🌱 Baby Formula Shortage + Business Break-In

Hey, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here with a brand-new edition of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 63 Low: 51.

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

1. A nationwide baby formula shortage means some Long Island parents are finding creative ways to find formula. A Ridge man, Brian Barnett, met a stranger in a parking lot to buy formula from her for his 9-month-old son Christopher. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who damaged the door of a Kings Park business in March. According to police, the man used a shovel to attempt to gain entry into Celtic Crossing Tavern at 83 Pulaski Road on March 10 at 3:15 a.m. (News 12)
3. The founders of a new civic association in Riverhead want to give residents a voice on issues affecting the downtown area. The Heart of Riverhead Civic Association will focus on the area from the Peconic River north to Route 58 and Mill Road east to Route 105. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• AP English Language & Composition, Rocky Point High School, 8 a.m.
• PTA Meet the Candidates Night HS Auditorium, Rocky Point High School, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "This is garlic mustard. It is an invasive plant that ruins the soil. Once it flowers it needs to be ripped out by the root, bagged up in plastic and disposed of in regular trash, not composted, not sent with lawn clippings." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "There is a Change.org petition available to sign. Its attempt is to bring more publicity to the horrible Mastic Beach home invasion and S.A. on a young mother." (Nextdoor)
• Rocky Point's Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School held its first spring concert in the Rocky Point High School auditorium for the first time in over three years. (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. I'll see you around!

— Jackie

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