Blue Ribbon School + Mourning Gabby Petito + School Bus Accident

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Blue Point is mourning Gabby Petito as family and friends wait for an autopsy report.

A fire broke out in Setauket Tuesday. A school bus accident in Riverhead sent several people to the hospital. And Mount Sinai High School was one of six schools on Long Island to be named a Blue Ribbon School.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 78, low: 69.

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

1. News 12 Long Island is covering a fire at a farm in Setauket. Multiple departments responded to the call at 23 Brewster Lane. (News 12)
2. News 12 came to Blue Point to see how Gabby Petito's hometown is reacting to the news that a body matching her description was found. Teal ribbons have been hung to remember the 22 year old as it was her favorite color. The family, and community, are awaiting the autopsy results. (News 12)
3. Lisa Finn reports that a Riverhead school bus was in an accident on Monday. A box truck driver was airlifted after he hit the bus and the school bus driver and six children were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. (Patch)
4. Stony Brook University is responding to a pandemic population shift to the East End and a need for more speech pathologists. A new facility at Stony Brook Southampton’s campus will expand the Stony Brook School of Health Technology and Management’s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• MS Shared Dec meeting, 2:15 p.m., Rocky Point Middle School.
• JAE Shared Dec meeting, 3 p.m, Joseph a Edgar Intermediate School.
• FJC Shared Dec meeting, 3:50 p.m., Frank J Carasiti Elementary School.

Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• Mount Sinai High School has been named a 2021 National Blue-Ribbon School in the performance category of “Exemplary High Performing.” Mount Sinai High School is one of six schools on Long Island to win the award. (Facebook)

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