🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Southampton Murder Conviction

Good morning, Center Moriches-Eastport! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

A snow shower in the p.m. High: 36, low: 24.

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

1. Michael Gaines, 44, a Southampton man, was convicted on one count of murder and two counts of burglary in the 2019 shooting death of Mtundu Vanderpool, who was asleep in his bed on the Shinnecock Reservation in 2019, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. "With the jury's verdict, the family and loved ones of Mr. Vanterpool are able to get some small measure of justice for his brutal slaying and the defendant will now be held responsible for committing the heinous act of taking a life," Tierney said. (Southampton Patch)
2. A convoy of fire trucks and other vehicles laden with firefighters’ tools and protective equipment, donated by more than two dozen Long Island fire districts, left Bethpage Thursday for rural Lee County, Kentucky, where it will be distributed to local departments, as reported in Newsday. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. The Mental Health Subcommittee of the Community Mental Hygiene Advisory Board is holding a Zoom meeting Feb. 2. The next Zoom meeting of the Substance Use Disorders Subcommittee is scheduled for Feb. 3. Please call the MH Division at 631-853-8500, to get the numbers to participate in this Zoom calls. (Press Release Desk)
4. A former duck farm in Aquebogue has been purchased by the Peconic Land Trust for $11.5 million. The 100-acre waterfront parcel on Flanders Bay known as Broad Cove had been targeted for development of a mixed-use resort, but the owners, Walo LLC, sold it instead to the land trust to keep it preserved. (Subscription: Long Island Business News)

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Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

• In-Person Cardio Sculpt Training with Kim (Center Moriches). (8:30 a.m.)
• Teen Magic the Gathering IN PERSON CMY560 (Center Moriches). (6 p.m.)
• English as a Second Language Series (Center Moriches). (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Center Moriches Drama Club: 🌲"Still meeting the cast.🌲 Allie: Cinderella. 👑 Emily: Cinderella's Mother.🌳/ Milky White.🐄/ Dance Captain." (Instagram)
• Center Moriches Free Public Library: "The Healthy Libraries Program (HeLP) will be at our library on Feb. 1, from 2- 4:30 p.m. #cmorlibrary, #healthylibariesprogram." (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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