🌱 Motorcyclist Dies In Crash + DWI Driver Guilty Of Manslaughter

Hello all. It's me, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily. Keep reading for everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

An afternoon shower. High: 77 Low: 64.

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

1. A motorcyclist died in a crash with a car in East Northport on Thursday. Paul Decembre, 23, of Greenlawn, was riding a 2001 Suzuki motorcycle southbound when he collided with a 2019 Honda Accord. The driver of the car was not injured. (Patch)
2. A Riverhead man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree manslaughter for crashing into a Flanders home in December and killing his passenger, driving while intoxicated. Santiago Monzon-Archila, 40, had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system, according to the district attorney's office. (Patch)
3. The Maker Faire Long Island will come back to Port Jefferson Village after two years off due to the pandemic. Hosted by the Long Island Explorium, the Maker Faire is a science fair with exhibits from the Long Island Droid Builders, Brookhaven National Laboratory, robotics teams from Ward Melville and Bethpage and The Ginny Marie Schooner, a 50-foot wooden sailing ship docked in Port Jefferson Harbor. (LongIsland.com)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Rocky Point Garden Tour, at the historic Hallock house, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Purchase tickets online (RPcivic.org) or at Flowers on Broadway, Heritage Paint and Gings Nursery.

From my notebook:

• Port Jefferson Middle School Guidance Counselor Keith Buehler, also a St. Anthony of Padua CYO Basketball Coach, was awarded the 2022 Counselor of the Year from the Western Suffolk Counselors Association. (St. Anthony of Padua CYO Basketball, Rocky Point, NY via Facebook)
• Rocky Point High School Class of 2022 valedictorian Jackson Normandin was honored by the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association at its annual valedictorians’ luncheon. (Facebook, Rocky Point schools)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "If by some chance there is someone out there that has, is aware of or knows someone who may have an apartment for rent in the Rocky Point area, I would be most thankful to you." (Nextdoor)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

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