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Passing of Local WWII Hero Tops Our Biggest Stories of the Week

High school on lock down and two Port Jeff Station men charged with Coram killing.

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

World War II veteran and longtime Mt. Sinai Fire Department volunteer and Captain, Louis H. Rowehl, of Mt. Sinai, passed away on Feb. 24 at the age of 92.

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Port Jefferson Village Constable George Gernhart was in the right place at the right time. The officer was patrolling near the on Main Street in Upper Port Jefferson on Wednesday evening when a passerby told him that a man was breaking into a car parked south of the station, according to Suffolk County Police.

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 The Port Times Record reports that the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Stemboat Company is doing a $2 million upgrade the main passenger cabin of the Park City ferry. During the construction, the ferry company will operate a two-boat schedule, according to its website.

was locked down for an hour while cops searched for a driver who fled across school grounds after he was pulled over, according to Superintendent Ken Bossert and Suffolk Police.

Port Jefferson Station residents, Eduardo Nunez, 20 and Alex Fernandez, 19, were arrested and charged with shooting 21-year old Luis Vargas, of Selden, to death, police reported.


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