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How Suffolk County Seniors, Low-Income Residents Can Access Emergency Services

How Suffolk County Seniors, Low-Income Residents Can Access Emergency Services

Suffolk County residents can access warming centers, HEAP, SNAP, meals on wheels and other emergency services via 311, senior centers and the Department of Social Services; prepare ID and proof of residency.

James Thompson•2 min read•02:11 PM

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Approximately 1,525,920 residents

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Riverhead

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2,373 square miles in Long Island New York

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Marsh Development Plans Chopt, Wonder and Fitness Studio at Stony Brook Commons

Marsh Development Plans Chopt, Wonder and Fitness Studio at Stony Brook Commons

Stony Brook Commons at 205 Hallock Rd. is slated for redevelopment, bringing possible tenants Chopt, Wonder and a fitnes...

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Suffolk County Winter Outdoor Guide: Trails, Beaches, Birding, Safety Resources

Suffolk County Winter Outdoor Guide: Trails, Beaches, Birding, Safety Resources

Suffolk County parks, beaches and preserves remain open for winter walking, birding, fishing and family sledding, with l...

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Whole Foods Opening 43,000-Sq-Ft Holbrook Store March 5, Features 900+ Local Products

Whole Foods Opening 43,000-Sq-Ft Holbrook Store March 5, Features 900+ Local Products

Whole Foods will open a new 43,000-sq-ft Holbrook store March 5 at Shops at SunVet, bringing jobs, local-product shelf s...

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Comsewogue Library Job Fair Hosts Suffolk County Labor, Local Employers

Comsewogue Library Job Fair Hosts Suffolk County Labor, Local Employers

Job seekers can drop in to meet recruiters and gather hiring information at Comsewogue Public Library today, a free, pub...

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Stony Brook Cancer Center Receives $335,000 Strohm Pledge for 9/11 Responders' Cancers

Stony Brook Cancer Center Receives $335,000 Strohm Pledge for 9/11 Responders' Cancers

Stony Brook Cancer Center received a $335,000 pledge from The Strohm Foundation to endow research on cancers affecting 9...

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Riverhead Tanger Saks Off 5TH to Close Feb 2026 amid Chapter 11

Riverhead Tanger Saks Off 5TH to Close Feb 2026 amid Chapter 11

Saks Off 5th at Tanger Outlets Riverhead is scheduled to close in early February 2026, a local fallout from Saks Global’...

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Riverhead joins countywide survey to update hazard mitigation plan

Riverhead joins countywide survey to update hazard mitigation plan

Riverhead is asking residents and businesses to complete an online survey by Feb. 20 to inform Suffolk County’s Hazard M...

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Stony Brook Seawolves Defeat Campbell 81-69 in Buies Creek Road Win

Stony Brook Seawolves Defeat Campbell 81-69 in Buies Creek Road Win

Erik Pratt and Andrej Shoshkikj each scored 19 as Stony Brook beat Campbell 81-69 in Buies Creek, a win that extends the...

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12-inch Water Main Rupture Floods Oak Street, Cuts Service to 54

12-inch Water Main Rupture Floods Oak Street, Cuts Service to 54

A 12-inch SCWA water main ruptured on Oak Street, flooding Oak and Great Neck and cutting service to 54 customers; crews...

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Two-Vehicle Crash at Route 347/111 in Hauppauge Leaves Passenger Seriously Injured

Two-Vehicle Crash at Route 347/111 in Hauppauge Leaves Passenger Seriously Injured

A front-seat passenger was seriously injured after a Lexus making a left turn was struck by an oncoming Toyota at Route ...

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Police Seek Help Locating 63-Year-Old Riverhead Raceway Worker Missing Jan. 27

Police Seek Help Locating 63-Year-Old Riverhead Raceway Worker Missing Jan. 27

Riverhead police and family ask the public’s help finding Kathleen Harrison Trent, 63, a longtime Riverhead Raceway work...

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REV Entertainment Purchases Long Island Ducks; Club to Remain in Central Islip

REV Entertainment Purchases Long Island Ducks; Club to Remain in Central Islip

REV Entertainment purchased the Long Island Ducks; the team will remain in Central Islip at Fairfield Properties Ballpar...

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Suffolk Legislators Advance Resolution Authorizing Dune Social Cupsogue Beach Concession

Suffolk Legislators Advance Resolution Authorizing Dune Social Cupsogue Beach Concession

Suffolk legislators advanced a resolution to let Parks negotiate a concession contract with Dune Social LLC for Cupsogue...

