TIMES HERALD The Village
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Volume 40, No. 24
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Setauket winds down summer in style
Honoring Civil War veterans in Northport
Also, ‘Rights of Summer’ exhibit in Huntington, ‘The Pied Piper’ in Port Jefferson, SBU Sports
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Man’s best friends are free of fees
Brookhaven Town’s animal shelter makes it easier to find new pals
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Still beating
Mother marks decade since surgery
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Photos by Greg Catalano
Scenes from Sunday’s Wind down Sundays concert at Melville Park in east Setauket at the red Barn in Frank Melville Park. north Shore residents were treated to tunes from the andrew Fortier Band, with lead singer andrew Fortier at the helm, after a performance from trumpet player rich Wiederman.
Report: Stay away from Stony Brook pond By Phil corSo
An on-campus pond at Stony Brook University has been deemed unsafe, according to a report from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The state DEC reported that Roth Pond, a roughly 200-yard body of water in the center of a Stony Brook University residential housing complex, had an excessive amount of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. It
was listed as one of seven locations in the state known to pose the risk of harming anyone who might swim or wade within it, the state said. “Cyanobacteria are naturally present in lakes and streams in low numbers,” the state DEC said in a statement. “However, they can become abundant, forming blooms in shades of green, blue-green, yellow, brown or red. They may produce floating scums on the surface of the water ROTH POND continued on page A7 Photo by Phil Corso
a makeshift boat makes its way across roth Pond in a campus event held during finals week back in May.