Dog Jumps Out Of Car On LIE + Woman In Submerged Car ID'ed

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Here's everything happening today in Miller Place-Rocky Point.

The owner of a small dog who jumped out of a convertible on the Long Island Expressway is looking for his lost pet. The woman who was found dead in a car in the Long Island Sound has finally been identified. Port Jefferson's new wine bar is open. And comedians are holding a show for a local comic battling cancer.

First, today's weather will be partly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 80 and a low of 67 degrees.

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

1. CBS has a story on the search for a small dog who is missing after jumping out of a convertible on the Long Island Expressway. The five-pound pooch jumped by William Floyd Parkway, exit 68. (CBS New York)
2. Erica Marcus checks out B.Y.O.G. wine bar in Port Jefferson. The self-serve wine bar is now open. (Newsday)
3. Lisa Finn reports that the woman found dead in her vehicle submerged in the Long Island Sound off Iron Pier Beach in Jamesport in June has been identified as Kathleen Minogue, 56, of Port Jefferson Station. (Patch)
4. David Criblez explains how Long Island comedians are coming together to support Mount Sinai comic Bob Nelson. A stand-up comedy fundraiser is planned for tonight at Governor’s Comedy Club in Levittown for Nelson who is battling cancer. (Newsday)
5. The Northforker looks at how some searching for North Fork homes have started hunting further west, into Wading River, as the market becomes increasingly tough. (Northforker)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point

• Online: Stretch Fusion with Fitness Figures, 10 to 10:45 a.m., Port Jefferson Free Library
• Online: Paper Plate Create: Animals of the Savanna, 11 a.m. to noon, Port Jefferson Free Library

Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• Theatre Three in Port Jefferson announces it will audition young performers for next winter's performances of A Christmas Carol. Actors ages eight to 17 – 17 can try out on Tuesday, September 21. (smithtownmatters.com)
• Riverhead Town police are looking for two teenaged girls who were reported missing from Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River. Kiaralyn Delgado, 15, and Autumn Tucker, 13, were last seen after midnight on Wednesday. (Riverhead News-Review)
• A fawn was rescued from Rocky Point by a Port Jefferson Station animal rescue group. It was found so dehydrated it was covered in flies and had lost its mother. (Newsday)

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