News Nearby: Family Mourns Boy Lost in Boating Accident

From Kings Park Patch: The scene outside in Northport was solemn Monday as family and friends gathered for the funeral service of David Aureliano, the youngster who died during a July 4 boating accident in Oyster Bay Harbor. David, of Kings Park, would have turned 12 on July 5. He died when the boat he was a passenger in capsized late Wednesday evening after a fireworks show near Oyster Bay. His cousin, 11-year-old Harlie Treanor and family friend, Victoria Gaines, 7, were also killed in the accident. to read the full story.

From Smithtown Patch: A Smithtown mototcyclist was killed after crashing into another vehicle Monday morning on Landing Avenue in Smithtown. According to Suffolk County Police, Francis Stanuch, 40, was driving a 2012 Honda motorcycle northbound at 8:05 a.m. when he struck a 1990 Ford driven by Eric Gismervik and was ejected from the motorcycle. Police said Gismervik was driving southbound on Landing and was attempting to make a left turn onto Oakside Drive when Stanuch collided with his vehicle. Stanuch was taken to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. A police investigation is underway.

From Hauppauge Patch: Insignia Steakhouse owners are hopeful that newly revised plans to expand their parking lot strike an ideal compromise with the Town of Smithtown and area residents. Insignia Steakhouse, owned by Anthony Scott, presented revised plans to expand the restaurants parking lot by more than 75 stalls after more than three months of meetings with elected officials and residents. The newly revised plans strike a compromise between the restaurant's and the recommendations of Smithtown Planning Department at the March 22 Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. Residents were outraged over Insignia's illegal, makeshift gravel parking lot .

From Port Jefferson Patch: Sea turtles have nine lives too, or so it seems. Thanks to the quick-thinking of a bunch of seamen off the coast of Montauk, including Petty Officer 3rd Class Josh Garsik of Port Jefferson, a sea turtle was saved from death by strangulation on Wednesday. Sailboaters alerted the Coast Guard that one of the endangered species was wrapped up in fishing gear about two or three miles off the coast of at about 1:30 p.m. officers were on their way to do some training when the call came in. They turned around the 47-foot motor lifeboat and headed around Montauk Point into the Atlantic Ocean.