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🌱 Sachem Daily: Known Drug Dealer Arrested + Weather This Week

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Hey, Sachem! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

A bit of afternoon rain. High: 58 low: 36.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Sachem:

  1. Duo stripped nearly 50 Catalytic Converters from cars in Holstville and Melville last month. "Police said Blaise Marckesano, 37, of Shirley and Jonathan Martinez, 31, of Manorville stole 49 catalytic converters, including 39 from a location on Middle Avenue in Holtsville, and 10 from a Long Island Avenue, Medford, location between Feb. 17 and Feb. 28." Each suspect was charged counts of first-degree auto stripping. They were released and due back in court on March 14. (Sachem Patch)
  2. 'Known Drug Dealer' busted in Centereach. Donald Goodwin was under surveillance last week by the Anti-crime officers from the Second Precinct while he was caught doing a hand-to-hand transaction. Officers pulled 31-year-old Goodwin over where he was found to have two guns, over $100K in cash, and a quantity of Methadone and Fentanyl. Goodwin, 31, was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, as well as two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance. (Sachem Patch)
  3. Another wild week of weather ahead. As we head into the second week of March, more crazy inconsistent weather is coming in our direction. We start the week very warm, but by the weekend we are back into the 30s again. Enjoy today as we will be above 60 temperatures which won't last very long. It seems as if the snow is finished for the year, but you never know in March and April on Long Island. (Sachem Patch)

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Today in Sachem:

  • Take and Bake with Chef Rob Scott - Bakery Snickerdoodle Scones (Islip Public Library) (9:00 a.m.)
  • Mish Mosh Mondays - Grades K-12 - Brookhaven Free Library. (4:30 PM)
  • SES Winter Concert - Islip HS Gym. (7:00 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Sachem Library: "Young Jason and his family were the first to read the new StoryWalk © book for March. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac, is a classic Native American fable relating how forest animals learn an important lesson about bragging and teasing." (Facebook)

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— Andrew Tessler

About me: Hi! I'm Andrew and I have been a Huntington resident for 7 years. I have lived in other countries and states, and my number one love is Huntington. I love health and wellness, traveling, stand-up paddle boarding, and of course going to restaurants and events throughout Huntington!

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