🌱 Kids On Bikes Shot By Paintballs + New Cajun Seafood Spot

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Let's start today off on an informed note, shall we? Here are the most important things happening in town today.

Children riding bicycles were shot by paintballs, injuring one, in Wading River and Riverhead. A new Cajun-style seafood restaurant has opened nearby. And a Bloods gang member is facing life in prison for a list of crimes.

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First, today's weather:

Showers late in the afternoon. High: 62 Low: 40.

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

1. News 12 reports that children were shot at by paintbull guns in Wading River and Riverhead. One child was injured. Police are looking for teenagers in a black Honda Civic. (News 12)
2. Nicholas Grasso checks out a new seafood restaurant in Coram. Ocean Crab House serves Cajun style crab, shrimp and clams at 3720 Route 112. (Greater Long Island)
3. Take a look inside the newest Port Jefferson apartment complex. In September, The Brookport opened at 52 Barnum Ave. with 44 apartments and ground floor retail space. (tbrnewsmedia.com)
4. Patch stops by a new dessert shop at the Smith Haven Mall. Blue Yeti combines cereal and ice cream for custom treats. (Patch)
5. The Daily Voice writes that a Long Island Bloods gang member faces life in prison after being found guilty of murder, forcible rape, sex trafficking, and drug possession. Lawrence Lewis, 38, of Calverton, was convicted Tuesday for the 2017 murder of John Birt, the forcible rape and sex trafficking of a Suffolk County woman and many more charges. (Daily Voice)

Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• Jake's 58 is offering a new “Hero Card” for Long Island veterans. It includes 25 percent off hotel and dining and free valet parking. (longislandweekly.com)
• Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Thanks — Many thanks to the caring individual who paid $100 to the Handy Pantry in Rocky Point so they could pick up the tab for veterans. My husband was shocked and pleasantly surprised." (Nextdoor)
• Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Hey everybody — I'm taking appointments for autumn clean-ups, gutter cleaning, and chimney sweeps." (Nextdoor)

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