Gun Shots Heard + Camp Bus Driver Three Times Over Legal Limit

Get on up, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this Thursday off on an informed note. These are the most important things happening in Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

Police are investigating Port Jefferson gun shots. Stony Brook University faculty say they want masks back this fall. A woman was airlifted after crashing her car into a barrier on the road. And the Suffolk DA explains just how serious the Baiting Hollow camp bus driver DWI situation really was.

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

1. Peggy Spellman Hoey reports that gun shots heard Tuesday night are being investigated by Suffolk Police. The shots were fired on Sheep Pasture Road in Port Jefferson just after 9 p.m. (Patch)
2. News 12 tells us that the faculty union at Stony Brook University is asking for universal mask mandates this fall. (News 12 Long Island)
3. Newsday has video of Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini's comments on the DWI camp bus driver. He said her blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and it was a miracle no children were harmed. (Newsday)
4. The Daily Voice has the details on a woman who was airlifted after crashing in East Moriches. The 37-year old woman crashed into a cement barrier around 10 p.m. on Monday and became entrapped in the car. (Daily Voice)

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