🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: 'Turning Back Thyme' + Guilty

Welcome back, Center Moriches-Eastport! Diane Witek here to get you all caught up to start this Saturday, Feb. 26 off on an informed note. Here's what's going on today in Center Moriches-Eastport.

First, today's weather:

Mainly cloudy and cold. High: 34, low: 25.

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

1. "Turning Back Thyme: A Taste of Hallockville" held at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead is a series of workshops of historic farm-to-table food production, preparation and preservation practices. Each workshop costs $50 for Hallockville Museum Farm members or $65 for non-members. Members may also sign up for all four workshops for $175. For more details and to register, visit the museum farm’s website. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. A Suffolk County judge sentenced a cardiologist from Bellport to three years in prison after he was convicted of assaulting his infant son by shaking him. Neiman Ramjattan, 35, was found guilty on Oct. 7 of reckless assault of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Hate crimes don't pay, just ask Robert Fehring, a retired Bellport high school teacher, band director and track coach who is now facing up to five years in prison. Fehring pleading guilty to mailing 20 letters with violent threats to pride event organizers on Long Island and New York City through the U.S. Postal Service. (Patch)

From my notebook:

• Joseph from Nextdoor Community Team, Nextdoor New York: "#Snowcrew. How to offer and get help shoveling for the Winter Storm. ⛄❄️ Neighbors, it's going to snow, yet again! This time around, based on your feedback, we are simplifying the process, here's how the #Snowcrew Angels volunteering works." (Nextdoor)

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— Diane Witek

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