🌱 Officer Beats 156 Days Of COVID + Miller Place Man At Large

Rise and shine, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this Thursday, March 3 off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 41 Low: 18.

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

1. Retired Suffolk corrections officer Timothy Heaton left St. Charles Hospital on Tuesday after a 156-day battle with COVID-19. (Patch)
2. Police are looking for a man with ties to Miller Place. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to find 49-year-old Ryan McEvoy, who is wanted on Long Island and by the NYPD for several charges. He's been at large for three years. (Daily Voice)
3. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to permanently legalize to-go drinks from restaurants and bars, a pandemic move that proved popular in the state. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• High School Musical Production for Senior Citizens, Rocky Point High School Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Tickets are available for Rocky Point High School Musical, Disney's 'Freaky Friday'
  for Friday and Saturday. (Rocky Point UFSD)
• Rocky Point High School seniors Thomas Anzalone, Brendon Artzt, Jacob Bazata, Gianna Imeidopf, James Prendergast and junior Gavin Donovan and technology education teacher John Schumacher were honored by Sen. Anthony Palumbo for their creation of a 3D prosthetic hand that was donated to a boy in Indonesia. (Facebook)
• Miller Place High School Science Club competed for the first time in the Eastern Long Island Regional Science Olympiad. The events that tested students' factual knowledge, laboratory/experimental skills, and mechanical expertise. (Facebook)

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— Jackie