🌱 Sachem Daily: Two Teens Missing + Funeral For Officer Today

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Two teenagers are missing from Suffolk after taking the train to Manhattan. A police officer who died of COVID-19 will be laid to rest today in Ronkonkoma.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 50 Low: 37.

Here are the top three stories today in Sachem:

1. Two teenagers from Manorville have been missing since last Thursday. Vincent Abolafia and his girlfriend, Kaileigh Catalano, both 15, were last seen at the Ronkonkoma LIRR station planning to take a 3:11 p.m. train to Manhattan. They may have been seen in Times Square. (Patch)
2. A road closure is scheduled for Monday in Ronkonkoma for the funeral of Nassau County Police Officer Hector Nunez who died from COVID-19. Portion Road will be closed in both directions between Holbrook Road and Avenue A from 9 a.m. to noon. (Patch)
3. Someone stole the lights off the Farmingville Christmas tree last week in Triangle Park. The Farmingville Fire Department replaced them in time for Sunday's annual tree lighting. (Patch)

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Today in Sachem:

• Preschool Combination Ballet / Tap Class, The Ballet Center, 4:30 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Peak fares will return to the Long Island Rail Road on March 1 but new fare discount proposals will be offered to bring back riders. (Subscription: Newsday)
• View & Vote for the next winner of Sachem Library's Virtual Battle of the Bands. (Facebook)
• The Lynwood Community in Sachem decorated ribbons to honor family members and friends who have been affected by cancer. The ribbons are displayed in Lynwood's front lobby on an Honor Wall. (Facebook)

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