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🌱 Elderly Man Dies In Crash + Trump Sign Store Owner Free Speech Case
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Good morning, everybody! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily. Here's what you need to know about what's happening in town today.
Now, today's weather:
Humid with a shower in spots. High: 81 Low: 71.
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Here are the top three stories in Miller Place-Rocky Point today:
- An 83-year-old man was killed in a crash in Coram on County Road 83 south of Mooney Pond Road. Preston Pavlo was heading south and hit the back of an empty tow truck. (News 12)
- A Port Jefferson judge ruled that a village ice-cream shop owner’s free-speech rights were violated two years ago when village officials issued him citations hanging signs supporting Donald Trump and against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Port Jefferson building officials charged Roger’s Frigate owner George Wallis with violating village sign ordinances. (Subscription: Newsday)
- Firefighters from several Suffolk County departments needed multiple hours to extinguish a brush fire in Yaphank on Tuesday. The fire was west of Exit 57, Horseblock Road and Yaphank Avenue in Yaphank. (Subscription: Newsday)
Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:
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- Friends Kitchen Free Hot Meal, Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Point, 716 NY-25A, 5 p.m.
From my notebook:
- A small explosion in a walk-in oven at Stony Brook University's Calverton Food Incubator injured one person on Wednesday morning on Middle Country Road. (Subscription: Newsday)
- Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that Suffolk County received 4,080 monkeypox vaccinations from New York State and will be partnering with Northwell Health, Stony Brook Medicine and Sun River Health to host pop-up clinics for those eligible. (Patch)
- Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Looking for a reliable person to feed four horses lunch regularly on Mondays and occasional fill-ins between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. No cleaning, just hay and topping off water if necessary. No experience necessary." (Nextdoor)
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