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News Nearby: Bus vs. SUV Crash Injures 12, Bank Robbery Arrest

A look at some of the top headlines from fellow Suffolk County Patch sites during the past week.

Patchogue
Twelve people were injured when a SUV overturned after hitting a Suffolk County Transit Bus on Route 112 in Medford Wednesday, police said.

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Lindenhurst
Suffolk Police have arrested a North Lindenhurst man for the Monday, July 24,  robbery of  on East Sunrise Highway. Mark Brown, 35, was picked up by the SCPD two days later on July 26, and was charged with robbery in the third degree, police said.

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Sachem
The Sachem Board of Education named a new principal of  at its meeting on Wednesday. Lou Antonetti, who's been an assistant principal at East since 2008, replaces Rory Manning, who  a position as the principal of Harborfields High School.

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Deer Park-North Babylon
NYPD Officer Andre Menzies, a North Babylon father of five who was killed by a drunken driver in 2010, will be forever remembered by his community as the street where he lived is renamed in his honor.

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Half Hollow Hills
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Manhattan man with posing as the president of a Melville company in order to trick investors into believing he was driving millions into a penny stock firm.

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West Islip
The Town of Islip planning board reserved its decision Thursday night on the zoning change of a parcel on the corner of Udall and Muncey Roads where a .

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Sayville-Bayport
Debbie Capozzi, who learned to sail at the Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point, heads into her second Olympic competition this weekend.

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Babylon Village
A 24-year-old Cherry Grove swimmer was saved from drowning last Sunday afternoon, July 23, thanks to a good Samaritan from West Babylon, as well as local police and emergency officials who responded to the scene.

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