🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Two Missing LI Teens + Vax Or Mask

Welcome back, Shirley-Mastic! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, December 13 off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

Today is the first day businesses have to require mass masks or vaccination checks. And two teenagers from Manorville are missing.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 50 Low: 36.

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

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. 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)
4. Today is the first day of new state-wide requirements for masks or vaccines in public places. The mandate is in effect until Jan. 15, when New York will reevaluate the status of cases, hospitalizations and vaccinations. (News 12)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Literacy Kahoot: Tricky Words: W’s, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 9 a.m.
• Little Creators Art Studio, in person, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 10 a.m.
• SCORE Business Mentoring, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 6 p.m.

From my notebook:

• Native American leaders on Long Island including the Unkechaug Indian Nation in Mastic want an unmarked burial sites law, which would regulate the handling of human remains found at construction sites and prevent mistreatment of Native American remains. (Subscription: Newsday)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Shirley: "Anyone interested in a driver position? OTR mainly. (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, South Shirley: "Have you visited MP Bella Salon, in Shirley ? Amazing services, professional. Haircut, highlights, hair extensions, permanent makeup, microblading, general makeup, threading, wax, manicure, pedicure and more. (Nextdoor)

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— Jackie