🌱 Smithtown Daily: Auxiliary Police Captain Rescues 4 Dogs From Fire

Happy Monday, Smithtown! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know today in Smithtown.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, showers; cooler. High: 56, low: 49.

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Here are the top stories today in Smithtown:

1. Sunday, in Ronkonkoma, a Suffolk County Auxiliary Police captain assisted a neighbor in rescuing four dogs from a house fire and evacuated neighboring residents. Firefighters from Lakeland Fire Department, Nesconset Fire Department, Bohemia Fire Department, Holtsville Fire Department, and Hauppauge Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire. (Smithtown Matters)
2. On Friday morning, Terry Long, 32, a Ronkonkoma man, was shot outside his home when he went outside to start his car, went inside, and when he came back outside again, he was shot multiple times. Long was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Hospital where he was pronounced dead. (Patch)
3. According to Suffolk County police, Nicholas Thornton, 32, from St. James, was arrested in connection with a stabbing early Sunday morning in Port Jefferson. According to police, around 2 a.m. near Arden Place two men got into an argument that became physical. That’s when Thornton stabbed a 20-year-old victim in the arm, police said. The victim was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released. (Patch)
4. Police are investigating a crash that happened overnight leaving a woman seriously injured. The incident happened just before 7 p.m., Sunday, April 30 in Islandia. A passenger fell off the rear of a 2021 Yamaha Motorcycle that was on the westbound LIE near Old Nichols Road. Denise Chotalal, age 46, of Jamaica, Queens, was transported by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. (Daily Voice)
5. Town officials announced, Town officials announced, Drowned Meadow Cottage, a house in Port Jefferson with ties to the spy ring that helped George Washington track British troop movements during the Revolutionary War will be reopened next month as a full-time museum. (Subscription: Newsday)

Today in Smithtown:

• Marvelous Me (Smithtown Library-Nesconset Building). (10 a.m.)
• Let's Move-Songs and Stories (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (3 p.m.)
• Make It Monday (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (6:30 p.m.)
• This Place is for the Birds (Smithtown Library-Smithtown Building). (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Happy May! Everything’s coming up roses.🌹Who is your favorite Rose? #smithtownpac, #spac, #longislandtheatre." (Facebook) (Website)
• Smithtown Performing Arts Center: "Friendly reminder that audition information for our upcoming Children's Theatre productions can be found on our website. We look forward to seeing you then! 🎭 #smithtownpac, #spac, #smithtowntheatre." (Facebook) (Website)
• Smithtown Library Kids: "Don't forget about Mom this Mother's Day! There's still room in our program at the Commack Building. Register in person, by phone program in person, by phone 631- 360-2480 ext. 396, or online." (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday off right! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

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