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HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 infections continue to drop in Suffolk County as the number of daily infections declined for five consecutive days. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Sachem Central School District experienced another 39 COVID-19 infections among students and teachers/staff since Saturday. The greatest number of new positives were reported for the district’s two Farmingville schools: Lynwood Avenue Elementary School with 11 cases followed by Sachem High School East with 10 positives. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 infections are on a steady downward trend in Suffolk County, with the lowest number of daily positives since Jan. 3. This is a dramatic change from the county reporting its highest number of infections on a single day less than two weeks ago, when 2,193 new cases came in on Jan. 6. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Lynwood Avenue Elementary School in Farmingville will reopen fully on Wednesday, resuming in-person instruction. The school went to distance-learning only on Tuesday amid a surge of COVID-19 infections. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — Second graders at Nokomis Elementary School in Holbrook explored weather while using technology to showcase all they have learned. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 daily infections continued to decline for the third consecutive day in Suffolk County. Meanwhile, new daily positives dropped below 100 in the greater Sachem area but inched up in Holbrook and Holtsville. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Lynwood Avenue Elementary School in Farmingville is closed to in-person learning on Tuesday because of seven COVID-19 infections during the past day. Sachem Central School District decided to move Lynwood students to distance-learning for one day, and district officials cautioned it could be longer. Read more from OnSachem News.
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HOLBROOK, NY — A man died after falling from the roof of Four Seasons Sunrooms and Windows in Holbrook. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — Children had an extra-joyous holiday season, thanks to Suffolk County Legislator Anthony Piccirillo (R-Holbrook) of the 8th District and donors throughout the community, including the Sachem High School Honor Society and Stony Brook University Medical Center. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — COVID-19 daily infections dropped in Suffolk County and much of the greater Sachem area, but jumped again in Farmingville. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Two schools in Farmingville reported a combined 12 new COVID-19 infections during a single day. Sachem High School East had eight positives — five students and three teachers/staff — and Lynwood Avenue Elementary School experienced four cases, three of them among students. Meanwhile, in neighboring Holtsville, two students tested positive at Sagamore Middle School. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Following the second-worst day ever, COVID-19 infections dropped sharply in Suffolk County. Likewise, positives plunged in Farmingville the day after the community also had its second-worst day. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLTSVILLE, NY — Tamarac Elementary School’s new principal was among OnSachem News’ most-read stories this week.
- Plus, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for second time in 13 months.
- In crime news, Suffolk Police rescued and arrested a woman after she drove into a Ronkonkoma pond, and police announced a body found in a Centereach backyard was dead for a year.
- And the COVID-19 virus surged in Farmingville and Holbrook.
These stories are among OnSachem News’ most-read coverage this week. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — Suffolk County just had its second-worst day ever for new COVID-19 infections as another 2,181 people contracted the virus. Meanwhile, locally in the greater Sachem area, new positives in Farmingville also added up to the hamlet’s second-worst day with 30 cases. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Sachem High School North in Lake Ronkonkoma had another five students and one teacher/staff member test positive for COVID-19, according to the latest daily update. The six new infections are among 11 new positives in one day across the Sachem Central School District. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 infections dropped again in Suffolk County, but jumped in the greater Sachem area, with the biggest day-over-day increases in Holbrook, Holtsville, and Lake Ronkonkoma. Meanwhile, Suffolk County Legislator Anthony Piccirillo of Holbrook announced he tested positive for COVID-19. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — COVID-19 infected another 15 students, teachers and staff in Sachem Schools during the latest one-day reporting period. The newest positives brought the cumulative number of those infected to 444 across the district. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 daily positives ticked up slightly across Suffolk County on Tuesday, but dropped sharply in the greater Sachem area just one day after a brief surge. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — Sachem Central School District had 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 12, according to the latest data New York state and school officials released Wednesday, Jan. 13. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — The COVID-19 virus infected over 1,600 people on Monday in Suffolk County, a slight uptick from a day earlier. Meanwhile, there was another rapid one-day surge of new positives locally in several Sachem neighborhoods, with the biggest increase in Holbrook, followed by Farmingville and Nesconset. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — COVID-19 positives soared well past the 400-mark in Sachem Schools as another 26 cases came in over the past three days. The greatest numbers of new infections were listed for Sachem High School East in Farmingville, Sachem High School North in Lake Ronkonkoma, and Sagamore Middle School in Holtsville. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — COVID-19 daily positives dipped slightly for the second consecutive day in Suffolk County, even as the number of tests increased. The infection drop was even more pronounced in Sachem-area neighborhoods, with the biggest decrease in Holbrook. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLBROOK, NY — After a one-day plunge, COVID-19 positives surged again in the greater Sachem area. Nearly every Sachem-area neighborhood experienced an increase, some by double digits, with the largest increases in Centereach, Holbrook, and Holtsville. However, as the daily positives rose around greater Sachem, they dropped across Suffolk County. Read more from OnSachem News.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Sachem Central School District is approaching the 400-mark. Sachem Schools had 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Jan. 8, according to the latest data New York state and school officials released Saturday, Jan. 9. The greatest number of new positives were reported for Sachem High School North in Lake Ronkonkoma. Read more from OnSachem News.
HOLTSVILLE, NY — The latest daily count of positive COVID-19 cases plummeted in the greater Sachem area. Every community — Farmingville, Holbrook, Holtsville, Lake Ronkonkoma, Centereach, Lake Grove, and Nesconset — is down, some by double digits. This comes in stark contrast to a day earlier when Centereach and Lake Grove reached record-high positives. However, across Suffolk County, the number of daily positives rose above 2,000 again. Read more from OnSachem News.
FARMINGVILLE, NY — COVID-19’s record-breaking streak in Suffolk County — with Farmingville recording its second-most cases in a single day since the pandemic began — was among OnSachem News' most-read stories this week.
- Plus, Lake Ronkonkoma celebrated New Year’s with the first-ever Polar Bear Plunge.
- In crime news, Suffolk Police arrested a Coram man for alleged possession of drugs and weapons following a fatal crash in Medford.
- Officers also arrested a Selden man for the alleged knifepoint robbery of Subway restaurant on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma.
These stories are among OnSachem News' most-read coverage this week. Read more from OnSachem News.
COVID-19 positives hit record highs in Centereach and Lake Grove, Dip slightly across Suffolk County
CENTEREACH, NY — Two Sachem-area neighborhoods had their worst day ever on Thursday since the pandemic began. Centereach and Lake Grove each reached a record high number of COVID-19 positives for a single day. Meanwhile, daily positives dropped slightly on Thursday in Suffolk County after soaring to a record high a day earlier. Read more from OnSachem News.
