🌱 Woman Hit On William Floyd + House Fire Kills 5 + Covanta Suit

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

A house fire killed five people. A woman was hit trying to cross William Floyd Parkway. And this weekend is a polar plunge for a good cause.

First, today's weather:

Breezy. High: 65 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Shirley-Mastic today:

1. Patch talks to a family who's planning to polar plunge on Saturday in Cedar Beach on Mt. Sinai. The event raises money for the Special Olympics. (Patch)
2. ABC News reports from Riverhead where a fire killed five people in a multi-family house. Five others escaped from the house, a historic three-story structure on E. Second Street. (WABC-TV)
3. Peggy Spellman Hoey writes that a woman was struck and injured by a car on William Floyd Parkway on Tuesday. She ran across southbound William Floyd Parkway, near Moriches Middle-Island Road, in Shirley and was struck by a 2013 Honda Civic at the intersection at about 3:43 p.m. (Patch)
4. Newsday explains that a group of Bellport, Brookhaven and Mastic residents wrote to Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing a settlement of the suit with power plant owner Covanta. (Subscription: Newsday)

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Today in Shirley-Mastic:

• Book Discussion: An Abundance of Katherines, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 2 p.m.
• Sewing 101: Bandanas, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 4 p.m.
• Waters Edge Condominium-Homeowners Meeting, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, 7 p.m.

Shirley-Mastic Patch Notebook

• William Floyd Middle School nurse Melissa Lofaso-Archangel (or "Nurse Missy") collected soccer equipment and gear for students who wanted to play but couldn't afford the needed items. (Patch)
• Girl Scouts of Suffolk County are extending their Holiday Light Show ticket offer to Friday, $20 per car. (Instagram)

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