🌱 Mom Of 5 Killed In Hit-And-Run + Peconic Bay ER Will Expand

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 67 Low: 52.

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

1. A mother of five from Commack was killed in a Hauppauge hit-and-run. Cherokee Fletcher, 28, was walking to 7-Eleven to get money so her oldest child could go on a field trip when she was struck on Motor Parkway while standing on the sidewalk. (News 12)
2. Peconic Bay Medical Center was given a $5 million donation for a new 6,600-square-foot expansion of the hospital’s Emergency Services Department. There will be a new dual-bay trauma unit, additional cardiac response services, and a dedicated pediatric treatment area. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. The first residents moved into Fountaingate Gardens in Commack, an independent living community for people over 62 years old. Fountaingate Gardens is a $115 million 10-acre, 129-complex at 32 Hauppauge Road, first begun in 2020. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• JAE Shared Dec Meeting, 3 p.m., Rocky Point UFSD.
• FJC Shared Dec Meeting, 3:50 p.m., Rocky Point UFSD.

From my notebook:

• Pfizer-BioNTech announced Monday that three modified doses of its COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children ages six months to five years. (Subscription: Newsday)
• North Shore Youth Council will support LT Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Foundation with competitions of Murph, Mini-Murph, Strongman Murph, Youth Murph, and vendors, food trucks at Heritage Park next week. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Free day lilies in brown leaf bag, end of driveway, 4 Bunker St., Rocky Point." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "A kind and thoughtful gentleman found a ring and would like to find the owner. Now we need to find the elderly lady that lost it about two weeks ago. Please keep spreading the word around." (Nextdoor)

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