Community Corner
🌱 Gun Shots + Arson Charge + Zombie House + Crash Victim ID'd
Here's a five-minute guide to everything worth knowing today in town.

Morning, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get this Wednesday started off right. These are the most important things happening today in Miller Place-Rocky Point.
Someone reported gun shots Sunday morning in Port Jeff Station. A Manorville man is accused of setting fire to a nearby business. The man killed in a fatal crash on William Floyd has been named. And Brookhaven Town tore down a "zombie house."
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Warm with plenty of sunshine. High: 73 Low: 57.
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Here are the top stories in Miller Place-Rocky Point today:
- Patch reports that possible gun shots were heard Sunday in Port Jefferson Station. Police were called to a location near Grand and Olympia lanes around 11 a.m. (Patch)
- News 12 Long Island has the news that Stony Brook University Hospital is ranked among the nation's best for heart and stoke care by Healthgrades. (News 12)
- Patch updates us on a fatal crash last week. The 27-year-old Mastic man was identified as Elias Gonzalez. He was killed at the intersection of Sunrise Highway and William Floyd Parkway in Shirley on Oct. 12. (Patch)
- A Manorville man has been arrested for a Sept. 12 arson at Lighthouse Marina in Aquebogue. Brian Henry, 44, is charged with Arson in the Fourth Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree and Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree. (RiverheadLOCAL)
- A "zombie home" has been demolished in Farmingville by the Town of Brookhaven. 27 Radburn Drive has been vacant for many years and received resident complaints and building code violations. (LongIsland.com)
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