Today's 5: What You Need to Know

Start your Thursday with this daily guide, where you will find five pieces of information you should know today, like events happening in town or topics being covered on the site.

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1) Chamber of Commerce: The Massapequa Chamber of Commerce holds their monthly meeting Thursday at in Massapequa beginning at noon.

2) Story Time:  The holds this event for kids ages 3 and up at 10:30 a.m.

3) Manicure: Over at the teens can learn how to decorate their nails with a kit provided by the instructor. The class meets at 7 p.m.

4) Halloween Contest: We want to see your child's Halloween costume and it can be part of a contest judged by Heidi Klum  Enter  Massapequa Patch’s Little Pumpkin Costume Challenge. 

5) TR: We'd be remiss if we didn't mark the anniversary of the birth of the most famous person the Town of Oyster Bay has ever produced. So Happy 153rd birthday to Teddy Roosevelt. We hope you all have a "bully" day!