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The Fire Island inlet, created by Superstorm Sandy a decade ago, has closed, stopping the flow of water between the Atlantic Ocean and Bellport Bay. Brookhaven will now need to study its impacts and delay its expansion of shellfish restoration.
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Annual crime statistics released today show crime is down 3% in Connecticut.
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After weeks of criticism by voting rights advocates, Brookhaven residents will have a chance this Thursday to voice their concerns with redistricting maps drawn by the town’s Republican supervisor.
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Thursday was the deadline for the Brookhaven redistricting committee to submit a new plan to the town board, but they were unable to come to an agreement.
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With only a week left, some Town of Brookhaven residents are criticizing what they call an opaque and mismanaged redistricting process.
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The Brookhaven Town Board has approved zoning changes for a site in Medford that was once proposed to be the home of a new casino. Now, a developer plans to build a massive warehouse on the 30-acre property.
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Town of Brookhaven officials said no one showed up to vote on Tuesday for a Tri-Harbor Ambulance District referendum on changes to retirement plans for volunteers.
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The Town of Brookhaven wants to double the size of a two-acre shellfish management area in Bellport Bay, and pause fishing there while young shellfish grow to maturity. But local baymen oppose.
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Money from $1.9 million sale of the Suffolk County chapter of the Boy Scouts of America's former headquarters will help settle sex-abuse lawsuits against the national organization.
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The Brookhaven landfill is expected to be full in two to three years, posing a major problem for Long Island waste management.