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🌱 Patch AM: How Wantagh’s Temple B’nai Torah helped mark the Oct. 7 anniversary.
Also check out GCA: Local School Car Wash on the Wantagh Patch calendar

Greetings Wantagh! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Wantagh's Temple B'nai Torah helped mark the Oct. 7 anniversary.
Also on today's calendar: GCA: Local School Car Wash and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.
- Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 67, low: 59.
- Monday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 71 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Long Island commemorates third anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks (libn.com) — Long Island Jewish organizations, including Temple B'nai Torah of Wantagh, joined together this week to mark the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks with remembrance, music, and messages of unity. Events in Glen Cove and Plainview honored victims, highlighted a fallen Plainview soldier, and featured a former hostage sharing his story while attendees pledged to oppose antisemitism and support peace.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wantagh
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★ Featured events ★
- GCA: Local School Car Wash →
36 Smith St, Merrick
9:00 am - Holzman's Family Farm Fall Harvest Celebration →
988 Doctors Path, Riverhead
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Math Meets Gaming: Free Family Event with Mathnasium and Valhallan Esports →
Valhallan Esports Training, 3004 Merrick Rd, Wantagh
3:00 pm - Fishing Clinic →
Jones Beach Field 10, 585 Bay Parkway, Wantagh
10:00 am - BioBlitz: Fall Trails →
Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, 150 Bay Parkway, Wantagh
3:00 pm - Storytime Corner Walk-in Hour →
Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, 150 Bay Parkway, Wantagh
11:00 am - DAHS Cheer Section VIII Competition
East Broadway School Seaford, NY 11783
6:00 pm - Wednesday Evening Healing Eucharist Service →
The Church of St. Jude, 3606 Lufberry Ave, Wantagh
7:30 pm - Fall 2026 Daisy Parent Info Seaford/Wantagh →
3100 Beltagh Ave, Wantagh
6:30 pm - Annie →
Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Rd, New Hyde Park
7:30 pm - The Web of Connections - Small Networking Rotation →
Futterman Lanza, LLP, 145 Pinelawn Rd, Melville
5:30 pm - Harvest Fair and Car Show →
Bellmore Presbyterian Church, 2740 Martin Ave, Bellmore
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
Tuesday October 20
Saturday October 24
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Wantagh. Apply here.
- Michaels posted a job opening for Retail- Store Environment Team Member in Levittown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wantagh here.
🗞 Nearby News
Seaford
- Seaford Middle School named 2026 AMLE School of Distinction (liherald.com)
- Anthony Capone, Republican nominee for Nassau legislature, was arrested twice for assault, records show (newsday.com)
- Seaford church hopes to get stolen items back after Deer Park man arrested (news12.com)
Bellmore
- Martin Avenue Elementary School young historians recreate Native American shelters (liherald.com)
- Wander along Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns pumpkin trail (liherald.com)
- Three Bellmore-Merrick students selected for NYSSMA All-State Music Festival (liherald.com)
Farmingdale
- Farmingdale Pastor Recognized By Town During 'Pastor Appreciation Month' (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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