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🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Antisemitic Graffiti + Woman Found Dead

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Good day, people of Shirley-Mastic! I'm here with today's Shirley-Mastic Daily.

Police are investigating swastika graffiti found in Shirley. The missing Centereach woman has been found dead and an arrest in her murder was made.


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Here are the top four stories today in Shirley-Mastic:

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  1. Suffolk County is offering a $1,000 reward for information about graffiti featuring antisemitic words and images in Shirley. A Flintlock Drive resident reported that a swastika was spray painted on their fence on Nov. 29, and the next day, more were found at Calabro Ballfields on Dawn Drive. (Patch)
  2. Patch reports that the Centereach woman who has been missing for weeks has been found dead in the woods and her husband was arrested, Marcello Molinari, 43, and charged with murder. Police found her body in Rocky Point Barrens State Forest off Currans Road in Middle Island. (Patch)
  3. A retro video game shop opened recently in Patchogue Village. Game On is at 12 South Ocean Ave. and sells classic games. (Greater Patchogue)
  4. Suffolk County voted in support of the $2.3 billion Ronkonkoma redevelopment project that includes a convention center, health sciences center and a northern terminal at Long Island MacArthur Airport. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Shirley-Mastic:


From my notebook:

  • Make-A-Wish Suffolk County celebrates its 38th anniversary of the first wish the chapter ever granted, in 1987. (Instagram)
  • Girl Scouts of Suffolk County has an in-person training on Tuesday on how to become a top cookie troop. (Instagram)
  • Nextdoor Neighbor, South Shirley: "Handy man, call for free estimate." (Nextdoor)

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