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Thursday, June 19, 2025 ~ Volume 70 ~ Issue Number 29 ~ $1.00
LaLota, Vets Demand V.A. Treat Vietnam-Related Cancer
Congressman LaLota (center) joined by Veterans in Rocky Point (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Laura Endres Kicks Off Legislature Campaign
Story on page 4
By Matt Meduri All eighteen seats on Suffolk County Legislature are up for grabs in November, with sixteen incumbents seeking re-election. Two are term-limited, Legislators Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) and Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga). Legislators are limited to six (6) two-year terms. The Fifth Legislative District (LD-05) was an open seat in 2023, reclaimed by former Legislator and former State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket). The noted environmentalist and geologist once represented the district in Hauppauge in the 1980s, before embarking a thirty-year career in Albany until his 2022 upset defeat to Ed Flood (R-Port Jefferson). Englebright is vying for another term, not grandfathered in by the term limits referendum passed by voters in 2021. The district encompasses Belle Terre, East Setauket, Old Field,
Poquott, Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson Station, Setauket, South Setauket, Stony Brook, Terryville, and parts of Centereach, Coram, and Mount Sinai. While Englebright defeated Anthony Figliola (R-East Setauket) in 2023, the margin was relatively thin - just about 6-7 points. The once solidly-blue turf dominated by Three Village has become much more competitive, delivering a razor-thin result in the overlapping Fourth Assembly District last year, a district won by President Donald Trump (R-FL) by about 1,000 votes. Continued on page 12
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Laura Endres (R-South Setauket) (Credit - Laura for Suffolk)