Autism Group Home Abuse Claims + Haunted Houses

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

A family is suing a group home for adults, claiming their autistic son was abused. COVID is hitting the Suffolk jail system hard, leading to the cancellation of events and a search for more employees. Check out a haunted house nearby that has a spooky camp theme.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 77 Low: 65.

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

1. Lisa Finn looks into statistics from the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office that 31 Suffolk County correctional workers Out With COVID-19 and 98 inmates have had COVID-19 since April. The rising cases led to the Yaphank Sheriff's Open House being canceled that was set for today. (Patch)
2. An annual favorite event is coming up next week. The Barn Dance will be held at Hallockville Museum Farm on Saturday, Oct. 9 (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. News 12 Long Island talks to a Nesconset family who filed a lawsuit against a Smithtown group home for neglecting and abusing their son who has autism. The parents of the man say he suffered broken limbs and other abuse at the Developmental Disabilities Institute home. (News 12)
4. Long Island Press rounds up a list of haunted houses this fall. Campers' Pike is 30-minute, drive-thru attraction with a haunted camping theme at Southaven County Park in Yaphank. It runs Oct. 7 through 31. (Long Island Press)
5. Gene Morris writes that Mount Sinai's football team played Shoreham-Wading River under Friday night lights. SWR wore ‘Tommy Tough’ jerseys, in honor of Thomas Cutinella, a former SWR player who passed away seven years from an injury and won 20-13. (Subscription: Newsday)

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