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News Nearby: Good Samaritans Rescue 3 at Kings Park Bluff

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From Commack: 

Cuomo Signs Fire Sprinkler Act in Honor of Commack Native

A Commack native killed in an off-campus housing fire near Marist College will forever be remembered in a new state law aimed as helping others avoid the same fate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Kerry Rose Sprinkler Notification Act on Thursday, creating a new law that requires public and private colleges in New York to provide students with written information on fire safety and sprinkler systems in college-owned or operated housing.

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From Kings Park: Good Samaritans Rescue 3 at Kings Park Bluff

A family of three were pulled out of the waters by a few good samaritans on Monday after their 8 foot inflatable boat got swept up by a current and became stuck under the dock.

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Kings Park Fire Chief Mark O'Brien said his department got a call of three people drowning at the Kings Park Bluff at about 2 p.m. Luckily, said O'Brien, a few brave a quick thinking people at the docks pulled them to safety.

From Hauppauge: Nightly Road Closures Mark Start of Route 347 Project

Hauppauge drivers heading out late night or early morning should avoid Route 347 between Route 111/Wheeler Road and Mount Pleasant Road.

New York State Department of Transportation will be closing two lanes of traffic, one in each direction along the 0.8 miles of roadway on Wednesday and Thursday nights, between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

From Three Village: Poquott Man Plans Run in 170-Mile ‘RacingThePlanet’ Marathon

Shawn Gaffney jokes about what kind of headlines he'll make as he embarks on a 170-mile, seven-day marathon in Iceland. "'Local Man Plans Elaborate Death in Iceland'?" he suggests. Gaffney, 34, a Poquott resident by way of Boston, will head to Iceland next week to challenge himself to complete the event, which begins Aug. 4. While he kids about the grueling competition, he says he recognizes the enormity of the challenge. "I think it will be the hardest thing I’ve ever done," he said.


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