Historic Home Flooded + First Football Game Win

Happy Sunday, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's what's going on today in Miller Place-Rocky Point.

The 20th anniversary of 9/11 means tons of local blood drives need your help. Football season has officially started and Rocky Point kicked off their division's first game. Another Long Island annual music festival has been canceled in light of the Delta variant and rising COVID-19 cases. Last week's storm caused flooding in a historic home. Find out what's being done .

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First, today's weather:

Possible light rain overnight. High: 76 Low: 68.

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

1. Roger Rubin has the report on Rocky Point High School's football season kickoff. Rocky Point beat the Deer Park Falcons, 33-26, the home town in the Suffolk III opening game. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Brian Harmon reports that for the second straight Labor Day weekend, music festival Bradstock in Center Moriches is canceled due to concerns about the Delta variant. The popular annual music festival was planned for this Saturday and Sunday at Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck. (GreaterBayShore)
3. Riverhead Local reminds residents that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is inspiring blood drives across Long Island. A Community Blood Drive is set for Sept. 14 at the Riverhead Fire Department. (RiverheadLOCAL)

Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• The Rocky Point Historical Society reported that 300-year-old Noah Hallock Homestead, a Brookhaven Town Landmark on Hallock Landing Road, was damaged by flooding from Ida. The Rocky Point Historical Society is working to clean up the site and cellar, which took in four feet of water, destroying our furnace and hot water heater. (Facebook)

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