🌱 Patchogue Daily: Spring Birding + Petito's Case + Bar Crawl

Hey, Patchogue! It's Sunday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Winds subsiding and colder. High: 36, low: 32.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Patchogue:

1. Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts features Atlantic Wind Symphony: A Tribute To Stephen Sondheim. The presentation will happen on Sunday, March 27 at 3 p.m. Lobby and bar will open at 2 p.m. Click here to purchase tickets. (Broadway World)
2. A man from New Hyde Park lost his life when the sport-utility vehicle he was driving veered off Sunrise Highway in Patchogue on Friday. According to the Police, Glenn Schifano was driving a 2010 Honda CR-V westbound on Sunrise Highway Service Road when the car veered off the roadway and struck a fence. He was transported by North Patchogue Fire Department ambulance to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead. (Patchogue Patch)
3. Fire Island National Seashore invites all to join the Spring Birding at the William Floyd Estate located at 245 Park Drive, Mastic Beach. Participants will observe the native and migratory birds in the meadows, woods, and marshlands of the William Floyd Estate. The event will be held on March 19 at 8 a.m. Click here for details. (Patchogue CofC)
4. Gabby Petito Case: Petito's family sues Brian Laundrie's parents alleging they helped their son getaway. The lawsuit alleges that Brian told Christopher and Roberta Laundrie that he murdered his fiancée, Gabby Petito. (News12)
5. The Town of Brookhaven features the 2022 Resident Virtual Parking Permit. The permits can be purchased online at www.BrookhavenNY.gov/Parking. Residents can also purchase it in person at the Town’s Parks and Recreation office located at 286 Hawkins Road in Centereach. (TBR News Media)

Today in Patchogue:

• Patchogue St Patrick's Day Weekend Bar Crawl at The Meatball Place. (Noon.)
• "Red Hot Chilli Pipers" at Patchogue Theater. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• "A 78-year-old Farmingville man —one of two believed to suffer a medical event before car crashes on Friday afternoon — was seriously injured in Medford, Suffolk police said. Vincent Alese was driving a 2020 Subaru in the parking lot of Target on Horseblock Road, when he lost control of the vehicle and it struck an unoccupied pickup truck at about 3:41 p.m., according to police." (Patch)
• "A pair of recent burglaries in Hauppauge and Bohemia could be connected, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison. Police tell News 12 that two men broke into a home earlier this year on Enfield Lane in Hauppauge, making off with $1,600 worth of jewelry and electronics. The homeowner told News 12 off-camera that the suspects broke down the back door after attempting to get in the front and went straight for the upstairs bedrooms. According to police, they then tried to hit other homes on this block." (News 12 Long Island)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Patchogue: "Is Anyone getting cheaper oil prices?... - I just priced around. Sunrise has it at 4.69 if u get 150 gallons.. that's $ 763.00.. this is crazy that idiot is better to open that pipeline soon. Or there will be a war here soon." (Nextdoor)

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— Debora Whitehead

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