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🌱 Patch AM: 'Significant Increase In Traffic' In Eastern LI Calls For 3rd Lane On Sunrise From Patchogue To Moriches: Pol

Also check out Bark Market on the Patchogue Patch calendar

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Good morning Patchogue! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Leaders push to widen Sunrise Highway starting at Patchogue chokepoint
  • Patchogue asbestos firm faces felony workers' comp fraud charges
  • How NYU Langone's new Patchogue pantry supports patients after discharge

Also on today's calendar: Bark Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 78 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Not as warm with some sun, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Significant Increase In Traffic' In Eastern LI Calls For 3rd Lane On Sunrise From Patchogue To Moriches: Pol (patch.com) — Patchogue drivers could see major relief if state leaders succeed in adding a third lane to Sunrise Highway between Exit 53 in Patchogue and Exit 59 in Moriches. Suffolk officials, first responders, and labor leaders say the Patchogue-area chokepoint hurts emergency response, worsens air quality, and slows commuters, and they're pressing New York State to fund planning and construction for the widening project.
   

• Patchogue Employer Charged With Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud - ProgramBusiness (programbusiness.com) — A Patchogue-based asbestos removal company, VGN Enterprise Corporation, and its owner are charged with felony workers' compensation insurance fraud after investigators say they understated payroll, workforce size, and job hazards. Suffolk County prosecutors allege more than $160,000 in underpaid premiums, and the owner is due back in court later this month as the financial crimes case proceeds.
   

• NYU Langone—Suffolk opens pantry to address food insecurity (libn.com) — Patients leaving NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk in Patchogue can now access a new food pantry in the main lobby, offering free nutritious items to those facing food insecurity. Staff, Island Harvest, and the Rotary Club of Patchogue helped create the program, which supports patients' recovery and dignity alongside an existing clothing closet initiative.
   

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  • With the 3pm to 7pm peak rates (it is twice the rate), for PSEG being higher than the rest of the day, I did not know that included central air conditioning.
    I did try to cool my house off before the afternoon, and use fans, but I still used the central air conditioning 3pm to 7pm. Guess it is a lesson… (Nextdoor Upper East Patchogue)
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🗞 Nearby News

Sayville

  • Former East Islip Soccer Star Who Just Married Dies At 30, Was Pregnant With First Child (dailyvoice.com)

Fire Island

  • Arson Squad Investigating Fire At Fire Island Pines Manse: Police (patch.com)
  • Suffolk Officials To Spray Davis Park On Fire Island For Mosquitoes For The 5th Time This Summer Season (patch.com)

Ok Patchogue! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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