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From Port Jefferson: Woman Opens Home, and Heart, to Dog with Cancer

Erica Kutzing of Port Jefferson said it was love at first sight: As soon as she saw an Instagram photo of Lucia, a 12-year-old pit bull who had been diagnosed with cancer, she wanted to adopt her.

Lucia had been surrendered on June 28 to a shelter in New York City known for being a kill shelter, and was only given two days to find a new family before she was to be euthanized. Working together with animal rescue specialists, Kutzing – who has been a volunteer at Save-a-Pet Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Port Jefferson Station for 14 years – was able to adopt Lucia and brought her home on July 2.

From Three Village: From Three Village to Senegal: Teen Helps Fight Malaria

The ScreenSaver Foundation, an organization that aims to stop the spread of malaria in Senegal, has its roots right here in Three Village.   

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Sixteen-year-old Emily Holtzman, a rising junior at Ward Melville High School, recently returned from a trip to the tiny village of Croisement Peulh, in Senegal, where malaria is the number one cause of death. She is the founder of The ScreenSaver Foundation, a non-governmental organization that combats the mosquito-borne illness by installing screens in windows.

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