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"She knows her way around local government, state government, and everything in between and she is a proven problem solver," said Englebright, a former state assemblyman who attended Gallagher's Gold Award ceremony when she was a teen in the Girl Scouts.

Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim totaled about 55% of the vote to defeat Suffolk Legis. Robert Trotta, who totaled 45%, with all elections districts reporting at about 11 p.m., according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

Eddie, 22, said he’s been working more hours because there have been fewer seasonal immigrant workers hired. "We are cautious," he said, "Any moment [ICE] can come and round all of us up." "We have to keep forging ahead so long as we can," Eddie said.

The MTA has requested and received another extension to complete its $10 purchase of a 40-acre Port Jefferson Station property for a future LIRR train station, Suffolk County officials said Tuesday.

The Republican budget reconciliation bill pairs a package of $3.7 trillion in tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy and corporations with massive spending cuts in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and other federal programs.

"Now, depending on where you’re going on Long Island, it requires three trains to get out there if you’re coming from New Jersey, for example," said Prophet, who believes Amtrak could be a gamechanger for potential Long Island visitors scared off by its jam-packed roadways.