🌱Mask-Less Dining For Super Bowl + LI Capitol Rioter Guilty Plea

Good morning, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know to get this Sunday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Much colder with snow, 1-2". High: 32 Low: 20.

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

1. Owners of Long Island bars and restaurants are hoping the lifting of New York's indoor mask mandate before Super Bowl and Valentine's Day will be good for business. (News 12)
2. A Farmingdale man who was part of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot pleaded guilty Friday to ten counts including felony charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer. Greg Rubenacker, 26, admitted to being in the building while officers were removing the mob. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. A Bridgehampton family living in a basement is getting a brand-new home in Riverside, the first of five built by Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk in the area. The Southampton Housing Authority and Middle Island-based Habitat for Humanity Thursday raised the first wall of the house on Old Quogue Road on Thursday. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Valentines Day Dinner at Desmond’s at Desmond's At East Wind, 5720 Route 25A Wading River

From my notebook:

• Miller Place High School sent 14 wrestlers to league championships this weekend. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "There’s a disintegrating house on Rocky Point road, just south of Longwood Middle School. It’s been collapsing for 21 years that I know of. Now the roof is almost all down. Does anyone know if this is some kind of experiment?" (Nextdoor)
• The Riverhead town board has chosen a developer for a project to improve the area around the LIRR station with apartments, commercial space, and parking. (Patch)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— Jackie