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FLAG DAY Thursday, June 13, 2024 ~ Volume 69 ~ Issue Number 28 ~ $1.00 Credit: SCPD
Heuermann Charged with Two More Murders Suggests Decades-Long Killing Spree By Matt Meduri Rex Heuermann, a Manhattan architect, and as of July 2023, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been charged with two additional murders in the ongoing investigation. Heuermann was initially charged in the murders of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello, the first three of the “Gilgo Four” victims. The murder of the fourth victim, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, was attributed to Heuermann in January. Last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney (R) revealed that not only has Heuermann been charged in the murders of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla, but that Heuermann compiled his findings in a manifesto that likely helped him evade detection for decades. Continued on page 3
Town Closes on Parcels for Open Space Preservations By Matt Meduri
In efforts to preserve open space across the Town of Brookhaven, protecting ecosystems, and curbing overdevelopment where necessary, the Town has officially closed on six parcels of land in the eastern part of Town. The parcels preserved begin with 0.23 acres in Mastic Beach: the Kinasewitz Living Trust on Park Drive. The property abuts the historic William Floyd Estate. The closing hopes to preserve the creek and marshlands of Narrows Bay, while adding more land to the Mastic-Shirley Conservation Area. Also in Mastic Beach is 0.23 acres of wetland on Cypress Drive. The acquisition hopes to buffer sea level risings and coincide with dozens of Town and County-protected freshwater wetland parcels. In Manorville, the Histand Trust ecompasses 6.8 acres of woodlands on Halsey Manor Road, located within the core of the Central Pine Barrens. The preservation aims to protecting drinking water supply levels and maintain a visual buffer from travelers on the Long Island Expressway. Continued on page 10
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D-Day Vets Honored at LISVH Page 8
Town Ammends Chicken Ownership Laws Page 15