School Ground Gun Shots + Natural Dog Food Store + Target Thief

Good day, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here with today's issue of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

Police are asking the public for information about a Target electronics thief. Gun shots at a Hauppauge school resulted in one arrest and no injuries. A new store in Port Jefferson sells a different kind of dog food. And check out a happy story about friends who finally reunited after the pandemic and have been buddies for 80 years.

First, today's weather will be possible light rain in the morning with a high of 77 and low of 68 degrees.

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

1. Peggy Spellman Hoey reports that police are looking for a man who stole from a Target in Medford last week. He took a Zebra printer and a Zebra TC51 scanner, a $1,650 value, from the Horseblock Road store around 4 p.m. on Aug. 17. (Patch)
2. News 12 Long Island has details on gun shots fired on the grounds of Hauppauge Middle School late Thursday night. A security guard heard the shots and then was also shot at. A man was arrested and evaluated at the hospital. (News 12)
3. Kimberly Brown talks to the 23-year-old owner of Natural Hounds, a new natural dog food store in Port Jefferson Village. Conor Wooley sells healthy dog food from local sources. (tbrnewsmedia.com)
4. Heidi Smith tells us that popular East Setauket Italian restaurant, Mario's has reopened. A ceremony was held on Aug. 18. (tbrnewsmedia.com)
5. Check out a heartwarming story on News 12 about two lifelong best friends who finally reunited after the pandemic in Ronkonkoma. The 92 and 93-year-old pals have been friends for 80 years. (News 12)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point

• Holbrook's 26th Annual Carnival and Festival, Holbrook Country Club, 2 to 11 p.m. with fireworks after dark.

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• View a secluded 7,000 square-foot house for sale in Belle Terre. 3 Quail Run is listed for $3,986,000 and has five bedrooms and sits on two acres.

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— Jackie

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