🌱 Patchogue Daily: Firehouse Welcomes First Woman Officer

Debora Whitehead
Updated ·4 min read

Up and at 'em, Patchogue! Let's get this Friday started off right. Here's everything worth knowing around town today.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 40, Low: 11.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Patchogue:

  1. Patchogue Fire Department is proud to announce its first woman officer. Firefighter Morgan Poulos Keating has made department history as the first woman officially nominated as an officer. She comes from a family of firefighters and will proudly serve the Patchogue Village community. (Long Island Advance)

  2. Police released the ID of the man who was hit by a car in Medford on Jan. 4. The victims was 29-year-old Saul Lozada of Patchogue.The accident happened on North Ocean Avenue. He was crossing the road when he was hit. Lozada was transported to Long Island Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.(News 12 Long Island)

  3. New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is accepting applications for COVID-19 rent relief in the towns of Brookhaven and Babylon. For more information and help with applications reach out the Family Service League locations, including Bay Shore (631-647-3104); Mastic Beach (631-874-1327); and Riverhead (631-591-7577). (Newsday/Subscription Required)

  4. Nearby News: Restaurant owner Michael Turner has renovated the Bistro 25 in Sayville. In 2021, Turner decided to close the Bistro 25 to renovate its dining room and created a new menu. Now, the eatery is reopened under the new name, Bistro LI. (Greater Long Island)

  5. Patch has the numbers of Patchogue area's hospital capacity. Click here to see the latest numbers and reports. (Patchogue Patch)

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Today in Patchogue:

  • HS — Friday PJ Bingo Night — Patchogue-Medford High School. (7 a.m.)

  • Jokes on Main at Patchogue Theater. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Patchogue-Medford Library: "Stop by the Main Library to check out this amazing doll display from the Patchogue Doll Franciers Club!" (Instagram)

  • Patchogue-Medford Library: "Hello friends! A few nights ago, I was thinking about how much I missed doing live story times, so here I am with a surprise pop-up story time!" (Facebook)

  • Patchogue-Medford School District: "Community resource note: To help anyone looking to warm up during the active frigid temperatures, Suffolk County has reported the following warming centers are open." (Facebook)

  • Joseph from Nextdoor's Community Team, Nextdoor New York: "Space heater safety tips: With the tragic news about the fire started by a space heater in New York City, I thought it would be timely to remind everyone about space heater safety." (Nextdoor)

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Swan Lake: "The cofferdam (next to the lake) has been drained of all water, the rebar has arrived, and the concrete will be poured this Wednesday. Attached is a picture of the cofferdam." (Nextdoor)

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Upper East Patchogue: "Hello neighbors, I moved back to N.Y. in June after the pandemic created a fiasco in my world. I wanted to be back home in N.Y. where my daughter is. I really need help finding work, even temporarily." (Nextdoor)


Events:

  • Medford Winter Concert at High School. (Jan. 18)

  • River Winter Concert at River — Patchogue-Medford High School. (Jan. 18)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you soon!

— Debora Whitehead

This article originally appeared on the Patchogue Patch