Week in Review: Miller Place May Close Campus, Shoreham Woman Rescues Pair

George's Kitchen Has Home Style American Fare with Roots in Greece

When you walk into George's Kitchen on New York Avenue in Sound Beach, you already know that you're not getting the same old thing on the menu at the chain restaurants a little ways down on Route 25A.

Applebee's and Ruby Tuesdays both have their places in family mealtimes but this off-the-beaten-path diner is the antithesis of corporate food service. It does not disappoint in giving you what you expect when you first cross the threshold: Tasty food with friendly service all at a good price. The kind of place you want to make your regular joint.

Miller Place Supe Cites Security, Safety in Proposed Closed Campus

Miller Place Superintendent Marianne Higuera has proposed a closed campus for the upcoming school year, citing opened doors as a security gap, as well as the dangerous Route 25a intersection seniors must travel, according to a report in The Village Beacon Record.

Higuera hopes to make the change in the fall, but at a recent board of education meeting, Miller Place High School junior Dan Letterio presented a petition signed by more than 150 students opposing the change.

Sports Bar Remains Dry [Empty In Sound Beach]

Out of Bounds Sports Bar was open for a just a short time in early 2012 before closing down, and now over a year later the bar remains dry. 

The 3,400 square foot retail space is available for lease by Racanelli Realty Services for a rent of $3,800 a month. It is also for sale for $450,000. 

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.

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 made it out to rescue them.

Man Sentenced After Having Sex With Teen

A West Hempstead man who was caught having sex in the Shoreham-Wading River area with a teenage boy last August was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison.

David Boutin was indicted in front of a grand jury last September, after a policeman originally searching for a stolen motorbike on a remote utility access road caught Boutin in the car with a 13-year-old boy.