🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Marcum Workplace Challenge + 2 Dead

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know going on locally today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and milder. High: 69, low: 49.

Here are the top stories in Center Moriches-Eastport today:

1. Mastic Beach resident Liz Ledeoux is the big winner of the compost tumbler giveaway. Councilman Dan Panico presented Ledeoux and the other six winners on April 23. Access more information about how to recycle in Brookhaven Town at www.BrookhavenNY.gov. (Press Release Desk)
2. Now you can catch a cup of "joe" before boarding your plane at MacArthur Airport. Dunkin Donuts took over the former Fridays location. According to an article in Newsday, the space had been vacant for two years and the coffee chain will occupy a 1,000-square-foot space. (LongIsland.com)
3. The popular fundraiser, Marcum Workplace Challenge, returns on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Jones Beach, according to an announcement from Marcum, an accounting firm with offices across the country and in Melville. The 3.5-mile run-walk and corporate picnic has raised more than $1 million for charity. (Long Island Business News)
4. According to documents filed with the Smithtown Planning Department, Lake Grove Mall may house one of Long Island’s first arenas for the global $1 billion esports industry. Belong Gaming, a Manhattan-based company, would have 72 gaming stations, bleachers for spectators and large-screen televisions to show gamers’ exploits in real time. (Subscription: Newsday)
5. Late Tuesday night, Suffolk County detectives found two men shot to death inside a home in Selden, police said. Police said in a news release Wednesday morning that Ian Saalfield, 45, of Lake Grove, and the homeowner, Robert Julian, 58 were found in the home. Police are asking anyone with information about the case to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. (News 12 Bronx)

Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

• Jam Session with Reprise Music IN PERSON — Ages 3-Not yet in Kindergarten — CMJ282 (Center Moriches). (4:30 p.m.)
• In Person Mother's Day White and Gold Bracelet (Center Moriches). (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Center Moriches: "Looking for a good /honest auto mechanic to diagnose my brakes. I have always done my own brakes without issue but can’t figure out the issue." (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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