Business Burglaries + New Pho Joint + Top-Rated Haunted House

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

A string of burglaries continues at nearby businesses. A new pho restaurant opened, and a Long Island haunted house was voted the best in the state. And the fire that destroyed a historic home in Coram derailed plans to make a museum.

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First, today's weather:

Nice with clouds and sun. High: 69 Low: 58.

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

1. Newsday reports that a pilot from Setauket died in an upstate helicopter crash. The crash near Storm King Mountain in the Town of Cornwall on Sunday killed Arthur Charych, 73. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to locate 17-year-old Blanca Martinez-Geronimo who left her home in Riverhead around 9 p.m. Saturday and is missing. (Riverhead News Review)
3. A new Vietnamese restaurant has opened. Súp Vietnamese Phở & Grill is on Route 25A in Stony Brook. (LongIsland.com)
4. Carl MacGowan has a deeper dive on the Coram historic house fire. The fire at the Middle Country Road Norton house ruined plans to turn the centuries-old property into a museum. (Subscription: Newsday)
5. News 12 Long Island reports that another burglary in Holbrook seems to be part of a pattern. The most recent incident was at Asian Fusion on Furrows Road Sunday. (News 12)
6. Chambers of Hell in Hauppauge was voted New York's top haunted house. The creepy attraction is inside the Play Like A Pro indoor sports training facility at 1745 Express Dr. North. (LongIsland.com)

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