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Sep 28, 2025

Driver sparks 12-car parkway pile up

Reckless driver causes 12-car parkway pile up and then tries to flee.

Sep 28, 2025

Middle Island ceremony honors Gold Star families

Solemn ceremony at the Gold Star Mothers event.

Sep 28, 2025

Community joins Sheriff Toulon for open house

Sheriff swings open the door to the community during open house.

Sep 28, 2025

Community marks 100th anniversary of the Little Red School House

Spared from demolition, the Little Red School House Marks 100th Anniversary.

Sep 26, 2025

Suffolk settles $9M suit in death of Thomas Valva

$9 million to mother of murdered boy

Sep 26, 2025

Mysterious object puzzles visitors to Pratt estate

Would you put your head inside this mysterious object?

Sep 26, 2025

Public to weigh in on East Moriches cemetery plan

Controversial cemetery plan: residents will have their say.

Sep 26, 2025

Memorial bench honors Alex and Arlette Mazarakis

They were beloved by their community and now there’s a memorial in their honor.

Sep 26, 2025

MS-13 gang member sentenced in brutal beating of 15-year-old

Per the DA’s office, Josue aka “Shrek” Zepeda Padilla, 28, of Huntington Station, is due 20 years in prison, followed by 5 years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty in July to various Gang Assault and Kidnapping charges.

Sep 26, 2025

PSEG Long Island to continue electric service

Electricity bills will still come from PSEG under contract extension

Sep 26, 2025

Millions coming to South Shore housing projects

More than $26 million in awards were announced through the Long Island Investment Fund (LIIF) to further to increase the housing supply.

Sep 26, 2025

Indicted man spent hours in house with dead mother

Man spends hours with his dead mother's body.

Sep 26, 2025

Town of Brookhaven launches online renewal system for parking permits

Town Clerk Kevin LaValle has announced the launch of a new online system for residents to renew their Permanent Parking Permits in Brookhaven.

Sep 26, 2025

Brookhaven demolishes abandoned house in Mastic Beach as part of blight removal

The Town of Brookhaven has demolished a long-abandoned house at 51 Grove Road in Mastic Beach, an action led by 6th District Councilwoman Karen Dunne Kesnig.

Sep 25, 2025

Stony Brook Ronald McDonald House seeking designers

Interior designers can now donate their services as part of the development of the Ronald McDonald House at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Applications to participate in Stony Brook’s build for a great cause are due by Nov. 30th.

Sep 25, 2025

Omaha coming to Huntington, courtesy of IRL Movie Club

Tickets for the October 12 screening are $18 for the general public and $11 for CAC members. IRL members will only have to pay $5.

Sep 24, 2025

Suffolk County water alert lifted after summer shortages

Water can flow, but be frugal, authority urges.

Sep 24, 2025

New library play area and garden under construction

Big additions coming to the Center Moriches Library.

Sep 24, 2025

NY State Parks’ Gorman on One Day, Three Parks event: ‘It’s unique and different’

Visitors can explore three Long Island state parks in a single day during “One Day, Three Parks” on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Sep 24, 2025

William Floyd paving underway courtesy of Sunrise Wind

Off with the old parkway, on with the new—William Floyd repaving underway.

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Opinion

From the Newsroom: The South Shore Press in Butler. PA

After spending a few days in and around Butler, Pennsylvania, with South Shore Press reporter Robert Chartuk, I truly question how one troubled young man was able to fire shots at President Trump at the Butler Farm Fairgrounds.


Sports

Miller Place junior finishes first in NYC

In New York City on a very emotional day last month Nicholas DiCaprio achieved an incredible milestone, finishing in first place in the Adult Male category at the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run.