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Lighting Long Island

By Sabrina Garone
Published September 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM EDT
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A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood.
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A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood.

The legal battle over who will operate Long Island’s power grid ramped up this week. What a government shutdown could mean for our region. You’re not going crazy -- spotted lantern flies are everywhere! Plus, prisons in New York remain understaffed after a strike earlier this year.

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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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