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After All Things

Hurricane huddle

By Sabrina Garone
Published August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT
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Storm surge from Winter Storm Finn flooded Seaview Marina on Fire Island.
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Storm surge from Winter Storm Finn flooded Seaview Marina on Fire Island.

Long Island safety officials say they’re ready for hurricane season. ICE arrests 65 undocumented immigrants in Connecticut as part of a four-day sweep. Connecticut could reverse an affordable housing requirement. Plus, kids in the region head back to school over the next few weeks.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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