🌱 Another Candidate In 1st District + Day Care Sexual Abuse Sentence

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; windy, cooler. High: 70 Low: 58.

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

1. Another Republican candidate announced a run for the 1st Congressional district seat being vacated by Lee Zeldin. Michelle Bond from Port Jefferson, leader of a cryptocurrency trade group, joins Anthony Figliola of Setauket in challenging Nick LaLota, the Suffolk County Republican Committee's designated candidate in the Aug. 23 primary. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. A Patchogue man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing eight children at his wife's day care center received a prison sentence of 20 years on Thursday. Angel Tacuri, 53, was also sentenced to 20 years of post-prison supervision. (Patch)
3. The Port Jefferson planning board approved expansions to Mather Hospital. The hospital will expand its northern parking lot and relocate and expand the emergency room. (TBR News Media)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Moving sale, 37 Westchester Drive, Rocky Point: "Tons of tools, lightly used furniture, household, vintage stuff, patio set, generator, much, much more," 9 a.m.
• Annual Strawberry Festival/Tag Sale, Trinity Lutheran Church, 716 NY-25A, Rocky Point: "Huge tag sale, gift basket raffles, delicious food and desserts, bake sale, crafts, local vendors, children’s activities," 9 a.m.

From my notebook:

• Several Juneteenth celebrations are scheduled for Riverhead this weekend. The Suffolk Theater will screen “Retrospective of the Heroes of Black Music” today at 8 p.m., $15. (RiverheadLOCAL)
• Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, with the Response Crisis Center, presents the Long Island premiere of "Every Brilliant Thing," written by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe. (Broadway World)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Just saw this mushroom in my yard. Does anyone know what kind of mushroom it is and if it’s poisonous?" (Nextdoor)

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