🌱 Another Shark Attack + Winning Powerball + Hit-and-Run Arrest

Good morning, neighbors. It's me, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily — here to tell you everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Let's dive in.

First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 84 Low: 69.

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

1. Swimming was suspended at Smith Point Wednesday for the second time this month. A 41-year-old surfer was bitten on the leg and believed it was a sand tiger shark. (NBC New York)
2. On 7-Eleven's free Slurpee day, July 11, a Long Islander won the third-place Powerball ticket worth $50,000. The ticket purchased at the 7-Eleven on Flanders Road in Riverhead. (Dan's Papers)
3. A Centereach man has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run in Island Park on Monday. Corey Henson, 31, hit Dodanim Emmanuel Chavez while he was walking to his car. (News 12)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Friends Kitchen Free Hot Meal, 716 NY-25A, Rocky Point, 5 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The Triple Five affiliate involved in the $40 million land deal with Riverhead Town to buy 1,644 acres at the Calverton Enterprise Park is applying for IDA assistance. The group wants to develop 1,644 vacant acres at the Calverton Enterprise Park. (RiverheadLOCAL)
• Peter Igarashi, MD, a nephrologist was named Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University. He will start September 12, 2022. (Stony Brook)
• Ralph Mann opened a new restaurant in Bellport, Waffles and Soul restaurant, at 461 Station Road with a partner on June 27. (Greater Long Island)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with your next update.

— Jackie

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