🌱 Invasive Pests Comes To Suffolk + Non-Union Protest

Hello, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here with the latest Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

An invasive insect has been spotted in Suffolk County. Find out what it looks like and what to do. Brookhaven has to make up for highway workers' raises in its next budget. And Long Island union workers are protesting a major local project.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 62 Low: 39.

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

1. Suffolk used to be covered in duck and poultry farms. One of the last — Miloski's Poultry Farm in Calverton — is celebrating its 75th anniversary. It's owned by the grandson of the original founder. (Northforker)
2. Patch explains what to do you if you spot the dreaded spotted lanternfly. The invasive pest was seen in Ronkonkoma in September and could affect vineyards, agriculture and yards. (Patch)
3. Brookhaven highway workers union ratified a 12-year contract, which means next year's town budget has to be amended to account for $265,000 in raises. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Long Island Press reports that union construction workers from Long Island are protesting a New Jersey-based non-union company winning a $37 million contract to renovate and modernize the main lecture hall at Stony Brook University. (Long Island Press)

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Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• North Shore Public Library offers a unique event: Photo Safari: Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue is this Saturday at 9:45 a.m., a guided tour of a horse rescue farm. (Facebook)
• North Shore Public Library has a Storytime: Silly Squirrels for ages 3 to 5 years old this Friday at 10:15 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 1:45 p.m. (Facebook)

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