🌱 Arrest In Hicksville Hit-And-Run + Ronkonkoma Hub Eminent Domain

Good day, neighbors! I'm here with today's Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy in the afternoon. High: 70 Low: 56.

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

1. Johanna Iovino, from Lake Ronkonkoma, has been arrested in connection to a fatal Holtsville hit-and-run. Police said Iovino is the driver who hit Ryan Walker and Robert Kehlembeck as they were working on a pickup truck on the side of the Long Island Expressway service road. (News 12)
2. A fire at the Indian Island county golf course last night damaged the golf cart storage building there and destroyed most of the golf carts stored within the building. A 911 call reported the fire around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. A Ronkonkoma bus company is fighting Brookhaven Town's attempt to seize its property through eminent domain. The North Fork Express charter bus depot on Hawkins Avenue is wanted by the Industrial Development Agency and developer Tritec Real Estate for the $750 million Ronkonkoma Hub development. Tritec is asking the IDA to condemn the bus company's 2.2-acre site and there will be an online public hearing at 1 p.m. Wednesday. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• School Budget Vote & BOE Elections, Rocky Point High School Gym, 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.

From my notebook:

• The new restaurant by Old Fields restaurateur David Tunney that's replacing the closed Pentimento in Stony Brook Village Center will be called Luca and serve modern Italian food. (Greater Long Island)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Does anyone know of lawn cutting for two times per month at $70 per month? Please let me know and a possible lead. I do not have a lot of lawn, mostly cutting weeds and around trees." (Nextdoor)
• Marie Lewis, Neighbor: "Looking for a plumber to hook up a natural gas grill." (Patch)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Jackie

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