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Thursday, July 23, 2026 ~ Volume 71 ~ Issue Number 34 ~ $1.00
Suffolk Remembers Flight 800 on 30th Anniversary By Matt Meduri It’s been thirty years since Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 fell into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of East Moriches. To date, it’s the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. On July 17, 1996, Flight 800 departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 8:19p.m. en route to Rome, Italy, with a stop in Paris, France. At 8:31p.m., the Boeing 747 exploded and fell into the ocean waters. All 230 souls on board, 212 passengers and 18 crew members, were killed. Continued on page 5
Flags of the nations of those lost on Flight 800 thirty years ago. (Inset) The wreath sent to sea. (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Town Imposes 18-Month Moratorium on Data Centers By Matt Meduri At their Town Council meeting last Thursday, the Town of Brookhaven unanimously approved a moratorium on data centers being approved, built, or otherwise sanctioned for eighteen months. The public hearing conveyed the contentious attitudes of the public who all, more or less, carried the same message: environmental concerns, suburban aesthetics, resource management, and being pawns in a “billionaires’ arms race” are the grounds on which the people of Brookhaven oppose these centers. Continued on page 10
A full house at Brookhaven Town Hall last Thursday to support the moratorium on data centers (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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