Dog Fighting Ring Busted + New Walmart Hiring

Happy Thursday, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locally today.

Alive on 25 is back in Riverhead tonight, with some new features. A new Walmart coming to Yaphank is hiring. A vicious dog fighting ring has been busted. And the man accused of killing a Medford nurse was indicted yesterday.

First, today's weather will be humid and partly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 89 and a low of 76 degrees.

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

1. Greater Moriches tells about a new Walmart store in Yaphank that is hiring more than 400 workers. The store is slated to open in November. (Greater Long Island)
2. Lisa Finn updates us that Alive on 25 in Riverhead is back tonight from 5 to 9 p.m. along Peconic Avenue and Main Street, between Griffing and Union avenues. A "kid zone" and an outdoor movie are two new additions to the street fair. (Patch)
3. Peggy Spellman Hoey reports that ten Long Island men have been busted for running an interstate dog fighting ring. 100 dogs have been rescued to date and one Mastic man was known as "the Godfather of Dog Fighting." (Patch)
4. Patch also has the update on the man accused of killing Sandra McIntosh in Holtsville last month. Wayne Chambers was indicted on Wednesday and is being held without bail. (Patch)

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Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• Suffolk County Legislator Anker thanked Mount Sinai's Robert Julius Condemi and Demeter Fragrance Library for producing and donating hand sanitizer to first responders in Suffolk County during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Patch)

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