🌱 Driver Flees Fatal Crash + Long Covid Support Group

Morning, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! It's me again, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

A driver fled from a fatal crash that killed a man on Sunday and police are looking for information. A new thrift store in Port Jefferson is raising money for those in need. And Long Islanders suffering from long COVID are meeting in a support group.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 64 Low: 50.

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

1. Newsday checks out Give Kids Hope thrift store on Main St. in Port Jefferson. It was founded by a woman who was inspired by how much help she got when her daughter had cancer. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Stony Brook Medicine has started a support group for Long Islanders who feel isolated fighting "long COVID" symptoms. It meets in Commack. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Patch reports that a 62-year-old man was killed in a two-car crash on the Long Island Expressway early Sunday and the driver of one of the vehicles fled the scene on foot. A passenger in a car that was rear-ended by a Honda, Terence McAree, of North Babylon, died and the Honda driver left the scene on foot. (Patch)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• District Legislative Committee Meeting, 6 p.m. in High School library, Shoreham-Wading River Schools

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• North Shore Public Library is hosting Tots Night Out: Farmer Rabbit for ages 18 months to five years old on Wednesday, October 20 at 6 to 6:45 p.m. (Facebook)

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