News Nearby: Headlines Around Long Island

A look at some of the news around Long Island in the last week.

Suffolk County police are investigating the death of a man that occurred at the Kings Park Bluff Tuesday morning.

Police, who were on the scene at 9 a.m., said they are treating it as a non-criminal death.

E. Setauket Man the Brains Behind 'Chronicle' PR Stunt

Gary Graf knows how to make people fly. Or rather, he knows how to make it look like people are flying.

Graf, of East Setauket, was featured in a Discovery News article for his involvement in a Thinkmodo publicity stunt that made it appear as if humans were flying over Brooklyn, the timing of which coincided with the release of the movie "Chronicle."

A Southampton man has started a campaign to urge the State University of New York to sell off the campus in Shinnecock Hills in an effort to save SUNY money and put the land on the Southampton Town tax rolls, but the university says they have no plans to abandon the campus — rather,

Southold Thrift Store Helps Save Cats

In a two-bedroom house visible from Route 48 in Southold, cat lovers can find a thrift store whose proceeds go to help homeless and needy cats.

The SAVES, Inc. (Spay, Alternate, Vaccinate Every Stray) thrift shop is starting its third year at its permanent location on Horton’s Lane in Southold.

Farmingdale Book Drive

The Farmingdale School District, along with the Farmingdale Breakfast Rotary Club, recently participated in an island-wide project which collected more than 2,500 textbooks for students in Kenya.