🌱 Tackling Opioid Addiction + Aegean Pizza To Close After 50 Years

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Partly sunny. High: 85 Low: 73.

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Here are the top three stories today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

1. Suffolk County announced that $25 million in funds will be available to community groups, nonprofits, and county agencies for the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction. The money comes from county's lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. (Patch)
2. Local favorite Aegean Pizza & Italian Restaurant, located in the largely vacant Sun-Vet Mall in Holbrook, announced it will close. The pizzeria has been open for almost 50 years. (Greater Long Island)
3. An audit this month showed that the Brookhaven Town Local Development Corp. (LDC) failed to properly monitor job creation at construction projects that the LDC partly financed. The report also stated the agency failed to collect about $7,000 in annual fees from an applicant. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Port Jeff's 2022 Sunset Concerts at Harborfront Park, 101-A East Broadway, Port Jefferson, 6:30 p.m., Blue Spirit.

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Hello, does anyone have any updates on the old Hartlin Inn, when it will open, type of menu? I passed this morning, seems to be coming along slowly. Looking forward to it." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Hey everyone, does anyone know an easy way to eliminate fleas on a cat? I have a solution to take care of the home invasion of them but what do people do when a cat gets them? My poor kitty is going crazy with them." (Nextdoor)

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