Fantasy Football 101
The Patchogue library is hosting a free crash course in fantasy football fundamentals—draft strategy, scoring systems, how to not embarrass yourself in your league's group chat. It's at 7pm on a Tuesday in August, perfectly timed before most drafts happen. The library's on East Main Street with municipal parking nearby.
The Patchogue library is hosting a free crash course in fantasy football fundamentals—draft strategy, scoring systems, how to not embarrass yourself in your league’s group chat. It’s at 7pm on a Tuesday in August, perfectly timed before most drafts happen. The library’s on East Main Street with municipal parking nearby.
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Read before you go
- town spotlight Sayville Village: A Local's Guide for 2026 Sayville Village — the South Shore walkable downtown that locals refuse to gentrify, with restored 19th-century Main Street, the Sayville Cab Company since 1958, the Sayville Restaurant Group anchors (Casa Luis, Cull House), the Saturday Farmers Market on Foster Avenue, the Fire Island ferry terminal at the harbor, and an annual event calendar that runs from Memorial Weekend Classic Car Show through Holiday Stroll. Walking distance from the LIRR. The slow-paced South Shore village that works.
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