proposal in Elwood faces pushback (news12.com) — A long-discussed plan to build 46 single-family homes off Jericho Turnpike in Elwood is drawing sharply mixed reactions from neighbors worried about traffic, the environment, and quality of life. Developers say they’ve studied impacts, propose road improvements, and would preserve about 20 acres as wooded open space while public comments remain open through the end of the month.
   

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📸 Around Elwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elwood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• Youth Fall 2026 Flag Football Season - Team, group & individual registration →
  267 Bellerose Ave, East Northport
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday August 7

• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- Sound Harbor Music
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Sound Harbor Music 54 Broadway Greenlawn, NY
  4:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• 2026 Summer Showcase- Hosted by the Membership Committee
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Westy's Self Storage 4049 Jericho Tpke. East Northport, NY 11731
  6:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Health & Wellness Committee- NETWALKING in Heckscher Park
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Heckscher Park 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY 11743
  8:30 am

Friday August 14

• Veterans Committee- Volunteers at LI Cares Veteran Drive at NPT VA
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Northport VA Outside Building 200 79 Middleville Road Northport, NY
  9:00 am

Saturday August 15

• MATISYAHU Summer Tour 2026 →
  Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington
  8:00 pm

Friday August 21

• Chance The Rapper →
  Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington
  8:00 pm

Saturday August 29

• The Sixties Show →
  Paramount, 370 New York Ave, Huntington
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 7

• Harley PTA Kindergarten Meetup 10-11 a.m.
  Elwood UFSD Greenlawn, NY 11740
• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- Sound Harbor Music
  Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Sound Harbor Music 54 Broadway Greenlawn, NY
  4:00 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

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🗞 Nearby News

Greenlawn

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

East Northport

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

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