🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: DSS Move + Victim Sketch

Good day, people of Center Moriches-Eastport! It's me again, Diane Witek, your host of the Center Moriches-Eastport Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 45, low: 33.

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

1. The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Deputies recently made the following warrant arrests: #WarrantWednesday, #SCSO, #SuffolkSheriff." (Instagram)
2. The Suffolk County Department of Social Services is leaving its current location on Main Street to lease 38,555 square feet of the lot from the former Kmart store in Riverhead. The developer is carving out space to deliver a best-in-class office space to Suffolk County that will greatly benefit the community and the shopping center. (Long Island Business News)
3. Do you know this man? He was struck by a car and killed while crossing North Ocean Avenue in Medford last Tuesday night. The police have released a sketch and are asking anyone with information about the victim's identity to contact the 5th Squad at 631-854-8552. (Patch)

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From my notebook:

• Eastport Animal Hospital: "Kenzie did such a great job for her first appointment today! 🐾🥰" (Facebook) (Website)
• Moriches Bay Project: "I love looking back at our beautiful oysters from one of our garden programs this summer!" (Instagram) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff: "The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office wishes best of luck to Jackie Lucas, Jamie Stuart, Christine Insinga, and Shari Einhorn as they move on from News 12 Long Island. Thank you for your coverage of the Sheriff’s Office over the years!" (Instagram) (Website)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "'We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.' Martin Luther King Jr., from his 'I Have A Dream' speech." (Facebook) (Website)

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