🌱 Rocky Point Body Murder Charge + Closing VA Hospital

Happy Thursday, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything happening around Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with times of rain. High: 52 Low: 47.

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

1. A Wheatley Heights man has been charged with the murder of a Centereach man who was found dead in a wooded area in Rocky Point earlier this year. Glenn Seejattan was charged with second-degree murder for shooting Justin Lee, 34, whose body was found on Jan. 28, just west of Brookhaven Drive, near the North Shore Rail Trail. (Patch)
2. The Northport VA could close its emergency room, shift medical and surgical services to local hospitals and move its residential rehabilitation program to Queens under a new proposal. Only inpatient mental health, residential nursing home care and rehabilitation medicine would remain in Northport. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Police are asking the public to help locate a woman accused of stealing about $350 worth of merchandise from a Long Island store. She stole two Craftsman toolsets from Lowe's in Commack at about 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Against The Grain: A Women’s History Walking Tour at Stony Brook Village Center Stony Brook, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

From my notebook:

• The residents of a home that caught fire in Lake Grove escaped to safety on Wednesday morning, on Lindell Avenue and Penn Street. (Patch)
• Maureen's Kitchen was again named best breakfast and best brunch on Long Island, according to the 2022 Bethpage Best of LI awards. (Patch)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Anyone know of a reliable handyman that could do repairs to a shed… replace shingles, some repairs on roof and boards on sides?" (Nextdoor)

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