🌱 Stolen Credit Cards + LI's COVID Spike + SCPD's New Commish

Happy Tuesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right. Here's what's going on in Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 43 Low: 34.

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

1. Suffolk detectives are looking for a person who used stolen credit cards at a gas station in Medford earlier this month. The cards were stolen from a pocketbook at a business on Peconic Avenue, and used at a BP gas station on Route 112 on Dec. 9 around 12:30 p.m. (Patch)
2. Numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing on Long Island and now Nassau and Suffolk's seven-day positivity rate is the highest in New York State at 9.32 percent. Nassau and Suffolk reported 3,973 new cases on Sunday, with a total of 24 confirmed omicron cases on Long Island. (News 12)
3. Nesconset-based nonprofit Paws of War gave out holiday gift bags worth $600 each to Long Island veterans and their canines on Sunday. Paws of War helps connect veterans with canine companions. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone has appointed Risco Mention-Lewis as Suffolk's Acting Police Commissioner. She has been deputy commissioner since 2012 and is the first Black commissioner in the county's history. (Patch)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• BOE Meeting, Mount Sinai High School, 8 to 9 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Miller Place Wrestling team is undefeated and had a league win over Rocky Point and took the team title at the Kings Park Duals. An upcoming match will be at home this Wednesday against Islip. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Looking for a local farm that sells hay bales." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "I’ve dug an antique spinning wheel out of my parent's attic, and we’d like to have it fixed and reconditioned." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie