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đŸŒ± Second Death In Holtsville Hit-And-Run + Shannan Gilbert 911 Tape

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Good morning, neighbors! I'm here with the latest edition of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.


First, today's weather:

Fog, then some sun. High: 72 Low: 58.

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

  1. A second man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver while working on a pickup truck in Holtsville earlier this week died Saturday. Robert Kehlenbeck, 46, of Selden, was pronounced dead three days after he was struck by a car Wednesday evening when he was working on a pickup with Ryan Walker, 37. (Subscription: Newsday)
  2. Emergency crews saved a man's life when they responded to a call on Church Street in Holbrook Friday. An 81-year-old man was suffering from cardiac arrest. (Daily Voice)
  3. Suffolk Police have released three 911 calls made the night that Shannan Gilbert went missing near Oak Beach. One video, which is roughly 23 minutes, contains the full duration of the 911 calls. (Patch)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

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  • Port Jefferson's Summer 2022 Farmers Market at Mayor Jeanne Garant Harborfront Park, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., free

From my notebook:

  • Smithtown High School East students walked out of school Friday following controversial comments about LGBTQ teachings made at a Board of Education meeting earlier this week.
    Mike Simonelli, an executive board member for the Suffolk PBA, said: "How confusing it is for our children to be told that a boy should be dressed as a girl
    ," during the meeting. (News 12)
  • North Fork Chicken Rescue is a haven for neglected birds, created by North Fork Animal Welfare League's Katelyn Knapp of Wading River. (Northforker)
  • Scott Williams, 54, from Holbrook, was saved by two MTA officers, Jason Papa and David Bergstein, and doctor Jason Kreiner, an anesthesiologist from NYU Langone, when he suffered a cardiac event at MacArthur Airport. (WABC-TV)

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