Shootout Leads To Car Crash + Senator Says Clean Up Grumman Water

Happy Tuesday, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Here are the most important things happening in town today. A shootout led to a car crash where a Medford teen was found with a loaded gun. A favorite Italian restaurant nearby will close. A man drowned at Smith Point Beach this weekend. And Senator Schumer wants a federal plan to clean up the drinking water at the former Grumman plant.

First, today's weather will be humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day with a high of 81 and a low of 73 degrees.

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

1. Peggy Spellman Hoey has a story from Saturday about a Medford teenager found with a loaded gun after a crash at the Robo Automatic Car Wash on Montauk Highway in East Patchogue. Kariem Harrell, 18, was driving the 2008 Infiniti G35 that flipped over. Passengers in the car told police they were being shot at by another vehicle. (Patch)
2. Pentimento in Stony Brook will close after 27 years of business, the owners announced, due to an issue with the landlord. Fans of the Italian restaurant have been voicing hopes that the establishment will find a new home instead. (LongIsland.com)
3. Dan's Papers reports that New York Senator Chuck Schumer is asking the Navy for a plan to cleanup the drinking water contamination at the former Grumman plant in Calverton. (Dan's Papers)
4. NBC News has the details on a 54-year-old man who drowned in a large wave at Smith Point Beach on Friday night. Emergency responders pulled the man from the water. (NBC New York)

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