🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Gas Station Robbery And Slashing

Happy Thursday, people of Shirley-Mastic! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Variable clouds; breezy, mild. High: 58 Low: 53.

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

1. A man was forced at knifepoint to drive to two ATM locations to withdraw money and was then slashed in the face. An unknown assailant entered a 30-year-old Centereach man's car in the parking lot of OK Petroleum on Middle Country Road in Centereach on Dec. 12 and robbed him. (Patch)
2. The Town of Brookhaven completed a 22-road, $1 million paving project in Farmingville that replaced damaged concrete curbing and 80 aprons. The town wants to create safer driving, bicycling and walking in the area. (Greater Long Island)
3. A Blue Point Brewing Co. Brewpub has opened in MacArthur Airport, replacing Maggie O'Shea's. The pub serves six Blue Point beer on tap and snacks and burgers. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Book Discussion: "The Immortalists," Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 2 p.m.
• Thursday Afternoon at the Movies: "Queen Bees," Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 2 p.m.

From my notebook:

• At the Dec. 14 Board of Education meeting, the district said goodbye to trustee and Board of Education president, Robert Vecchio, who is retiring after 18 years. (Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, South Shirley: "My son's baseball team is raising money to go to Cooperstown. We are raffling of a Yeti with a bunch of goodies." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Shirley: "My family is looking to adopt a kitten/friendly cat. We want to provide a loving home to an animal that needs one. If anyone knows of any specifically, please let me know." (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie