🌱 Man Charged With Abusing Puppy + Local Homes For Sale

Hey, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this Tuesday, Feb. 22 off on an informed note. These are the most important things happening today in Miller Place-Rocky Point.

First, today's weather:

Occasional rain. High: 51 Low: 50.

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

1. A Mastic Beach man was charged on Wednesday with animal cruelty for not caring for a puppy. Ylik Mathews, 34, did not feed or provide medical attention to a 5- to 6-month-old female puppy that was found by investigators to be underweight with severe medical conditions. (Patch)
2. Looking for a home you can entertain in? A $1.1 million custom-built Miller Place Victorian has a pergola, in-ground pool, and an outdoor fireplace. The house, at 1 Viburnum Court is asking $1,088,888. (Patch)
3. Check out a $1.3 million Stony Brook home designed by Daniel Deverell Perry and once the home of Harry Langdon, a vaudevillian actor who wrote for the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy. The home is at 34 Erland Road. (Patch)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Ballet Level 1 Class (5 – 7 years old) at The Ballet Center, 1863 Pond Road, Ronkonkoma, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Rocky Point students are being introduced to the game and culture of ice hockey, with the New York Islanders floorball program. Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School physical education teachers Maria Amoscato and Joe Camarda signed up for the educational sports program. (Patch)
• Two students from David Falcone’s fifth grade class at Joseh A Edgar Elementary, Layla Elgin and Sophia Fabian, won third place for the Long Island Fall 2021 Stock Market Game in the Elementary Division. They beat 70 teams from schools across Long Island. (Facebook)
• North Shore Public Library has a list of recommended reads for middle schoolers. (Facebook)

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— Jackie