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🌱 Quiet Black Friday + Light Show Starts + Thanksgiving Robbery
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Miller Place-Rocky Point.

Happy Sunday, neighbors! Let's start today off on an informed note, shall we? Here's everything you need to know in town today.
This year saw smaller Black Friday shopping crowds than years past. A man was arrested for breaking into a Lowe's on Thanksgiving night. And tonight is the kick-off of the Smith Point light show.
First, today's weather:
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Cloudy, a rain or snow shower. High: 43 Low: 35.
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Here are the top stories today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:
- Dan's Papers tells us that The Cooperage Inn in Calverton has added a pot pie to-go window. NoFo Pot Pies sells frozen pies to be baked in the oven for 70 to 90 minutes. (Dan's Papers)
- Riverhead Police charged Terry Smith, 58, of Riverhead, with one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree for burglarizing Lowe's on Route 58 on Thanksgiving night. Police said Smith used a large piece of steel to smash two of the front doors at Lowe’s to gain entry and stole tools. (RiverheadLOCAL)
- Ana Borruto has details on the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County’ holiday Smith Point Light Show which starts tonight. The drive-thru experience begins at 5 p.m. and will run until Jan. 9.(GreaterBayShore)
- RiverheadLOCAL reports that this year's Black Friday seemed quiet. Tanger Outlets in Riverhead was one place that was quiet, but many other big box stores didn't see long lines and traffic. (RiverheadLOCAL)
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- St. Anthony's CYO in Rocky Point posted that they are sad to announce the death of long-time coach and coordinator of CYO, Bill Bakewicz. (Facebook)
- Miller Place Wrestling is selling cornhole boards, with all proceeds going to the Carl Korpi Scholarship Fund. (Facebook)
- Riverhead Police are seeking the public's help to locate a teenage girl missing from Little Flower Children’s Services in Wading River. Sharee Kornegay, age 18, left the Little Flower facility at about 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night. (RiverheadLOCAL)
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