Campground Stabbing + High School Athletes Of The Year

Get on up, Miller Place-Rocky Point! Let's get you all caught up to start this Friday off on an informed note. A campground dispute in Smithtown led to a stabbing and a Middle Island man was arrested. Read more about local veteran Joseph Dwyer and the statue dedicated in his honor in Rocky Point. A track athlete from Rocky Point and a lacrosse player from Mount Sinai were both named athletes of the year.

First, today's weather: Light rain and humid throughout the day. High: 76, low: 63.

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

1. Peggy Spellman Hoey has the full story on the unveiling of the statue of late U.S. Army medic PFC Joseph Dwyer in Veterans Memorial Park in Rocky Point. He was from Mount Sinai and died in 2008 after battling post-traumatic stress disorder. The statue, dedicated on the 13th anniversary of his death, shows the moment he was captured in an iconic Army Times photo rescuing an injured Iraqi boy in 2003. (Patch)
2. Michael DeSantis reports that a Middle Island man was arrested for a stabbing at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown on Wednesday, according to Suffolk police. Brian O'Connor, 62, got into an argument and fight with another man at a campground at the park and stabbed a 60-year-old man, who survived. (Patch)
3. Jordan Lauterbach profiles Rocky Point track athlete Alexandra Kelly. Kelly is Newsday's track athlete of the year, for her performances in the triple jump and long jump, where she dominates on Long Island. (Newsday)
4. Gene Morris names Mt. Sinai's Joey Spallina the boys lacrosse player of the year. He was first among all players on Long Island with 122 points. (Newsday)
5. News 12 looks at protestors who oppose a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank. They believe the environmental and community impact will disproportionately affect local residents. (News 12)

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Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch Notebook

• Steven Soltysik, an art teacher at Kings Park High School and Rocky Point resident was one of six finalists in a vaccination art contest from the Shot To Reunite Coalition. His piece was called "Jumpin Outa Covid." (Patch)
• P.T. Barnum's Port Jefferson Village Queen Anne Victorian home is on the market for $1,550,000. Built in 1887, the historic home has guest quarters. (Newsday)
• Several Rocky Point students were nominated for excellence in high school theater by the East End Arts Council: Adam Olszewski, Jillian Carley, Brenna Kiernan, Renee Ortiz, Chris Carley, Tessa Cunningham, Jacey Ruisi, Samantha Leversen, and Grace Benedetto. (Rocky Point Schools)

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