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Jul 3, 2024

Smithtown High School

Honor SpeakerBrayden Stahl Smithtown High School West

Jul 3, 2024

Newfield High School

Joshua Martin Abou Said

Jul 3, 2024

Ward Melville High School

Co-Salutatorian

Jul 3, 2024

Centereach High School

Nicholas Robert Adamo

Jul 3, 2024

Westhampton Beach High School

Steven Abramowitz

Jul 3, 2024

Longwood High School

Kayla Accardi

Jul 3, 2024

Patchogue-Medford High School

Nicholas Benjamin Accardi

Jul 3, 2024

Bellport High School

Ethan Ag+uilar-Perez

Jul 3, 2024

Center Moriches High School

On June 29, Center Moriches High School's Class of 2024 celebrated its graduation during the 124th annual commencement ceremony. The graduating seniors, dressed in their red caps and gowns, processed down a red carpet in the school's gymnasium as the symphonic band performed "Pomp and Circumstance."

Jul 1, 2024

William Floyd High School

Eniyah Audrey Abdul Hamid

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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk

The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.


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History Comes Alive at Military Museum

The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.


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Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before