🌱 Pilot Dies In Crash + Historic House Burnt + Woman Shot In LI

Hello, neighbors! Debora Whitehead here with the latest issue of the Port Jefferson Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 71 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories in Port Jefferson today:

1. Pilot from Setauket dies in upstate helicopter crash: A Setauket helicopter pilot traveling alone died when he crashed near Storm King Mountain in the Town of Cornwall on Sunday afternoon, State Police said. The pilot was Arthur Charych, 73, and the crash occurred near State Route 218, State Police said in a statement. Storm King Mountain is a popular place to hike, and a couple only 10 minutes into their excursion said they heard the helicopter fly overhead, a series of loud booms and then the crash. Relatives of Charych were not immediately available or declined to comment. Cornwall is about 60 miles north of midtown Manhattan. State Route 218 parallels the Hudson River in Orange County. (Newsday)
2. Fire douses plans to turn historic Coram house into a museum: A fire that burned down a two-century-old Coram house appears to have snuffed out what little hope community leaders had for turning the historic property into a museum, officials said. The fire at the Middle Country Road home, known to Coram residents as the Norton house, broke out at 11:27 p.m. on Oct. 3, Suffolk County police said in an email. Suffolk Arson Squad detectives had not determined the cause of the fire, a police department spokesman said. The fire dashed the dreams of Coram civic leaders who had hoped to turn the house — believed to have once served as a post office around 1900 — into a community museum. But even before the fire, that plan had faced a multitude of challenges, including the building's structural deficiencies and what officials said was the reluctance of the site's owner to sell the property. (Newsday)
3. Woman Shot In Broad Daylight At Busy Long Island Intersection: A woman, who was a passenger in a vehicle, was shot once in Farmingville at the intersection of Granny Road and Horseblock Road at approximately 2:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, Suffolk County Police said.
   The woman, age 24, was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the shooting to contact the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential. (Daily Voice)

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Today in Port Jefferson:

• MS Grade 7 Frost Valley Trip - Port Jefferson School District. (All Day)
• Facilities Meeting 4:30 PM Virtual - Port Jefferson School District. (4:30 p.m.)
• Audit Meeting 5:30 PM Virtual - Port Jefferson School District. (5:30 a.m.)
• Mobile Food Pantry Van - Comsewogue Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Tales for Tots: Happy Birthday (Comsewogue) Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Pumpkin Decorators - Port Jefferson Free Library. (6:30 p.m.)

Port Jefferson Patch Notebook

• Smithtown Matters: "On Tuesday, Oct.12 Town Board members along with other elected officials, representatives from selected community organizations, school board superintendents and others will hold a press conference announcing their support for Supervisor Wehrheim’s proposal to bring the Smithtown business district’s sewage into Kings Park to be treated and pumped into open sewer drainage basins. These basins will be located at a facility that is currently owned by NYS and surrounded by the Nissequogue River State Park and in close proximity to some residences". (Smithtown Matters)
• Long Island goes country: "Where to line dance and more this might be the Northeast, but if you walk into the Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale on a Tuesday night, you would think the bar was located down South. Men and women are in jeans, plaid snap-down shirts, tank tops, Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots as they dance together across the wood floor. That’s right, Long Island has gone a little bit country". (Newsday)
• Owl Prowl -Longwood Public Library: "Explore the wonderful array of owls that live right around us! Owls are seldom seen but sometimes heard, so we will match them up with their proper calls. Owls are important in the local ecology and food chain, and you will also learn about the adaptations that help them get their food." (Facebook)

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— Debora Whitehead

About me: Debora Whitehead is a dedicated wife and homeschooling mom from Coram, NY. She has a Bachelor Degree in Education and loves to teach and write. Her passion for the community reflects on her volunteering work at the 'Mariposa Ministry", a non-profit family assistance program. One of her strongest believes is Jesus Christ and when she is not Parenting, Teaching or reading, she is writing. One of her favorites quotes is " The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"- Eleanor Roosevelt.

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