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New Whole Foods Location, More Planned For Holbrook New Whole Foods Location, More Planned For Holbrook
New Whole Foods Location, More Planned For Holbrook Popular organic supermarket Whole Foods has a new location coming to Long Island, alongside many more stores planned in a new shopping center. The SunVet Mall, located at 5801 Sunrise Highway in Holbrook, which some Yelp reviewers deemed “a dead mall,” is getting a major facelift. Plans are underway for a shiny new shopping center, now dubbed The Shops at SunVet, with development scheduled to finish in 2025, according to developer Regency Centers. The SunVet Mall was originally built in 1973, but in recent years has seen numerous stores shut down, leaving a ghostly abandoned atmosphere a…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Holbrook Crash Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Holbrook Crash
Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Holbrook Crash Police are investigating a two-vehicle Easter morning Long Island crash that left one person dead. It happened Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8:45 a.m. in Holbrook. Richard Norman, age 66, was driving a 2016 Ram van northbound on Broadway Avenue when his vehicle went through a steady red light and collided with a 2005 Mitsubishi flatbed truck that was traveling eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway, Suffolk County Police said. Norman, of Bohemia, was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue where he was pronounced dead, police said.  The driver of the flatbed, a …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Woman, 21, Struck By SUV Near Suffolk County Elementary School Woman, 21, Struck By SUV Near Suffolk County Elementary School
Woman, 21, Struck By SUV Near Suffolk County Elementary School A 21-year-old woman received minor injuries after being struck by an SUV near an elementary school. The woman was struck about 8:50 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9, by a 2006 Ford Expedition on Broadway Avenue, near Merrimac Elementary School, in Holbrook, said the Suffolk County Police. The female driver was not injured. The victim was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For Robbing 7-Eleven In Holbrook Man Arrested For Robbing 7-Eleven In Holbrook
Man Arrested For Robbing 7-Eleven In Holbrook A man has been charged for robbing a 7-Eleven in Holbrook, according to Suffolk County Police. Kevin Chieffo, 42, of East Patchogue, reportedly entered 7-Eleven on Monday, Aug. 12 just after at 6 p.m. at 796 Broadway Ave., and pretended to make a purchase, said police. When the employee opened the register, Chieffo allegedly reached in to grab cash, according to police. The female employee attempted to stop the man and the pair struggled before Chieffo was able to break free and flee with cash, said police. A security guard, who was in the store getting coffee, called the police and foll…

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by Donna Christopher