🌱 Banning Gun Sales Downtown + New 45-Acre Park + Drunk Driving

Hello there, Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and more humid. High: 80 Low: 69.

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

1. Riverhead is considering banning stores that sell guns in downtown Riverhead. Town board members held a work session where they discussed preliminary zoning changes to prohibit the sale of firearms and related gear in the business district. (RiverheadLOCAL)
2. A vacant property in the Village of Head of the Harbor that used to be a sheep farm may soon become a 45-acre public park. Stony Brook's Avalon Park and Preserve Inc. wants to restore the North Country Road and Shep Jones Lane site. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Four people were charged with impaired driving during a Memorial Day weekend crackdown in Patchogue. Christopher Miller, 26, of Mastic Beach, and Jake Delloiacono, 27, of Medford, were charged with driving while intoxicated. Michael Morlock, 9, of Miller Place, was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and Victor Lituma Vicuna, 27, of East Hampton, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, police said. (Daily Voice)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Memorial Day Murph Challenge, 633 Mount Sinai-Coram Rd, Mt. Sinai. "Join CrossFit 631 Red Woods and North Shore Youth Council in this year's Murph Challenge," 10 a.m.

From my notebook:

• Check out this "wow house" in Smithtown. Listed at $1,395,000, 85 Croft Lane sits on 1.2 acres with an in-ground pool and five bedrooms. (Patch)
• Watch: Flags were placed at Calverton National Cemetery to honor America's fallen heroes on this Memorial Day weekend. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Thousands of flights were canceled at New York area airports over the holiday weekend: 1,500 on Saturday and more than 750 on Sunday. The cancellations were due to bad weather and air traffic control issues. (News 12)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— Jackie

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