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Sister Of Gilgo Beach Victim: 'She Was My Best Friend': Patch PM

Also: LI teacher charged with raping student: PD / LI group fights childhood cancer / How to help migrating butterflies / OD Awareness Day

Share-worthy stories from Long Island Patch sites to talk about tonight.
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Share-worthy stories from Long Island Patch sites to talk about tonight:

Sister Of Gilgo Beach Victim Megan Waterman: 'She Was My Best Friend'

"I always told her, 'I don't know what I would do without you.' I still don't know what to do without her."

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LI Teacher Charged With Rape Had Sexual Relationship With Student: PD

An audio production teacher was arrested, charged with rape after engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor in Riverhead in 2020: police

Find out what's happening in Riverheadfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

'Go Gold' For Childhood Cancer: Hicksville's Sarah Grace Foundation Seeks Awareness

The foundation is raising funds to fill goodie bags, its Bead Program, stock hospital book carts, deliver toys to sick children, and more.

How NYers Can Help Monarch Butterflies On Their Long Migration South

The butterflies we see this year are the great-great-grandchildren of the Monarchs that migrated to Mexico last fall, according to NYSDEC.

4th Annual Drug Overdose Awareness Day Vigil To Take Place In Suffolk

National Drug Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday, Aug. 31.

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