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Mill Creek Project Tops Our Biggest Stories of the Week

Also, a sting nets a host of arrests at local massage parlors and a longtime resident died in Greece.

Here are links to some big stories that happened this week in Port Jefferson.

Port Jefferson has taken another step toward the remediation of the Mill Creek watershed with a plan that will open up blockages, remove invasive species of plants and fix stromwater runoff issues, according to the village and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC).

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Suffolk County police have arrested more than 20 people in an undercover investigation called "Operation Massage Parlor" conducted at a number of businesses in the Sixth Precinct.

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When hundreds of musicians assembled at the 7th Annual Suffolk County Music Educators Association (SCMEA) Day of Horn this year, student Joseph Kaming-Thanassi was there to toot his French Horn along with them.

Amanda Yazdani said she knew something was wrong with her body since she was 14. But it was only this past summer that Yazdani, now 25, was diagnosed with bulimia nervosa.

Alice E. Moraitis, an East Setauket native who was the daughter of the family who owned the Poulos Farm on Pond Path, died Jan. 19 at the age of 84 in Ikaria, Greece.


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