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Aug 19, 2025

The Fantasy Baseball Experience - Prospect Look Ahead

Hi, my name is Jack Thaler and I hoped you enjoyed last week's edition of My Fantasy Baseball Experience. This week I will be doing a special edition and looking ahead and talking about prospects who are the future of fantasy baseball.

Aug 19, 2025

The Fantasy Baseball Experience - Injured Studs Coming Back

As we get closer to the end of the season in baseball, that means the end of the fantasy season is also right around the corner. That also means that many teams realize they can't win this year, so many have checked out, but those who still are active might be ready to unload some players that you can take advantage of their lowered price tag.

Aug 18, 2025

Senators Urge Parole Board to Reject Rule Change They Say Endangers Public Safety

State Parole Board ignores the legislature, moves ahead with its own rules.

Aug 18, 2025

Sturgeon Moon Rises Red Over the South Shore

Blood red Sturgeon Moon made deeper by the wild fires in Canada.

Aug 18, 2025

SCPD Commissioner Catalina Swears In New Recruit Class

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina swore in the latest class of Suffolk County Police recruits.

Aug 18, 2025

Mr. Zeldin Comes to Hauppauge: EPA Head Slams Lithium Battery Plant Proposal

Outraged residents and local leaders united at the Hauppauge Fire Department on Monday, August 18th—where former Congressman, gubernatorial candidate and current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Lee Zeldin led the charge against BESS.

Aug 18, 2025

DOGE Report: Failure to Address Significant Risk of Fraud and Improper Payments

The federal employee retirement applications process, administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), is "fraught with IT management weaknesses"

Aug 18, 2025

Incident Overview: From March Hospitalizations to Bail-Free Release

Timeline of charges for gummy poisoning suspect Wilmer Castillo Garcia.

Aug 18, 2025

Stony Brook Dam Stalemate Persists One Year Later

Dam impasse keeps residents isolated.

Aug 18, 2025

From the Newsroom: Communists Hijacked the Democrats

The South Shore Press took a deep dive into the issue of bail reform in New York State with team coverage over the arrest and quick release of Castillo Garcia. He’s the Guatemalan national accused of selling gummies laced with deadly drugs to kids within the William Floyd School District.

Aug 18, 2025

Stony Brook Medicine hosts cooking classes for children using rooftop farm produce

More than a dozen children participated in cooking and nutrition classes at Stony Brook Medicine, where they learned about healthy eating habits and how to prepare meals using fresh produce.

Aug 18, 2025

Afghan teens find opportunity through Stony Brook's Pre-College Summer Program

Two Afghan teenagers, Tabby Hooram and Fatima Rajaye, recently participated in Stony Brook University’s Pre-College Summer (PCS) program, gaining exposure to college-level coursework and campus life.

Aug 18, 2025

Stony Brook University receives grant for faculty community focused on AI ethics

A team at Stony Brook University has been awarded a $55,000 grant from the State University of New York’s Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) program.

Aug 18, 2025

Stony Brook professor examines economics behind growing U.S. immigrant detention system

Nancy Hiemstra, an associate professor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, has released a new book examining the economic drivers behind the U.S. immigration detention system.

Aug 18, 2025

Adventureland’s Helping Hands endows pediatric dentistry scholarship at Stony Brook

Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation has created an endowed scholarship for residents in the pediatric dentistry program at the School of Dental Medicine.

Aug 18, 2025

The Moon Ball is Back

This past weekend there was the battle of New York in a preseason game when the Giants took on the Jets in the stadium that both of them call home. While the final score can be some small bragging rights for one team or another, it's still the preseason so the score of the game means very little in the big picture.

Aug 18, 2025

Shell-ebrating Suffolk’s Oyster Comeback at First Ever Jamboree

Rebirth of the Long Island Oyster is celebrated at first ever jamboree.

Aug 18, 2025

Sayville Teen Arrested in Smith Point Beach Stabbing

Teens clashing down the beach from the Oyster Jamboree leads to stabbing.

Aug 18, 2025

Kansas City’s $17 Million Grocery Flop Is a Warning for New York

Kansas City grocery store flop bodes ill for Mamdani plan for government-run stores in New York.

Aug 18, 2025

Assemblyman DeStefano Hosts ‘Coffee with a Cop’ in Bellport

“You never know what the street will tell you:” Coffee with a Cop in Bellport

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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.


National

Movie Review Medley: The Good, the Great, and the Grand

“Good Fortune” and “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” continue in theaters, while our No. 1 film of the past week was a one-night-only enterprise.


Injured union plumber and wife sue over alleged negligence and discrimination

A union plumber and his wife have filed a lawsuit against several entities including Jamaica Hospital Medical Center over alleged civil rights violations following a workplace injury at JFK Airport Terminal 6 in May 2025.