🌱 MacArthur Airport Project, Train Link + Drove Into Taco Bell

Morning, Sachem! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

MacArthur Airport could see a $2 billion dollar upgrade, linking it to the train system via Ronkonkoma station. Someone drove into a Taco Bell and fled on foot. And police are looking for a hit and run driver in Mastic.

First, today's weather:

A.M. rain; breezy in the p.m.. High: 54 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories in Sachem today:

1. Patch reports that a 54-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Mastic Saturday afternoon. Police are looking for the driver of a Dodge Ram pickuo truck with four doors that fled southbound on Mastic Rd. after hitting Transito Sanchez. (Patch)
2. For the first time in its history, the Long Island Game Farm in Manorville will stay open through the winter, on weekends, weather permitting. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. A $2.3 billion, 15-year redevelopment proposal would connect MacArthur Airport with the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station. The plan also includes a convention center, 300-room hotel, a sports complex, medical facilities and office space. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. News 12 has the story on a car that drove into a Taco Bell in Islip at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The driver fled the scene on foot and no one was injured. (News 12)

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• Idle Hour PTA Reflections Ceremony, 10 to 11 a.m., Connetquot Schools
• Council of PTA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Connetquot Schools
• IH PTA Meeting, 7 p.m., Idle Hour Elementary School

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