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Spotted on the Fire Island calendar: Our Distinguished Citizen Dinner Honoring Robert "Bobby Hulse"

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Greetings Fire Island! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How one Fire Island summer job became a lifelong musical inspiration

Also on today's calendar: Our Distinguished Citizen Dinner Honoring Robert "Bobby Hulse" and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 71, low: 58.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Local Musician Pays Homage to Lost Fire Island Community (fireislandnews.com) — A longtime Fire Island worker-turned-musician is honoring the vanished Bayberry Dunes community with a new EP inspired by summers spent at Watch Hill and Kismet. He recalls how federal protection saved most of Fire Island but erased Bayberry Dunes through eminent domain, and explains how those formative island years still shape his songwriting and life today.
   

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Other local events
    Wednesday September 16
  • South Country CSD Family Connect Night
    South Country Csd Patchogue, NY 11772
    • Friday September 18
  • Wilderness: Shipmates: Songs of the Sea Sing Along / Play Along
    Fire Island National Park, Southern terminus of the William Floyd Parkway, Fire Island
    5:30 pm
    • Sunday September 20
  • Lighthouse: 200 Year Celebration of the 1826 Fire Island Lighthouse
    Fire Island Lighthouse . Parking is available at Robert Moses State Park Field 5. Walk east 0.6 miles on boardwalk to the Lighthouse.
    11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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Shirley

  • 4 Rescued In Pre-Dawn Save From Stranded Boat That Ran Aground In Atlantic Ocean Off LI Beach (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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