🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: For Sale + Smoke Shack BBQ

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

First, today's weather:

Abundant sunshine and milder. High: 48, low: 36.

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

1. Center Moriches-Eastport: 3 latest homes for sale. The Patch provides a sampling of the newest batch of homes to hit the housing market in and around Center Moriches-Eastport — including a house in the Center Moriches area with 4 beds and 2 baths for $599,999, and another in the Eastport area with 6 beds and 6.5 baths for $3.3 million. (Center Moriches-Eastport Patch)
2. Father-son duo set to open Smoke Shack BBQ in Mastic Beach this spring. "The duo started their Smoke Shack BBQ food truck in 2016 and served up pulled pork sandwiches and their fully-loaded porky mountain fries at state fairs. Now, they aim to serve nana Jennette Cantone’s barbecue sauce every day in a brick-and-mortar restaurant," wrote Greater Moriches. (GreaterMoriches)
3. Steven Ortner's father, Clayton Ortner, said the couple were heroic in their efforts to save their baby during their house fire in East Setauket that took Lisa's life. "It was the teamwork of Steven and Lisa together that got that baby out," he said. His wife, her voice also cracking, added, "Lisa lost her life in that house saving that baby, handing him to Steven." (Subscription: Newsday)

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From my notebook:

• Center Moriches Fire Department: "Center Moriches FD Rapid Intervention Team Requested To Manorville Fire At 2:51pm on Saturday, Center Moriches Firefighters were requested to assist the Manorville FD at the scene of a house fire on Dogwood Lane in Greenwood Village." (Facebook) (Website)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "Celebrate Black authors and elevate Black voices with content on Libby - free with your library card. #cmorlibrary, #BlackHistoryMonth, #blackauthors." (Facebook) (Website)

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