🌱 Center Moriches-Eastport Daily: Mother's DWI Arrest + Payback

Diane Witek
Updated ·3 min read

Hey, people of Center Moriches-Eastport! Diane Witek here with today's edition of the Center Moriches-Eastport Daily.

First, today's weather:

Very cold; breezy in the a.m. High: 22, low: 9.

Here are the top stories in Center Moriches-Eastport today:

  1. Amy Wesolowski, 34, of Riverhead was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated DWI with a child; she was held for morning arraignment, police said. Wesolowski's daughter, Gracelyn Perkowski, 4, was critically injured when her mother's car collided with a 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan on Flanders Road. Officials said Southampton Town Animal Control Officer Colleen Kidd, "quickly sprang into action" and saved the little girl's life. (Riverhead News Review)

  2. If you have a student loan with Navient, you are in luck. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Navient loan company has been ordered to pay back more than $1.7 billion in debt cancelation nationwide for deceptive practices, including $110 million to around 4,300 New York student borrowers. If you will have your loans canceled, you will receive a notice from Navient by July 2022, authorities said. Refunds on any payments of the canceled loans made after June 30, 2021, will also be refunded. No action is required from loan borrowers to receive these funds. (Smithtown Patch)

  3. In Suffolk County, 1,176,064 people have received at least one vaccine dose, an increase of 1,723. On the whole, Long Island's COVID-19 positivity rate continues to a steady decline. New cases are still at a little over 8,500 per day with nearly 2,200 Long Island residents being treated for COVID-19 at hospitals. (Press Release Desk)

Today in Center Moriches-Eastport:

  • A Year of Firsts IN PERSON — Ages Birth-Not yet 2 years old — CMJ101 (Center Moriches). (10 a.m.)

  • Defensive Driving Sponsored by the Empire Safety Council (Center Moriches). (10 a.m.)

  • A Year of Firsts TAKE HOME — Ages Birth-Not yet 2 years old — CMZ101 (Center Moriches). (10 a.m.)

  • Dungeons & Dragons (Center Moriches) — Center Moriches Free Public Library. (Noon)

From my notebook:

  • Center Moriches Fire Department: "Just before 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Suffolk County 911 received multiple calls for a house fire on Railroad Avenue, between Wading River Road."(Facebook) (Website)

  • Suffolk County Sheriff: "Yesterday was #wearblue day for #NationalHumanTraffickingAwarenessDay, but that doesn't mean the awareness has to end. January is #NationalHumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth so keep educating yourself on the signs of #humantrafficking."(Instagram) (Website)

  • Suffolk County Sheriff: "Jan. 13 marks National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, honoring the memory of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 13, 1996."(Instagram) (Website)

  • Long Island Natives: "Transplanting some American beach grass this time of year gives us a great spring crop. These recently lifted bare roots are double culms per cell. 🌾🌾🌾🌊🏝 🦀. #beach, #grass, #ammophila."(Facebook) (Website)

  • Center Moriches Free Public Library: "What's your first book of 2022? Looking forward to any titles coming out this winter? Tell us in the comments! #cmorlibrary." (Facebook) (Website)

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  • FREE WEBINAR | “Romanesque Architecture in Tuscany.” Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero. Online event. (Jan. 18)

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— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.

This article originally appeared on the Center Moriches-Eastport Patch