🌱 Shirley-Mastic Daily: Waste Transfer Station + School Threats

Welcome back, Shirley-Mastic! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

Nearby residents of the proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank may have more say in the project. And social media threats were made against a nearby middle school.

First, today's weather:

Showers of rain and snow. High: 38 Low: 27.

Here are the top stories today in Shirley-Mastic:

1. Patch has a story on threats made against a nearby school. A social media threat was posted Monday night targeting Oregon Middle School in Medford. Police sent officers to the school and are investigating. (Patch)
2. Newsday explains that Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote a letter to a federal agency asking for Yaphank and North Bellport residents to have a say in a proposed waste transfer station to be built near Brookhaven Town landfill. The Yapank project would cost $182 million. (Subscription: Newsday)
3. The three highest-priced houses that sold in East Moriches last month ranged from $704,000 to $925,000. Number one was a four-bedroom contemporary at 12 Inlet View Path that sold for $925,000. (Subscription: Long Island Business News)
4. Peggy Spellman Hoey has the news that Nancy Kerrigan will be headlining a show in Patchogue. The Gateway's Holiday Spectacular on Ice will run Dec. 17 to Jan. 1 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. (Patch)

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