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A look at the top news from neighboring towns.

FROM SMITHTOWN: Corporate Owners Keep Raided 7-Elevens Open

One day after federal agents raided Smithtown area 7-Elevens, shutting one of them down after their owners were arrested on charges of employer abuse, the Terry Road location was back open Tuesday as the corporation took over operations.

FROM HAUPPAUGE: 
Two Children Injured in Route 111 Crash

Three people were injured in Tuesday's accident on Route 111; one adult and two young children.

Suffolk County police said a truck and SUV collided on Route 111 in Smithtown, south of the Village Center shopping plaza, at 9:34 a.m.

A helicopter was called in to transport those seriously injured to Stony Brook Hospital.

FROM MILLER PLACE-ROCKY POINT: 
Shoreham Woman Saves Dad & Daughter in L.I. Sound

A Shirley man and his 10-year-old daughter were rescued by a Shoreham woman in a kayak Thursday evening after they flipped about a half mile off shore near Wading River Creek.

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According to Wading River Fire Department Chief Jim Evans, a call for boaters in distress came in around 6:15 p.m. But before they could make it out to them, Holly Olsen, who took the day off work to go fishing in the creek, had make it out to rescue them.

FROM COMMACK: Local Dad Missing

A Dix Hills father, with two children in the Commack School District, has been missing since June 14, according to his family, which is now without him on Father’s Day.

According to his wife Ida, Robert Mayer, 46, never returned home from his job in the city Friday.

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“We spoke in the morning at nine, when he was at work, and he was fine,” she said, with her voice cracking.

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating the situation. Police said that no criminality is believed to have taken place at this point, however, detectives are following all leads


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