🌱 Boys Fell Off Tube Behind Boat, Rescued + Man Missing From Canal

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Partly sunny. High: 83 Low: 69.

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

1. Rescuers are searching around the Shinnecock Canal for a man who went missing while attempting to swim across. It happened in Southampton around 2:10 a.m. on Thursday, July 14. (Daily Voice)
2. Two boys were rescued from the Great Peconic Bay on Sunday afternoon after a police officer saw a boater pulling an empty tube. The boys were found unharmed after half an hour and taken onto another vessel. (Patch)
3. A 16-year-old girl was shot during a fight in Central Islip on Wednesday morning. Around 11:45 a.m., two groups of teenagers were involved in a physical altercation on Anne Lane, according to police. She was treated for her injuries. (Patch)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Alive on 25 at Main Street, Downtown Riverhead, 5 to 9:30 p.m.: "Alive on 25 is a walkable, pop-up summer street festival in Downtown Riverhead offering live music on six stages, local craft beverages, outdoor dining, Long Island artists, performers and street vendors."

From my notebook:

• A second shark bite was reported on Wednesday in Fire Island, hours after a surfer was bitten earlier in the morning. At Seaview Beach, at 6:05 p.m., a 49-year-old Arizona man was standing in waist-deep water and was bit on the left wrist and buttocks, according to police. (Patch)
• A six-bedroom contemporary home on one acre in Port Jefferson overlooking the Long Island Sound is on the market for $3 million. It has 10,000 square feet including an indoor pool. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Three-month-old kittens looking for a forever home, spayed/neutered, wormed, vaccinations, tested negative. Can meet at foster home. Must make out rescue group application and pay an adoption fee to rescue to cover medical cost." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie

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