🌱 Tierney Takes Office + Mom Looks For Missing Son For 10 Years

Good morning, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! It's me again, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a little rain; mild. High: 49 Low: 27.

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

1. A mother has been looking for her son for ten years after he ran away from Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood. Joan Kiesow has been looking for 46-year old Dennis Shepherd who vanished after being left unsupervised in a van. He was last seen running into the massive woods near the center. (WPIX 11)
2. Ray Tierney will be sworn in as the new Suffolk County District Attorney during an inauguration ceremony today at St. Anthony's High School in Melville. (Patch)
3. Joshua Block is a Patchogue resident who has 2.2. million TikTok followers who follow his videos of himself singing, dancing and exploring sites. (Greater Long Island)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• First day, winter session, Studio E Art Classes, Rocky Point

From my notebook:

• North Shore Public Library's Virtual Language Learning Program, Adult Interactive German is on Wednesdays, January 5 ,12, 19, 26, February 2, 9 at 7 to 8:15 p.m. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Miller Place: "Anyone know of a good plumber? Knowledgeable, reliable & reasonable?" (Nextdoor)
• The spa at East Wind in Wading River is offering a Winter Wonderland package for a couple, with a hotel stay and two vouchers for the spa and restaurant. (Subscription: Newsday)

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— Jackie