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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
Featured Stories
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The North Shore Sun says goodbye after nine years
Northshoresun.com published its final story today. The site, which had published in an online only format since The North Shore Sun newspaper stopped printing last December, folded as parent company Times/Review Newsgroup looks to bolster its editorial staff on the North Fork. Each of the Sun's staff members will assume new...
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Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
Longwood senior Nick Ferrara and his father are working on an invention that could allow Nick to do the one thing he loves more than anything: play lacrosse. Nick, 17, started playing lacrosse when he was 7 years old and he never dreamed of stopping. He broke his collarbone during a...
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There isn’t much he won’t do to spread awareness of MS
He climbed 66 flights of stairs in Rockefeller Center. He rode his bike 150 miles through the north and south forks. Next summer, he’ll kayak 280 miles around Long Island. Steve Davis doesn’t take to excessive workout routines for no reason. His wife of 19 years has multiple sclerosis, and he...
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County lawmakers say Levy’s budget is $124 million short
Ten days after Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy presented his 2012 preliminary budget, some county lawmakers said on Tuesday they believe it’s off balance by more than $124 million. During a press conference in Hauppauge, Presiding Officer William Lindsay said the Legislature’s bipartisan budget working group has found Mr. Levy’s spending...
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Local libraries assist students on ‘Homework Help Day’
Libraries across Suffolk County took part in this year’s “Homework Help Day” on Monday in an effort to introduce students to the online interactive website known as Live-brary.com. The online program, which is free to card holders at all North Fork libraries, includes free e-book and audio book downloads, as well...
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Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
Thirty years after its founding, the East End Women’s Network is undergoing a rebirth of sorts. It’s not that the group has died away — it still has 80 active members — but at its height there were about 150, said Paula Daniel, the organization’s president. Now the group created by...
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Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
Mount Sinai school officials went over the most recent set of standardized test scores at last week's Board of Education meeting. Executive Director for Educational Services Deena Williams-Timo, led the presentation, reviewing student scores on state assessments, Regents and Advanced Placement exams. She compared Mount Sinai’s assessment scores with those of neighboring...
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County to preserve portion of land formerly slated for Legacy Village
The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved last week to preserve 23 acres in Yaphank originally slated for the former Legacy Village proposal. Located on the corner of Yaphank Avenue and the Long Island Expressway service road, the land had been targeted for two 5,000 seat arenas in County Executive Steve Levy’s...
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Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
About 1,500 Longwood Junior High students celebrated International Day of Peace on Wednesday by forming the word “love,” creating a peace sign for the “o,” on the Junior High School’s front lawn. About 30 years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for a day of non-violence every Sept. 21. Longwood...
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Matrix, Harry Potter cinematographer signs on to Tesla film
Howard Smith, a cinematographer who has worked on the Matrix and Harry Potter movies, has signed on to work on an independent film about Nikola Tesla. Joseph Sikorski, a Long Island native who wrote the screenplay "Fragments from Olympus: The Vision of Nikola Tesla," said he was excited when Mr. Smith...
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Feds arrest Riverhead doctor for Medicare fraud
Dr. Jesse Stoff has maintained a high profile in the media while practicing at East End Wellness Center, an alternative medicine facility in Riverhead where he serves as medical director. News 12 Long Island made him the subject of a half-hour special on his unique treatment of allergies. In July, Hamptons.com...
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Brookhaven GOP re-elects chairman Jesse Garcia
The Brookhaven Republican Committee unanimously approved this week to re-elect its chairman Jesse Garcia to serve a 4th term as its leader. Mr. Garcia said his goals for the coming election in November include regaining a GOP majority on the Brookhaven Town Board, sending three new Brookhaven Republicans to the Suffolk...
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Levy responds to environmentalist’s charge county ‘raided’ funds
Environmentalists are charging county lawmakers “illegally raided” funds slated for open space preservation and drinking water protection programs to balance next year’s budget without getting voter approval in the form of a mandatory referendum. But in defending the move, County Executive Steve Levy called charges by Pine Barrens Society head Richard...
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SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
Shoreham-Wading River school board members agreed at Tuesday’s meeting to move forward with a new student reading program, the first part of superintendent Steven Cohen’s education goals and priorities plan. Dr. Cohen laid out the plan at school board meetings earlier this month, and the board adopted it Tuesday. The plan is...
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Town announces development plan for former UA property
Brookhaven Town officials announced Tuesday that a developer has submitted a plan to build 160 affordable apartments and 48,000 square feet of commercial space at the former United Artists Movie Theater property in Coram in hopes of attracting students to move there. The $59 million redevelopment of the nearly 18-acre lot,...
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Marching through Riverhead, South Fork man raises awareness for vets
Anyone who passed Ron Zaleski during his walk through Riverhead Monday would be hard-pressed not to think about the message plastered across the sandwich board sign he was wearing — it reads 18 vets a day commit suicide. That sobering statistic is exactly what the 60-year-old U.S. Marine and once owner...
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Recap: Brookhaven Town Board meeting
Sun reporter Jennifer Gustavson is reporting in real time from Tuesday night’s Brookhaven Town Board meeting. Here are the updates: 5:08 p.m. Tonight's Brookhaven Town Board meeting is now starting. 5:10 p.m. Tonight's agenda includes public hearings to discuss the redevelopment of the former Coram Swap and Shop and to eliminate a...
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Photos: Miller Place volleyball defeats Rocky Point
The Miller Place girls volleyball team improved to 2-2 in League VI with a 3-1 victory on the road Monday afternoon at Rocky Point. The Panthers won the first two games, 25-23, 25-20 before the Eagles came back with a 28-26 victory in Game 3. The Panthers, though, quickly regrouped...
