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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Launches Artificial Reef Expansion In Ocean Off Shinnecock Inlet

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Patchogue's Main Street. ALYSSA MELILLO

Patchogue's Main Street. ALYSSA MELILLO

17 Huntington Lane, Flanders ALEXA GORMAN

17 Huntington Lane, Flanders ALEXA GORMAN

Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing banning the release of both arrest information and mugshots by New York state’s police departments. PRESS FILE

Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing banning the release of both arrest information and mugshots by New York state’s police departments. PRESS FILE

Students at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School are using computers this year on state mandated ELA and math tests. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Students at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School are using computers this year on state mandated ELA and math tests. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Co-owner Brian Sckipp came straight from his job as a high school teacher to work at the brewery on Tuesday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Co-owner Brian Sckipp came straight from his job as a high school teacher to work at the brewery on Tuesday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth flips through a book of handwritten Hampton Bays minutes from the early 1900s. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth flips through a book of handwritten Hampton Bays minutes from the early 1900s. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Southampton Village Police Chief Thomas Cummings briefs the Village Board on Monday night's shooting. ALYSSA MELILLO

Southampton Village Police Chief Thomas Cummings briefs the Village Board on Monday night's shooting. ALYSSA MELILLO

Master brewer David DeTurris canning the new seasonal beer, Strawberry Blonde. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Master brewer David DeTurris canning the new seasonal beer, Strawberry Blonde. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Jared Strecker, 16, of Hampton Bays is going to present his research at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s annual International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma later this month. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Jared Strecker, 16, of Hampton Bays is going to present his research at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s annual International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma later this month. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Material from the former Tappan Zee Bridge is dropped into the Atlantic Ocean—roughly 2 nautical miles from the Shinnecock Inlet— in May, bolstering an artificial reef. PRESS FILE

Material from the former Tappan Zee Bridge is dropped into the Atlantic Ocean—roughly 2 nautical miles from the Shinnecock Inlet— in May, bolstering an artificial reef. PRESS FILE

Tuckahoe teachers celebrate making adequate progress on last years state tests, a goal they failed to meet the year before. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Tuckahoe teachers celebrate making adequate progress on last years state tests, a goal they failed to meet the year before. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

author on May 31, 2018
With a giant splash, an excavator centered on a barge lowered material from the former Tappan Zee Bridge into the Atlantic Ocean—roughly 2 nautical miles from the Shinnecock Inlet—on Thursday... more

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