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Good morning to you Mineola! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Missed your tax deadline? Here's what happens next in Mineola.
  • How a Mineola courtroom ended months of terror for one woman
  • Which Long Island hospitals earned top heart and stroke care honors?

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid with clouds and sun, temps: high: 81, low: 71.
  • Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Last chance for late Town of Oyster Bay taxpayers to settle up (liherald.com) — If you're late on Town of Oyster Bay property taxes, you have until Aug. 31 to pay with a 2 percent penalty before your bill is turned over to the Nassau County Treasurer in Mineola. After that, you'll deal directly with the Treasurer's office at 1 West Street in Mineola, where additional interest and fees can quickly add up.
   

2. MS-13 member gets 25 years to life after months of threats and sexual violence (shorenewsnetwork.com) — In Mineola, a Nassau County judge sentenced a Hicksville man to 25 years to life for a series of violent, weapon-related crimes and a sexual assault against a woman. The case, tried and decided in Mineola, involved weeks of threats, harassment and gun use before police recovered multiple firearms and false IDs and secured a jury conviction.
   

3. 22 Long Island hospitals recognized for heart, stroke care (newsday.com) — Mineola's NYU Langone Hospital — Long Island is among 22 Long Island hospitals honored by the American Heart Association for following strict, evidence-based heart and stroke care guidelines. The recognition highlights that local patients can expect timely, standardized treatment, alongside many other Long Island facilities that met multi-year performance benchmarks.
   

4. Atlantic Beach boy faces recurrent brain cancer with hope (liherald.com) — Mineola's NYU Langone doctors first discovered the brain tumor now driving 11-year-old Austin Neugeboren's long cancer fight. The Atlantic Beach sixth-grader has endured multiple surgeries, chemo, radiation, and clinical trials, yet still cracks jokes, attends Sunrise Day Camp, and works with rehab specialists as his family hopes he'll walk again in 2026 and welcomes community support through donations.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mineola

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Other local events
    Tuesday September 1
  • HS Christian Melendez Soccer Game @ Hampton
    Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday September 3
  • Board of Education Business Mtg 8PM
    Carle Place School District 168 Cherry Lane, Carle Place, NY 11514
    • Thursday September 10
  • 45th Annual Italian Festival →
    North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Bank of America posted a job opening for Relationship Banker - Great Neck, Hicksville, Glen Cove, Garden City (Nassau North) NY Areas in Williston Park. Apply here.
  • Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Team Member (Clerk, Floor Service) - Part Time in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mineola here.

Ok Mineola! 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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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