🌱 Fatal Hit-And-Run + Grand Larceny Couple + 50 New SBU Scholarships

Happy Friday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 64 Low: 58.

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

1. One person was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Holtsville, police say, on a service road near the Long Island Expressway. There was no information on the victim or a description of the wanted vehicle given yet. (News 12)
2. Police are looking for a man and a woman for stealing a woman’s wallet out of a shopping cart at Whole Foods in Lake Grove on Thursday, Feb. 24. They later tried using credit cards found in the wallet to buy items from a Target and Best Buy in Centereach. (Daily Voice)
3. Stony Brook University announced they are launching a new major initiative to improve diversity in STEM careers. The university will offer 50 scholarships to students from underrepresented backgrounds beginning Fall 2023. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Friends of Music Meeting, Rocky Point High School Chorus Room, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Long Island’s largest fleece and fiber festival will take place Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 at the historic Hallockville Museum Farm on the North Fork. (LongIsland.com)
• A one-bedroom garden apartment co-op in the North Isle Village community in Coram is selling for $150,000, with a monthly maintenance fee of $842, including taxes.
  The one-bathroom unit was built in 1973 and has an updated kitchen. (Subscription: Newsday)
• FLIP Circus is coming to Smith Haven Mall on May 20. The vintage-inspired circus show will feature five performers who fled Ukraine. (Patch)

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• Suffolk Sports Hall Of Fame – Class Of 2022 (Details)
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• We Paint Kitchen Cabinets (Details)
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That's it for today. I'll see you around!

— Jackie

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