Miller Place-Rocky Point
Marine Band to Lead St. Patrick's Day Parade
The Friends of St. Patrick have announced that US Marine Corps Band from Quantico, VA will lead the 63rd Annual Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17.
According to the group organizing the parade, this makes the Miller Place-Rocky Point parade the only one on Long Island to feature a military band. The group also said it estimates 50,000 people will witness the parade.
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Port Jefferson
Blaze Extinguished After Large Fire Erupts on Port Jefferson Dock
A fire broke out Tuesday morning in what is being called a service building on the dock behind Danford's Marina in Port Jefferson Harbor, police and the village mayor have confirmed.
Reports started coming into Patch at around 9:36 a.m. that a fire was raging on a dock in downtown Port Jefferson. Witnesses have reported that the fire is burning near Danford's Marina.
Port Jefferson and Terryville Fire Departments have responded to the scene.
Suffolk County Police confirmed that a call came in at 9:13 a.m. reporting the fire.
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Hauppauge
A Hauppauge High School junior placed second in the 100 yard butterfly and third in the 100 yard freestyle during Saturday's New York State Swimming and Diving Championships at the Webster Aquatic Center in Webster, NY.
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Kings Park
Town Preps to Send Wrecking Ball at Hightower Homes
Smithtown officials are ready to demolish of two abandoned Kings Parks home, despite the pleas of a Nassau attorney for more time to cleanup the property.
Smithtown Town board narrowly approved allowing the town to enter Hightower Homes property owned by Frederic Powell, at 77 and 81 Main Street in Kings Park, to demolish or clean up the two vacant homes as needed to bring them within compliance with building codes. Councilmen Bob Creighton and Ed Wehrheim voted against taking action.
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Three Village
Donors Step Up to Bat for $200 Million for Stony Brook University in a Year
When the Simons Foundation first profferred a $50 million matching challenge to fund endowments and research at Stony Brook University, the Stony Brook Foundation estimated that it would take between three and five years for the matching donations to come in.
On Monday, the University announced it had surpassed that goal in 12 months – and that it raised $200 million total through the matching challenge, which was issued in December 2011 as part of a $150 million gift that Jim and Marilyn Simons made to Stony Brook via their foundation. Before the end of 2012, that goal was met.
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Commack
Home Burglary Reported in Commack
A Commack family came home to find its back door broken and iPad missing Feb. 26, police said.
According to police, the perpetrator entered the home Feb. 26 by knocking out the glass on the rear door. The alleged burglar then stole an iPad from the home, police said.
No residents were home at the time of the incident.
