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🌱 Patch AM: How are Herricks students mastering movie-quality special effects makeup?
Make time for End of Summer Festival on the New Hyde Park Patch calendar

Cheers New Hyde Park! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How are Herricks students mastering movie-quality special effects makeup?
Also on today's calendar: End of Summer Festival and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sun, some clouds; less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 63.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Herricks students explore special effects makeup (longislandpress.com) — Herricks High School students near New Hyde Park are diving into special effects makeup, learning how prosthetics, latex noses and professional adhesives can dramatically transform their classmates into characters. As the year continues, they'll tackle advanced materials and techniques, gaining real-world theater and film experience while a nearby New Hyde Park commercial property gets fresh branding as New Hyde Park Place.
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📸 Around New Hyde Park
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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Hyde Park
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★ Featured events ★
- End of Summer Festival →
369 Green Ave, East Meadow
10:00 am - Tanker Friend & Foes: A WWII Labor Day Weekend Event →
Museum of American Armor, 1303 Round Swamp Rd, Old Bethpage
11:00 am - Jay Medal Soirée →
Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
5:30 pm
Saturday September 5
Sunday September 6
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Charity Yard Sale - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 5th @ 10 am →
232-15 Seward Ave
10:00 am - Save the Date - New Hyde Park Street Fair - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 19th @ 10 am →
Jericho Turnpike, Jericho Tpke, NY
10:00 am
Saturday September 5
📣 New Hyde Park Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Boys JV Soccer Away Game at Roslyn High School
Roosevelt UFSD 475 Round Hill Rd, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577, USA
11:00 am - Boys Varsity Soccer Home Game vs. Roslyn High School
Roosevelt UFSD 1 Wagner Ave, Roosevelt, NY 11575, USA
12:00 pm - Endless Summer Concert →
Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
3:00 pm - Traveling Summer Luau - Westbury →
Hempstead Town, NY Calendar
1:00 pm - Schools Closed - Labor Day
Valley Stream 24 UFSD Valley Stream, NY 11581 - Labor Day- All Schools Closed
Roosevelt UFSD Roosevelt, NY 11575 - SCHOOLS CLOSED
Great Neck UFSD Great Neck, NY 11020 - CLOSED – Labor Day
Village of Old Brookville 201 McCouns Ln, Glen Head, NY 11545 - Labor Day (School Closed)
Elmont UFSD Elmont, NY 11003 - Village Hall CLOSED - Labor Day →
Garden City, NY Calendar Garden City, NY 11530
Saturday September 5
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
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- NY Axe Throwing — (631) 237-0050
- Wendel Home Center — (516) 746-0460
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Verizon posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Garden City. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Floral Park
- Newsday's top 10 wide receivers on Long Island for the 2026 high school football season (newsday.com)
Hempstead
- Flock Camera Removed + Ex-NYPD Officer Charged + Nearly $1 Million Elder Scam: Nassau Crime & Safety Roundup (patch.com)
- New Long Beach Taco Spot + Hampton Bays Movie Theater + Bellmore Bookstore + LI Biz & Charity Roundup (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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