Bacteria levels shut Ronkonkoma Beach
As a result of high levels of bacteria, Lake Ronkonkoma Beach in Islip has been closed to bathers, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
The Huntington Beach Community Association, Centerport, also remains closed, the department says.
For more information, call the Bathing Beach Hotline at 631-852-5822; the department's office of ecology at 631-852-5760 during business hours; or visit the department's website, suffolkcountyny.gov/health, under "Our Environment."
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'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
