🌱 Physician Assistant Sexually Abuses Girl + Avian Flu Found

Hello, people of Miller Place-Rocky Point! I'm here with the Sunday copy of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 33 Low: 32.

Here are the top three stories today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

A Coram physician's assistant was indicted on charges of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl at a local beach. Richard Bennett, 50, contacted the victim in April of 2020 through her foster mother. (Patch)
A woman is dead, and a man and infant were injured after an East Setauket house fire early Friday. Sixth Precinct officers responded to the fire on Old Town Road home around midnight. Stephen Ortner, 30, a resident of the home, escaped through a second-floor window onto a roof with a ten-month-old baby. (Patch)
The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed on Saturday that avian influenza was in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds in Suffolk County. The exact location wasn't disclosed. (Patch)

Today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

Long Island Bridal Expo - Super Show at The East Wind, 5720 Route 25A Wading River

From my notebook:

Seth Lipshie, deputy superintendent in the district since 2014, will succeed Marianne Cartisano as Miller Place School District Superintendent. (Greater Long Island)
Area firefighters responded brush fire that broke out in a wooded area on Sunrise Highway in North Bellport, between westbound Sunrise Highway and the service road between exits 55 and 56, on Saturday morning. (Patch)
North Shore Public Library has a virtual adult program "Breathe Together with Charyl Ozkaya" running Tuesdays from March 1 to April 26 at 10 a.m. (Facebook)

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