🌱 20-Year-Old Needs Kidney + Teen Workers In Demand This Summer

Hello, hello! I'm back with your new copy of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily, fresh off the presses. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in the community today...

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 82 Low: 66.

Here are the top three stories today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

1. Reggie Berrios, 20, from Ronkonkoma needs a donor kidney due to kidney disease that runs in his family. His mother, Eleanor Di Maggio-Lalima has launched a social media campaign to try an identify a suitable donor to save her son from dialysis. (Patch)
2. Splish Splash Water Park in Calverton is trying hard to hire employees for the 2022 summer season, offering competitive wages and launching a social media campaign. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. A developer broke ground on a 63,000-square-foot urgent care facility in Centereach where Catholic Health will offer specialty and ambulatory care. (New York YIMBY)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Southampton Animal Shelter Stand Up Paddleboarding with Your Pup at Shinnecock Bay at Dockers Waterside Marina. East Quogue, 9 to 11 a.m.

From my notebook:

• Police are searching for an 18-year-old missing from Little Flower Children's Services in Wading River. Eianna Delorantis left on Thursday at 1:37 p.m. without permission. (Patch)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "I am looking for someone with experience to replace the cedar shingles on the upper floor front of my home in Miller Place and paint them." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "655 Whiskey Road, Ridge, open house, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Five bedrooms, three full baths, fenced 0.61 acres, one-car garage, built in 2014, only 8 years old, $524,990." (Nextdoor)

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