🌱Planes Collide At MacArthur + SWR Part Of Mask Repeal Lawsuit

Morning, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here with your brand-new copy of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Rain mixing with sleet. High: 48 Low: 23.

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

1. Two planes collided at MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported. A single-engine Pilatus PC-12 aircraft taxiing hit a parked Hawker jet. (Patch)
2. Shoreham-Wading River School District was one of eight school districts on Long Island to file court papers supporting a lawsuit that aims to repeal the New York State mask mandate. (Dan's Papers)
3. Kenneth Hamilton, 47, of Wading River was arraigned Thursday morning on DWI charges after a crash injured a Riverhead police officer. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. He told officers he had been drinking before the crash, according to the DA. (News 12)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• PTA Game Night, Frank J Carasiti, Rocky Point UFSD, 7 p.m.
• 2nd Quarter Report Cards Posted to Portal Grades 6-12, Rocky Point UFSD.

From my notebook:

• Just three weeks before the fatal fire, Riverhead Town served three criminal summonses to the owner of the four-family house on East Second Street. The Nov. 16 fire killed a family of five living on the third floor. The owner, Carmela Cannella, did not have town rental permits for the three apartments. (RiverheadLOCAL)
• North Shore Youth Council is holding the Youth Advisory Committee's Dodgeball Tournament this month on Friday, Feb 25. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Anyone else having problems trying to find the 'free' N95 face masks that were distributed to local pharmacies? Everywhere I go they are 'all gone.'" (Nextdoor)

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