🌱 Suffolk Police Monitoring Synagogue Threats + Rebuilding Bluff

Morning, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

A.M. rain, then snow showers. High: 47 Low: 28.

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

1. Suffolk police, on alert after a hostage threat at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, say there are no credible threats against religious institutions in Suffolk but they are "vigilant with patrols around religious buildings, including synagogues." (Patch)
2. Port Jefferson officials are deciding on a multimillion-dollar plan to reinforce a bluff where erosion is threatening tennis courts at village-owned country club Port Jefferson Country Club. The project would cost $10 million and rebuild a steep bluff. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. Kristen Tortora, a junior at Shoreham-Wading River High School, won Teen Ink magazine's “mystical creatures” contest. Her painting of a dragon using acrylic inks won her the first-place prize in the art contest. (Riverhead News Review)

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Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

Betty White: A Celebration at Showcase Cinemas, at Island 16: Cinema de Lux, 185 Morris Ave., Holtsville, 1 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Netflix's new heist series "Jigsaw" will shoot footage at Lombardi's on the Bay in Patchogue and the Town of Brookhaven's Corey Beach this week. (Patch)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Can someone recommend a good chiropractor?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Hit me up if you know someone with a sailboat but no crew. Hard worker and quick learner, interested in sailing." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie