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By Times Review | 10/05/2011 12:35 PM | News

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The North Shore Sun says goodbye after nine years

By Times Review | 09/30/2011 12:02 AM | Featured Stories, News, Top News

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

By Samantha Brix | 09/30/2011 12:01 AM | Featured Stories, News, Sports, Top News

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

By Samantha Brix | 09/29/2011 9:58 AM | Featured Stories, Health, Lifestyle, News, Top News

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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FEMA to close temporary East End office

By Vera Chinese | 09/29/2011 7:00 AM | News

The temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery office set up in Riverhead to help those affected by Hurricane Irene will close Oct. 1. The office, which was stationed at Riverhead Fire Department headquarters on Roanoke Avenue, served 84 people since it opened Sept 12, a FEMA official said Wednesday. The...

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Cops: Two men and a woman stole computer from Walmart

By Times Review | 09/28/2011 8:00 AM | News

Two men and a woman stole an HP computer from Walmart in Middle Island last month, Suffolk County Police said. On Aug. 25 at 3 p.m., the suspects entered the store located on Middle Country Road, took the $600 computer and fled the scene in a dull gray or primer black...

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County lawmakers say Levy’s budget is $124 million short

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/28/2011 7:00 AM | Featured Stories, News

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’

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/27/2011 6:29 AM | Featured Stories, News

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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Middle Island man arrested for stealing tools from construction yards

By Grant Parpan | 09/26/2011 7:57 AM | News

A Middle Island man was arrested Sunday on numerous charges of stealing tools and construction equipment throughout the county during the past two months, Suffolk Police said. During routine patrol Sunday, Sixth Precinct Police Officers Salvatore Dabbraccio and Robert Falisi located a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot on Route 112...

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Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections

By Julie Lane | 09/26/2011 7:48 AM | Business, Featured Stories, News

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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Wading River residents still want moratorium along Route 25A

By Tim Gannon | 09/25/2011 8:22 AM | News

Placard-waving Wading River residents turned out in force at last week's Riverhead Town Board meeting to again demand that the town declare a moratorium prohibiting the approval of new projects on Route 25A until after an ongoing study of the zoning in that corridor is complete. “Approving projects before the study...

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Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores

By Samantha Brix | 09/25/2011 7:24 AM | Education, Featured Stories, News

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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Coram woman identified as driver in crash that killed Selden woman

By Grant Parpan | 09/24/2011 8:42 AM | News

A Coram woman struck and killed a 47-year-old woman as she attempted to cross Middle Country Road in Selden Wednesday night, Suffolk Police said. Susan Jacob, 47, was attempting to cross north just east of College Road in Selden when she was struck by an eastbound vehicle at 10:38 p.m., police...

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County to preserve portion of land formerly slated for Legacy Village

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/24/2011 6:52 AM | Featured Stories, News

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

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/23/2011 8:51 AM | Education, Featured Stories, News

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

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/23/2011 5:00 AM | Featured Stories, News

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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Brookhaven GOP re-elects chairman Jesse Garcia

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/22/2011 4:51 AM | Featured Stories, News

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

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/22/2011 12:37 AM | Featured Stories, News

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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