🌱 Driver Flees Traffic Stop, Kills Another Driver + Coffin Races

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The LIE is getting a facelift, to the tune of $80 million. A driver fled a traffic stop, ultimately crashing into another car and killing the driver. This weekend, a unique family Halloween festival will take place. And a brewery nearby was voted "best" of LI.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and delightful. High: 73 Low: 62.

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

1. The Daily Voice writes that work has started on a Long Island Expressway improvement project in Suffolk County. $80 million worth of contracts will be awarded this fall to replace 287 miles of pavement. (Daily Voice)
2. Patch reports that the driver of a car that fled a traffic stop and then crashed into another car killing someone was arrested in Holtsville on Tuesday night. A third person had serious injuries. The crash happened at 11:40 p.m. on North Ocean Avenue close to Express Drive South. (Patch)
3. Long Island Press has the name of the craft brewery voted best on Long Island in a reader poll. Po’Boy Brewery in Port Jefferson Station won the 2021 Bethpage Best of Long Island contest. (Long Island Press)
4. The "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk is slated for Riverhead on Oct. 30 at Grangabel Park hosted by the American Cancer Society. (RiverheadLOCAL)
5. Northforker previews this Saturday's Halloween Fest in Riverhead. Coffin races will be a unique attraction at 3 p.m. Family trick-or-treating is set for 4 to 6 p.m. on Main Street. (Northforker)

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