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Smithtown Town Board Approves $4,755,275 Bond for Townwide Parks Improvements

Smithtown Town Board Approves $4,755,275 Bond for Townwide Parks Improvements

The Town Board approved a $4,755,275 bond to finance townwide parks and municipal building upgrades, funding long‑term r...

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Hauppauge Man Arrested on DWI Charges After St. James Crash Kills Woman

Hauppauge Man Arrested on DWI Charges After St. James Crash Kills Woman

A Hauppauge man was arrested after a crash on Alexander Avenue in St. James that killed a 42-year-old woman; the arrest ...

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North Fork residents press Southold Town Board to reject ICE presence

North Fork residents press Southold Town Board to reject ICE presence

Dozens of North Fork residents packed Southold Town Hall on Jan. 27 to press the Southold Town Board to adopt a formal s...

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Riverhead promotes Officer Suprina to sergeant, volunteer responders qualify after two years

Riverhead promotes Officer Suprina to sergeant, volunteer responders qualify after two years

Riverhead Town Board promoted police officer Matthew Suprina to sergeant and revised the volunteer first responder prope...

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Long Island Aquarium moves endangered African black-footed penguins indoors amid Arctic blast

Long Island Aquarium moves endangered African black-footed penguins indoors amid Arctic blast

Long Island Aquarium moved about 20 endangered African black-footed penguins indoors during an Arctic blast to protect t...

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Experts to Present Research at Stony Brook Harbor Water Quality Forum

Experts to Present Research at Stony Brook Harbor Water Quality Forum

Experts and community groups presented water-quality research at a Stony Brook Yacht Club forum, highlighting risks and ...

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Smithtown Praises First Responders After Gibbs Pond Ice Rescue During Storm

Smithtown Praises First Responders After Gibbs Pond Ice Rescue During Storm

A 13-year-old and his father were rescued after falling through ice at Gibbs Pond; quick action by Smithtown and Nescons...

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Erick Acevedo Arrested in Human Trafficking Ring Linked to Huntington Station Motel

Erick Acevedo Arrested in Human Trafficking Ring Linked to Huntington Station Motel

Erick Acevedo, 36, was arrested in Bronx on Feb. 4 and charged in an alleged human trafficking ring tied to the Roadway ...

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Suffolk Police Arrest Two, Cite One During SLA Inspections in Huntington

Suffolk Police Arrest Two, Cite One During SLA Inspections in Huntington

Two people were arrested and a third cited during State Liquor Authority inspections at two Huntington bars after commun...

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Stony Brook to Host Eighth World Congress of Game Theory, July 2028

Stony Brook to Host Eighth World Congress of Game Theory, July 2028

Stony Brook University’s Center for Game Theory will host the Eighth World Congress of the Game Theory Society July 17–2...

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Shoreham-Wading River Boys Basketball Clinches Playoff Spot After Five Years

Shoreham-Wading River Boys Basketball Clinches Playoff Spot After Five Years

Shoreham-Wading River clinched a playoff berth after a 78-49 win over Babylon, ending a five-year drought and signaling ...

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Five Wild Birds in Suffolk County Test Preliminary Positive for HPAI

Five Wild Birds in Suffolk County Test Preliminary Positive for HPAI

Five wild birds in Suffolk County preliminarily tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, raising concern f...

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Reward Offered as Suffolk Police Seek Two Women Who Stole $1,000 Medication

Reward Offered as Suffolk Police Seek Two Women Who Stole $1,000 Medication

Suffolk County police are seeking two women who allegedly stole about $1,000 in medication from a Setauket CVS, offering...

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Suspect Arrested After Hit-and-Run on William Floyd Parkway Kills Man, Injures Brother

Suspect Arrested After Hit-and-Run on William Floyd Parkway Kills Man, Injures Brother

Two brothers changing a flat tire on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley were struck in a hit-and-run Jan. 29; one died and...

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Judge Crecca Coordinates Monthlong Black History Events Across Suffolk County Courts

Judge Crecca Coordinates Monthlong Black History Events Across Suffolk County Courts

Suffolk County Courts mounted a monthlong slate of Black History Month programming coordinated by Judge Andrew A. Crecca...

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Off-duty Nassau County officer Patricia Espinosa killed in Saint James DWI crash

Off-duty Nassau County officer Patricia Espinosa killed in Saint James DWI crash

An off-duty Nassau County police officer, Patricia Espinosa, 42, was killed after an alleged drunk driver ran a red ligh...

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