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News Nearby: Rocky Point Drive-In Still Sparks Nostaglia

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From Miller Place-Rocky Point: Rocky Point Drive-In Still Sparks Nostalgia

Robert Fazzalaro said that if he hit Lotto, he'd reopen the drive-in movie theater in Rocky Point. Danielle Moore said, "we would totally go! Love drive-ins." And Laura Tallon Witt said it would be "awesome" to have a drive-in movie theater around here again.

Post a picture of the old Rocky Point drive-in on Facebook and you'll get a ton of comments and memories. Many of them involved reopening the movie theater if only the person had some sort of windfall.

From Port Jefferson: Woman Opens Home, and Heart, to Dog with Cancer

Erica Kutzing of Port Jefferson said it was love at first sight: As soon as she saw an Instagram photo of Lucia, a 12-year-old pit bull who had been diagnosed with cancer, she wanted to adopt her.

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Lucia had been surrendered on June 28 to a shelter in New York City known for being a kill shelter, and was only given two days to find a new family before she was to be euthanized. Working together with animal rescue specialists, Kutzing – who has been a volunteer at Save-a-Pet Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Port Jefferson Station for 14 years – was able to adopt Lucia and brought her home on July 2.

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