🌱 Creation Station and 11 more events

Coffee in hand, Village of the Branch? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Food Drive at Knights of Columbus
• Long Story Short: Take A True Personal Experience From The Page To The Stage at The Hive Creative Studios
• Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: Rather cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 65, low: 49.
• Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 55 and low of 37 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Village of the Branch

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Food Drive
  Knights of Columbus, 44 Church St, Kings Park
  10:00 am

Thursday April 23

• Long Story Short: Take A True Personal Experience From The Page To The Stage
  The Hive Creative Studios, 101 Main St, Port Jefferson Station
  7:00 pm

Monday May 4

• Stony Brook University Esports Summer Program
  Tabler Dr, Stony Brook
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Creation Station
  The Smithtown Library - Smithtown Building , One N Country Rd , Smithtown
  10:00 am

Thursday April 23

• HSW - NHS Induction Ceremony
  Smithtown West High School , 100 Central Rd , Smithtown
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Stitch & Chit-ch(at) | Free
  The Long Island Museum , 1200 NY-25A , Stony Brook
  10:00 am
• Little Bookworms: Ages birth-4 w/adult
  Central Islip Public Library , 33 Hawthorne Ave , Central Islip
  10:30 am
• Stony Brook's Quantum Frontiers
  Wang Center Theater , 100 Nicolls Road , Stony Brook
  10:30 am
• Community Service: Library Love Tote Bag Design
  Central Islip Public Library , 33 Hawthorne Ave , Central Islip
  3:30 pm
• 🍻 FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR + LIVE MUSIC
  Flanagan's Pub , 451 Hawkins Ave , Ronkonkoma
  5:00 pm
• 🎶 Live Music All Weekend 🎸
  The Coop Nashville Kitchen Bar & Lounge , 342 Main St , Farmingdale
  5:30 pm
• Nate Charlie Music
  Harp & Hound , 528 E Main St , Islip
  6:00 pm
• PTA Family Karate Night
  Helen B Duffield Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:00 pm
• Vinnie Bonti Duo
  Garden Grill , 64 N Country Rd , Smithtown
  6:30 pm
• ELS PTA Talent Show @ RMS
  Edith L Slocum Elementary School Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Smithtown

• Town of Smithtown Rec. Dept. hosts successful Spring Jamboree benefiting Stony Brook Children's Hospital (tbrnewsmedia.com)
• Quick stop in Smithtown delivers $50K lottery surprise (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• Sweetbriar Nature Center to host first Community Yard Sale April 19 (tbrnewsmedia.com)

Hauppauge

• Student-Produced Holocaust Documentary Screening is Coming to Suffolk Y JCC (longisland.com)

Sayville

• Sex Trafficker Who Ran Sayville Motel Operation Sentenced to 22 Years: Prosecutors (patch.com)
• Bayport Man Used Discord, Snapchat To Access Child Sexual Abuse Material: DA (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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