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TIM KELLY
FILE PHOTO Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone became the latest public official to speak out against LIPA's response to Hurricane Sandy today.
File photo taken in 2016 shows a hiring sign at a Dollar General store in Methuen, Mass. (Photo: Charles Krupa, AP)
BARBARAELLEN
KOCH FILE PHOTO Suffolk County workers (from left) well driller Luis Velasquez, heavy equipment operator Mario Velasquez and public health sanitarian Brian Pedersen drilling 60 feet deep test wells with a hollow stem auger on River Road in Calverton in 2009.
TIM
KELLY FILE PHOTO Suffolk County Legislator - elect Al Krupski at a debate hosted by Times / Review Newsgroup earlier this month.
JENNIFER
GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO Bill Swiskey claims the Greenport Village Board is in violation of the state's Freedom of Information Law.
FILE - In this undated
file photo provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tanya Gersh poses for a photo.
(Trent Nelson
Tribune File Photo) The scene in the Sundance TV lounge on Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Friday January 20, 2017.
FILE PHOTO
: A Bank of America logo is seen in New York City, U.S. January 10, 2017.
FILE - This
undated file photo provided by the National Park Service shows water spraying from a break in an exposed section of the Grand Canyon trans - canyon waterline as a worker attempts repairs.
ROBERT
O'ROURK FILE PHOTO State Senator Ken LaValle is hosting a public meeting somewhere in his district Nov. 26 with New York education department commissioner John King to discuss Common Core curriculum and standardized testing.
File photo dated 9/4/2005 of The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, lead guests after a Service of Prayer and Dedication at the Service of Prayer and Dedication in St George's Chapel.
Democrats continue to coalesce around gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont, shown in this
January file photo.
BETH
YOUNG FILE PHOTO Southold Town officials said the high usage at Strawberry Fields in Mattituck has hurt the athletic fields there.
TIM
GANNON FILE PHOTO County legislators Jay Schneiderman and Ed Romaine took a ceremonial bus ride on the S92 July 3, the day the service began.
REUTERS / Samsul Said /
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JOHN
GRIFFIN FILE PHOTO Steve Levy went on the offensive Monday night, one day before a Suffolk County task force is expected to announce its findings regarding county finances.
KATHARINE
SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO Southold Town Board members will evaluate Supervisor Scott Russell's tentative 2014 budget Monday.
Michael B. Jordan -
**** File Photo ** * 12 YEARS A SLAVE DOMINATES Independent Spirit Awards NOMINATIONS Critically - acclaimed drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE looks set to dominate the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards after landing seven nominations.
Bruce Dern - ****
File Photo ** * 12 YEARS A SLAVE DOMINATES Independent Spirit Awards NOMINATIONS Critically - acclaimed drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE looks set to dominate the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards after landing seven nominations.
SUFFOLK
TIMES FILE PHOTO Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said he's healthy and ready to return to work Monday.
CYNDI
MURRAY FILE PHOTO Councilman Chris Talbot was honored for his service as a town board member Tuesday.
PAUL
SQUIRE FILE PHOTO Governor Andrew Cuomo must decide when a special election for the recently vacated 2nd Assembly District seat will be held.
GIANNA
VOLPE FILE PHOTO Assemblyman Fred Thiele speaking at a breast cancer awareness forum on Shelter Island in November.
FILE - In this March 9, 2012,
file photo Republican state senator Frank Artiles, R - Miami, asks a questions about a pip insurance bill during house session in Tallahassee, Fla..
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015,
file photo Facebook Elections signs stand in the media area in Cleveland before the first Republican presidential debate.
This 2013
aerial file photo shows the Greenwich estate belonging to billionaire hedge fund owner Stephen Cohen.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, pictured here in a 2004
file photo with Caroline Kennedy, has refused to back Kennedy in her bid for a New York Senate seat.
CARRIE
MILLER FILE PHOTO Education commissioner John King, left, and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch.