🌱 Gabby Petito Fundraiser Event + Medford House Fire + Teen Stabs Mom

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Rather cloudy. High: 55 Low: 46.

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

1. An early Monday house fire in Medford has left three people homeless. It happened on Wilson Avenue after midnight, and no one was injured. (Patch)
2. The Gabby Petito Foundation raised awareness Sunday for missing people by holding a fundraising event in Holtsville at Topgolf. Hundreds of people attended. (News 12)
3. Police said a 19 year old stabbed his mother to death early Sunday morning as they sat in a car parked in front of their Brentwood home. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Athletic Booster Club Meeting, Rocky Point UFSD, 7 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Miller Place School District will host virtual STEAM nights on April 12 for elementary students and April 13 for middle and high schoolers. (Miller Place Schools)
• Suffolk Community College hackers took the top prize at Stony Brook University's annual Hackathon. Haley Olson and Joseph Hanrahan won the cash prize. (TBR News Media)
• Rep. Lee Zeldin said he opposes the proposed Northport VA cuts and that he will work to prevent them. (LongIsland.com)

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— Jackie