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'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory
As teal color ribbons begin to adorn street lamps, mailboxes, and trees throughout a small Long Island hamlet to honor the late Long Islander Gabby Petito, a candlelight vigil is also being planned.
The color teal is being used because her mother, Nicole Schmidt, said it matched the color of Gabby's sparkling eyes.
Petito's body was found on Sunday, Sept. 19, in the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming, just days after her mother, Nichole Schmidt, reported her missing on Saturday, Sept. 11 to police.
Days later, the medical examiner's office confirmed the body was that of Petito, and the…
20 Displaced In Massive Suffolk County Apartment Fire
Twenty people were displaced on Long Island, as several Suffolk County fire departments teamed to battle a blaze at an apartment complex early on Monday, Dec. 9, fire officials said.
Fire crews responded to the Fairfield Sunrise Gardens complex on Greenbriar Drive in Bohemia shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, where a fire damaged a total of 12 apartments, leaving 20 without a roof over their heads, according to the Red Cross.
Firefighters from Bohemia, Bayport, Blue Point, East Islip, Holbrook, Islip Terrace, Lakeland, Sayville, and West Sayville took approximately an hour to knock down the…
Mother Killed, Daughter Burned, After House Fire Breaks Out In Patchogue
This story has been updated.
A woman is dead and her daughter injured after a fire broke out at a home on Long Island.
Crews from the Patchogue Fire Department responded to an Ohls Street home at approximately 9:45 a.m. on Friday, June 14, where a blaze broke out, officials said.
Elisa Doughty, 65, was trapped inside the home. She died from injuries suffered during the fire and was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
Kristie Doughty, 34, Elisa Doughty's daughter, was transported by a North Patchogue Fire Department …
