🌱 Woman Charged With Driving Impaired With Child In Car + More Sharks

Welcome back, Miller Place-Rocky Point. I'm here in your inbox this morning to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Let's do it.

First, today's weather:

A gusty t-storm in the p.m. High: 88 Low: 75.

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

1. Police said a 33-year-old woman drove while impaired with a 4-year-old passenger and rear-ended another vehicle in Commack. The crash happened around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday at Harned Road near Cutchogue Lane. Kristine Mazza, of Smithtown, was arrested and charged. (Daily Voice)
2. Long Island's shark summer of 2022 continues. A juvenile great white shark washed up in Quogue this week. A Dune Road resident spotted the shark on Wednesday morning. (27east.com)
3. Nesconset residents are fighting a driveway opening, part of a planned Starbucks drive-thru on Middle Country Road near Smith Haven Mall. The driveway would open on Alexander Avenue, a residential road. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

• Every Thursday Friends Kitchen offers a free hot meal to anyone in need. (5 p.m.)
• Smoking Cessation Class. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Police are asking the public if they can help identify a man who didn't pay a $572 bill at a restaurant in Huntington. It happened on June 20 at Taste of Asia (T.O.A.), located on New York Avenue. (LongIsland.com)
• North Fork bakery North Fork Flour Shoppe is launching a dessert truck and a partnership with Mattituck Cinemas. Flour and Butta will be a cafe and bakery in the front area of the cinema, selling pastries from a walk-up window. (Northforker)

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