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GOP to finally pick Bishop's foe

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY TIM KELLY |STAFF WRITER

Who will represent eastern Suffolk in the House of Representatives next year? The race will begin in earnest next week.

Come Tuesday there will be only...

JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO The DEC will not tear down the Robert Fulton Randall House in Ridge.

19th Century Ridge house avoids demolition

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON | STAFF WRITER

Plans to demolish a decrepit green house and barn in Ridge will not include tearing down a mid-19th century house located on the property, state...

Miller Place polling stations moved

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON | STAFF WRITER

Polling stations for Miller Place residents have been moved to local firehouses due to the construction taking place at the schools, county officials said.
The Suffolk...

Judge OK's Dem's run against Senator LaValle

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010

A State Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday that Jennifer Maertz can run against Senator Ken LaValle in the November election.

Ms. Maertz, a Democrat, will replace...

JOHN NEELY PHOTOArmy National Guard Specialist Mike Palapoli (left) and Sergeant Sammy Rodriguez (right) unfold the American flag at last Thursday’s arrival of a World Trade Center I-beam to the Rocky Point Fire Department firehouse in Shoreham.

Sacred steel takes center stage

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON |STAFF WRITER

Sullen onlookers patted tears from their eyes and sweat from their brows as the U.S. Army last Thursday delivered a hunk of twisted steel to...

Mount Sinai man killed in car crash

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON |STAFF WRITER

A 63-year-old Mount Sinai man died Sunday morning after losing control of his car and striking a tree on Plymouth Avenue in Mount Sinai, authorities...

JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO The former CVS will be divided into two stores. Advance Auto Parts will lease the larger portion. Tthe property owner is trying to find a tenant for the other space.

New stores heading to shopping center

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON |STAFF WRITER

Construction workers have been working at the former CVS store on Route 25A in Rocky Point. They are renovating the vacant building there to make...

Town signs on to bidding consortium

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON |STAFF WRITER

Brookhaven Town approved a cost-saving agreement with Nassau and Suffolk counties at Tuesday's board meeting, becoming part of a consortium that hopes to save all...

PEGGY SPELLMAN HOEY FILE PHOTO The only portion of Regency Forest's pet crematory that survived the July fire was the entrance and front facade. The cremation ovens were enclosed in that facility.

'Open air' pet ovens spoil family's cemetery trip

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY JENNIFER GUSTAVSON |STAFF WRITER

When Diane DiCaprio-Gunderson picked up the remains of her dog Gino from Regency Forest Pet Memorial Park in Middle Island, she said she was horrified...

SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO Alice Lu, a former Longwood student, chose her AP biology teacher, Bill Wenk, as her most influential teacher, placing his name on a Cornell scholarship for Longwood students.

He's honored by former pupil

Posted on: Friday, September 10, 2010 by BY SAMANTHA BRIX |STAFF WRITER

When Alice Lu was a senior at Longwood High School, she brought her first college rejection letter into her AP biology class in tears.

Her teacher,...