🌱 Karate Kid Honored + Emergency Rent Relief Open In Brookhaven

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 40 Low: 12.

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

1. Long Island native and karate kid Ralph Macchio will be inducted into Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to martial arts awareness. The Miller Place native now lives in Mount Sinai. (Patch)
2. New York State has reopened emergency rent relief applications in Brookhaven and Babylon towns, after those towns used up their allotment. The reopening came Tuesday after a court order. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. The man killed in a car crash in Medford on Jan. 4 has been identified as 29-year-old Saul Lozada of Patchogue. The crash happened at the intersection of North Ocean Avenue and Masonic Avenue at around 10:20 p.m. (News 12)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• PTA Movie Night, Rocky Point High School Auditorium, 7 p.m., Rocky Point UFSD.

From my notebook:

• Tonight's indoor movie night from Rocky Point PTA has been canceled. (Facebook)
• Mount Sinai's Brendan Dyroff, Alex Valentine, Angelina Salmon, and Benjamin Ryan were selected by the Art League of Long Island to have their AP Studio Art Portfolios showcased alongside top visual art students in Nassau and Suffolk. They will be recognized at a reception on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Art League in Dix Hills. (Facebook)
• North Shore Youth Council is hiring for its childcare programs, held before and after school. (Facebook)

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