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• Buses replace LIRR service on part of Montauk line

  buses at Speonk to stations Mastic- Shirley through Patchogue.Passengers traveling between Montauk and stations west of Patchogue will board buses at Speonk to Sayville, where train service will resume. Allow for up to 48 minutes of extra travel time, the   Read more »

• Way to Go: Briana Shortell

  trio of Patchogue -Medford high schoolers took the top three spots earlier this month in a countywide contest for their ability to build bridges.Briana Shortell, a senior at Patchogue-Medford High School, won first place in Brookhaven National Laboratory's   Read more »

• Half Hollow Hills girls badminton revels in 50 straight wins

  Half Hollow Hills girls badminton team earned its 50th straight win with a 9-0 victory over Patchogue -Medford on Thursday.The win-streak dates to the 2010 season, and in that span the Thundercolts have won three straight Suffolk championships and are poised   Read more »

• Patchogue's got talent at 'Star Shine'

  Guardino has been singing since he was an infant."I used to hum songs from my music box as a baby," says Guardino, 13, of Patchogue.Guardino describes his style as a combination of "soul and energy." He says, "I like performing music with heart in it."For   Read more »

• Patchogue Jam 6

  local favorite who plays a mean slide guitar. Incidentally he is coming back strong from a major hit from Sandy… And anyone who is still out gigging constantly even though their house got bashed in by nature deserves major respect. Cassandra House, a young   Read more »

Around the web

• Events on Long Island

  A guide to cultural and recreational events on Long Island. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to lical@nytimes.com . Film HUNTINGTON “The Other Side of Immigration ,” 2009 documentary directed by Roy Germano. May 23 at   from The New York Times Read more »

• Man Charged With Paintballing County Road 39 Businesses

  A Patchogue man was arrested last week after Southampton Town Police said he struck several County Road 39 storefronts in Southampton numerous times with a paintball gun on drive-bys over several weeks for his own amusement. Terrance M. Wahl, 36, was tak   from 27east.com Read more »

• Alleged Drugged Driver In Fatal Sayville Crash Facing Two Dozen Charges

  Thomas Herman of Patchogue is facing charges of second degree murder and aggravated vehicular homicide among a slew of other counts, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced. “He was high on PCP, morphine, Xanax and oxycodone,” Spota told   from CBS New York Read more »

• Patch Archive: Brookhaven Chambers of Commerce 2011

  Since Patchogue Patch launched in May 2010, we have attended many events in the Patchogue and Medford community. In a few cases, whether there was an emergency or some other pressing issue, some events that we personally covered did not make publication   from Patchogue Patch Read more »

• Patchogue-Medford Students Take Top Three Honors at Brookhaven Lab's Bridge Contest

  Winning students from Patchogue-Medford High School are, from left, Brianna Shortell, first place; Michael Grazio, second place; Justin Schulz, third place, and Nikoli Rinaldi of Elwood-John Glenn High School, who was awarded a prize for the most aesthet   from Brookhaven National Laboratory News Read more »