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Oh Buoy: Abandoned Sailboat Could Be Yours At Upcoming Suffolk County Police Auction Oh Buoy: Abandoned Sailboat Could Be Yours At Upcoming Suffolk County Police Auction
Oh Buoy: Abandoned Sailboat Could Be Yours At Upcoming Suffolk County Police Auction Long Islanders looking to beat the heat in style this summer should knot miss this titanic opportunity. The Suffolk County Police Department is set to auction off a long forsaken 28-foot sailboat. Starting bid? $100. According to the agency, the 1978 Neptune 24BC vessel was found adrift in Bellport Bay a few years ago and police were unable to track down its rightful owner. The boat does not come with a trailer, and it’s up to the buyer to remove it from the department’s Marine Bureau headquarters in Great River. Wednesday’s auction will get underway at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 26, at 150 R…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Good Samaritan Rescues Suffolk Man After Falling Off Boat Good Samaritan Rescues Suffolk Man After Falling Off Boat
Good Samaritan Rescues Suffolk Man After Falling Off Boat A Good Samaritan saved the day after a Long Island man fell overboard from a boat. It happened on Saturday, April 25 at approximately 9:10 a.m. at Bellport Bay in Bellport. A Medford man was operating a 39-foot Contender boat when he attempted to navigate a turn, was hit by a wake from a passing vessel and fell into the water, Suffolk County Police said. The man, who was not wearing a lifejacket, treaded water for approximately 15 minutes before he was rescued by Matthew Honce, of East Patchogue, who pulled the victim onto his 20-foot Grady-White vessel. Marine Bureau …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later
Message In A Bottle Science Experiment By Long Island School Found Nearly 50 Years Later A message in a bottle science experiment by a Long Island School was found nearly 50 years later, ABC 7 is reporting. An East Patchogue resident found a glass bottle on the beach at Bellport Bay which contained a note, according to the article. The note reportedly had a Dec. 1, 1972 message that it was a science experiment of students of William Floyd High School learning about Fire Island currents, said ABC 7. Click here for the ABC 7 report.

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by Donna Christopher