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Thursday, November 20, 2025 ~ Volume 70 ~ Issue Number 51 ~ $1.00
Cold Case Task Force Identifies Suspect in 1997 Homicide By Raheem Soto A 28-year-old homicide and a related sexual assault case from 1996 have been resolved through modern forensic technology, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced this week. The suspect, identified as Steven Briecke, is deceased, but district officials say the findings bring long-awaited clarity to two cases that remained open for decades.
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Todaises Opens in East Setauket By Matt Meduri
Brielle Caro, friends, family, and officials cut the ribbon (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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Spring just arrived a little bit earlier in East Setauket this weekend. The former location of Setauket Floral Design, which thrived for almost fifty years, is now home to Todaises, although it operated under the same name for a little over a year until its grand re-opening on Saturday afternoon. The quaint florist’s proprietor is Brielle Caro, 24, who had been looking to parlay her interests in design and creative arts into a passion and a living. A graduate of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, Caro studied business management and worked the marketing end of a finance firm. “I never really found my niche. I was putting so much of my thoughts and effort into a company that I didn’t really care for too much,” Caro told The Messenger amid a packed house of friends, family, community members, and elected officials. Continued on page 10