Phoebe Lawson
Updates on news near and far.
PMHS Life:
The District-Wide String Night Concert is being held on March 21st at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Auditorium.
The second POPS Concert is on March 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Auditorium.
The PTSA will be hosting its Annual Basket Auction on Friday March 29th at the High School.
Community:
The 29th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ronkonkoma is on Sunday, March 24th and will start at the corner of Patchogue-Holbrook Road and Portion Road at approximately 2:00 p.m.
There was a house fire early Monday morning where two women died and a man was pulled out to safety by nearby police officers.
Blaze Pizza in Bayshore celebrated pi day (March 14th) by selling pizza pies for $3.14 for the 6th year in a row.
National:
NASA stated that the next person to walk on the moon and the first person to step foot on Mars will be a woman and they are looking forward to seeing it happen.
In California, the rising sea levels are impacting many people and can have an effect on storm intensity which is said to increase drastically by 2100.
The state of Montana has been experiencing extremely cold weather conditions for almost a month straight. The last time the weather was this bad was almost a decade ago.
Over fifty people were indicted on Tuesday for the largest known college admission scam — parents from Hollywood, CEOs of companies, and a law firm executive were among those charged.
International:
A school building in Nigeria collapsed the other day while school was in session, more than 40 people were rescued from the building.
Shortly after takeoff on Sunday, an Ethiopian Airline crashed killing 157 people and injuring many others.
111 schools in Malaysia were shut down after toxic waste was illegally dumped into a nearby river and got many students sick.
Ten people were killed in a school shooting in Brazil — among the victims were five students.