🌱 Mastic Hit And Run Driver Sought + MacArthur Rail Link

Morning, people of Shirley-Mastic! It's me again, your host of the Shirley-Mastic Daily.

A $2 billion improvement to MacArthur Airport would link it to the LIRR via Ronkonkoma station. Police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck who hit and injured a man and drove off in Mastic.

First, today's weather:

Winds subsiding; morning rain. High: 55 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories in Shirley-Mastic today:

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)

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• Library Board Meeting, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 7 p.m.

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