Fire Island News & Great South Bay News Headlines Archive for February 18, 2026

It has been a historic winter on Long Island and in the New York Region, and everyone reading this likely already knows that, but the Great South Bay area has felt it most deeply. Our namesake body of water froze to levels not seen in decades, and this is a main focus of our February 2026 issue of Great South Bay News.

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February Edition of Great South Bay News Takes a Look at Both Sides of Winter

Posted on February 18, 2026

Juliann Bachmann, age 30 and a resident of Bellport, was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital in Patchogue on May 16. She had been found that morning at 7:25 a.m. by the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD), injured and in an unresponsive state, inside a vehicle parked at a Speedway gas station on Horseblock Road in Yaphank.

SCPD Arrest Lindenhurst Man for Knife Attack

Posted on February 18, 2026

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