🌱 Man Sent Sexual Texts To Teen + Fawn Rescued From Ice

Happy Tuesday, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Clouds breaking for some sun. High: 40 Low: 21.

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

1. A fawn fell through the ice of a semi-frozen bay in Shirley and was freed by Smith Point County Park rangers on Sunday. They used an ice sled to rescue the deer. (Patch)
2. A Manorville man sent sexual messages to a 16 year old girl. Andrew Quattrone, 38, was placed in custody for the incident that took place on Thursday night in Wantagh when the teenager received vulgar texts, and an inappropriate photo from an unknown phone number. Quattrone was previously arrested for a similar incident in Babylon. (Patch)
3. A 15-year-old Miller Place student wants to help generate interest in coding among girls. Lilah Lindemann, a junior at Miller Place High School, enlisted tech firms like Microsoft, Juni Learning and Zebra Technologies to host a free virtual workshop or "hackathon." (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• PTO Book Fair, Mount Sinai Middle School and Elementary School.
• SEPTO Meeting, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Mount Sinai School District.

From my notebook:

• A Middle Island woman caught with a loaded handgun during a drug investigation in Farmingdale on Sunday. Shantel Colon, 20, and Treshawn Lane, 25, of Hauppauge were arrested during an investigation into the sale of narcotics near Main and North Front streets. (Patch)
• Some local experts predict that the omicron surge may be beginning to ease. The latest data from two months of tracking omicron show that two vaccine shots plus a booster was 90 percent effective in preventing hospitalization in adults. (News 12)
• Rocky Point High School senior Rozlin Genc, a student at The Eastern Long Island Academy of Applied Technology’s Gary D. Bixhorn Technical Center, has earned the title of Employee of the Month for January 2022. (Facebook)

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