Miller Place News

Three New York men looking to collect on a debt face kidnapping and robbery charges after they held a Queen Anne Road restaurant owner in the store's basement and demanded money at gunpoint, police said Thursday.

The Miller Place School District Adminstration recently moved in to its new building just outside of Miller Place High School , which means their old building on Route 25A is now empty.

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Play N Trade in Miller Place recently closed down, and the vacant space has led to two businesses relocating.

Take a look back at some of the top stories from the past week. Miller Place Deputy Superintendent Marianne Higuera will become permanent Superintendent of Schools effective July 1, the school district announced Monday.

Miller Place and Shoreham-Wading River High School's have been ranked in Newsweek's America's Best High Schools in 2012.

Port Jefferson School District'sA Earl L. Vandermeulen High School scored well on national lists this year, finishing among theA top half of schools in the nation according to the Washington PostA Challenge Index, and in the top 200 of Newsweek's list of "America's Best High Schools." On Newsweek's America's Best High Schools of 2012, Port ... (more)

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On Monday, the Miller Place School District named Deputy Superintendent Marianne Higuera as the new Superintendent of Schools effective July 1. Interim Superintendent for the past two years, Susan Hodun, will move back to her previous position of Assistant Superintendent and Seth Lipshie will also become Assistant Superintendent, sharing duties ... (more)

Kathy Rousseau, a former Miller Place Civic President and long time community volunteer was honored at Monday's Miller Place Civic Association meeting at Miller Place High School .

Luis Rodrigues Lopez, 21, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested on Grove Street in Port Jefferson Station on May 14 at about 11:20 a.m. and charged with operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs.

A 17-year-old boy, of Rocky Point, was arrested May 18 in Rocky Point and charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon.

Kings Park The Town of Smithtown Town Board is expected to approve the acceptance of an Automated External Defibrillator from Kings Park Youth at Thursday evening's meeting.

A budget of $55,364,115 for the Mt. Sinai School District has been rejected by voters Tuesday by a vote of 1263-1147.A The budget, which pierces the tax levy cap with a 4.76 percent increase, fell short of a 60 percent supermajority with 52.4 percent yes votes.

Smithtown Town Board rejects, then approves acceptance of donated defibrillators.

A handful of teens were indicted this week after beingA accused of burglarizing several residential homes , including two in Miller Place which reportedly occurred in mid-April. Suffolk County Police announced on May 3 that they had arrested four individuals after pulling them over on Black Locust Avenue in Setauket.A An indictment unsealed this ... (more)

It's budget day and local residents are flooding in and out of the polls Tuesday to cast their vote on their school district's budget for the 2012-'13 fiscal year.

"NCR's Got Talent!" Talent Show When/Where: 6:30 p.m. Friday at the North Country Road Middle School .

School Budget votes are just days away, and on May 15 residents will flock to the polls.

In his first interview since his 40-year old son was found dead in his Long Island bedroom--retired, FDNY deputy chief Joseph DiBernardo told PIX 11 he wants his son's name included on the FDNY's "Wall of Heroes"--which honors those who died in the line of duty.