🌱 New Port Jefferson Dog Festival + Man Says Amublance Chief Hit Him

Get on up, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

First, today's weather:

Sun mixing with clouds. High: 69 Low: 55.

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

1. A new dog festival is coming to Port Jefferson this summer. Port Paws Dog Festival will have
   dog dock-diving, a dog competition of high-jumping and swimming to retrieve an object. It's slated for July 23 and 24 at the Caroline Avenue Ball Field. (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Angel Tacuri pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexually abusing eight children at wife's unlicensed day care center in Patchogue this week. He admitted to sexual abuse from 2010 and 2015. (Patch)
3. Bellport resident Thomas Schultz claims he was struck in the face by South Country ambulance chief Greg Miglino, who is also running for South Country school board, after a verbal dispute with another school board candidate, Amy Price Thomas, on May 11. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Senior Night, Rocky Point High School, Rocky Point UFSD

From my notebook:

• Island Harvest Food Bank has a new Melville headquarters and a new brand and logo.(Innovate Long Island)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Re-homing two ducks, one Muscovy and one Indian runner." (Nextdoor)
• Myla Mamolen, a senior in the Rocky Point High School AP art program, was a finalist in this year’s Congressional Art Competition. She was honored at a reception hosted by Congressman Lee Zeldin on May 6 at the Patchogue Art Space. (Facebook)

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• North Shore Community Band SALUTE TO VETERANS CONCERT (May 20)
• The Greatest Show! Handbell Concert (May 21)
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• Behind The Scoreboard – Celebrating Buck Lai During Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Details)
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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!

— Jackie

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