🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Mastic Trailor Fire + BOCES

Get on up, Center Moriches-Eastport! Diane Witek here to get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in Center Moriches-Eastport.

First, today's weather:

Very cold with sunshine. High: 27, low: 13.

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

1. On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out at a commercial property located on Sunrise Highway Service Road, near Stuyvesant Avenue in Mastic, a police spokeswoman said. "Several trailers being stored on the property" had been damaged in the fire that happened at about 5:30 p.m., police said. The fire was "quickly extinguished" and the scene was left for Brookhaven Town's fire marshals and police to investigate. (Patch)
2. "At Eastern Suffolk BOCES, which serves students from 51 school districts, Career and Technical Education enrollment has grown from about 1,500 students in 2014 to close to 2,000 this school year," reported Newsday. Technical schools are seeing an enrollment boost as high school students are becoming more interested in learning the trade of electricians, carpenters, barbers and plumbers. Educators credit a high economic demand for skilled workers and a more rigorous college-aligned curriculum for the spike. Enrollment trends also show more female students entering fields that typically are dominated by males. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Does it feel like you are paying more for everything lately? Well, you are, actually 5.1 percent over the same time last year, according to reports from the federal government. Nationally, the consumer price index, which measures the cost of core goods, climbed 7.5 percent in January over the year before, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. We all feel the pain of increases in the costs of gas, food, autos and furniture. In December, economists at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School estimated that the average household had to spend $3,500 more than in 2020 to buy an identical basket of goods and services. Is there no end in sight? (Patch)

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Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

• NEW! Mini Maker Mondays IN PERSON - Ages 2 - Not yet in Kindergarten - CMJ234 (Center Moriches). (4:30 p.m.)
• Teen Pizza, Popcorn & a Movie - The Karate Kid. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "Jester Jim is here twisting it up at the library! Come on by and enjoy special events, free coffee, and raffles until Noon today! #cmorlibrary, #jesterjim, #hamptoncoffeecompany." (Facebook) (Website)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "Cozy up with a good book and a cup of something warm and wonderful! Check out an item from our current display, celebrating the Grand Opening of the Hampton Coffee Company library café! #cmorlibrary, #hamptoncoffeecompany." (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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