News Nearby: Car Crashes into 7-Eleven, Fighter Jets Escort Plane

Patchogue
A car crashed through the front of a Patchogue 7-Eleven Tuesday afternoon. Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

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Sachem
Fighter jets were forced to intercept a wayward plane over Suffolk County Monday night after the small aircraft pierced a temporary no-fly zone, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). 

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West Islip
Lauren Koepke, a student at Paul J. Bellew Elementary School in West Islip, was a winner of the Town of Islip Earth Day Poster Contest.  Lauren, a 3rd grader, designed her winning poster as part of Bellew's Recycling Club. 

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Deer Park-North Babylon
One lousy party experience was all it took for life long Deer Park resident William Lategano and his family to start up their party rental business in 2008. 

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Half Hollow Hills
Women in New York will now have a better shot of catching a breast cancer diagnosis early due to the work of a Dix Hills mom, who turned her disease into a platform for change in the medical field.

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Lindenhurst
A new bill to be introduced before the Suffolk County Legislature on Tuesday would require all boat operators to complete a boating safety course. Under the Suffolk Safer Waterways Act, sponsored by Legislator Steve Stern, D-Dix Hills, boaters would need to display a safety course certificate while boating or face fines.

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Babylon Village
Friday's thunderstorms were vicious, leaving more than 3,000 people without power Island-wide, including , spawning multiple  and leaving behind a ton of rain.

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Sayville
Apparently the last thing Sayville residents want to see open in the business district is another bank. In fact some would rather have a strip club or a dive bar open at the former Dairy Barn location on Main Street.

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