🌱 SWR Teacher Pleads Guilty To 3rd Degree Rape Of Student

Up and at 'em, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on in Miller Place-Rocky Point today.

A former Shoreham-Wading River teacher pleaded guilty to third degree rape of a student. Officer Tim Thrane left the hospital this week after a long recovery.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and milder. High: 53 Low: 40.

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

1. Peggy Spellman Hoey has an update on injured Suffolk police officer Tim Thrane. On Thursday, he was released early from St. Charles Rehabilitation in Port Jefferson in time for Christmas. He's been recovering from critical injuries he sustained in a crash with an alleged drunk driver in November. (Patch)
2. A Mt. Sinai graduate talks about a streetwear clothing line he launched, first at a former skate park on LI, that's now gone global. Alec Simione is the creator of Critic Clothing. (Patch)
3. Veronica Pezdan, a 28-year-old former Shoreham-Wading River High School teacher, pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student. The Holbrook resident was a part-time mathematics teacher at the school, charged with third-degree rape. (Dan's Papers)

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From my notebook:

• North Shore Youth Council will take over the operations and activities of the Mt. Sinai Heritage Center. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Free window screen repair for new customers. We come to you." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rocky Point: "Hi, I am a hairdresser. I come to the home. I go to Leisure Village and Leisure Glen." (Nextdoor)
• Long Island violinist, Joanna Huang won first place in the American Protégé International Competition Music Talent Competition and will perform Sunday at the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, New York City. (Patch)

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