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10 Most Popular Stories of the Year

Our most read stories from 2011 on the Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch.

2011 was a busy year at the Miller Place-Rocky Point Patch. There was a shooting that closed down the controversial Oxygen Bar in Rocky Point, Hurricane Irene blew through causing major flooding on the Cedar Beach peninsula, and multiple accidents at a dangerous intersection in Mt. Sinai.

See below for the full list in order of popularity based on visits and Facebook shares and relive the year that was.

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After four suffered gunshot wounds at a a May 7 shooting at the controversial Oxygen Bar in Rocky Point, the bar was later due to an expired permit. 

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The first of the Miller Place Board of Education candidate video profiles became a jumping point for much of the conversation related to the Board of Ed vote.

Joseph Paul DiBernardo Jr., who was one of the six FDNY firefighters trapped in the fatal "Black Sunday" fire in 2005, died Nov. 22 at his Miller Place home at the age of 40. His impact in both the Miller Place and Three Village communities, as well as the obvious impact he had fighting fires in the Bronx, will always be remembered.

Nine-year-old Jackeline Vilorio, of Rocky Point, was critically injured on a Friday night in June when a Jeep struck her while she was riding her bicycle on Roosevelt Street in Rocky Point. She was pronounced dead two days later at .

The build up, strike and aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene was one of the biggest stories of the year on Long Island. Readers checked in to Patch when the Town of Brookhaven ordered mandatory evacuations for multiple areas of Long Island, including the

Two men robbed the Capital One Bank at 75 Route 25A in Rocky Point on Sept. 14, fleeing the scene on foot. A few weeks later, Suffolk Police arrested Justin Collier, 23, and charged him with third degree robbery.

Five people sustained non-life threatening injuries in a two-car collision while passing the intersection of Echo Avenue and Route 25A in Mt. Sinai in late July. There were multiple accidents resulting in injuries at that intersection throughout the course of the year, including...

...this other accident in June that . Wendy Schober, 39, of Miller Place was the driver of the 2009 Chevy Trail Blazer involved in the accident that injured three. She was later arrested at and charged with DWI.

After a vehicle fire was reported on an early Thursday morning in April, those on scene found the truck and home it was next to vandalized. An investigation ensued and four were arrested and charged with one count of Third Degree Arson and Third Degree Criminal Mischief.

On Nov. 23, Susan Facini, a teenager from Rocky Point and sophomore at Stony Brook University, passed away suddenly at the age of 19. According to The Stony Brook Statesman, Facini died of a heart attack. She was an avid fan of the Seawolves club rugby team, and on Nov. 26, the rugby team won their tournament, in her honor.


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