5 Patch Headlines Nearby: March 24

Hundreds of volunteers are expected to turn out for the Town of Oyster Bay's 23rd annual Dune Stabilization Project this Saturday.

Town officials, workers and community volunteers will meet at the Tobay Beach Ocean Pavilion at 10 a.m. Saturday for the annual planting of dune grass along the town's ocean-front beach.

Firefighters have a term to describe last night's battle at 22 Brook Path in Plainview. They call it a "Collyers' Mansion."

Plainview firefighters who responded to the scene Tuesday night just after 11 p.m. hooked up quickly to hydrants and began to advance on the fire inside the home. The occupants had made it out safely.

An East Farmingdale man was acquitted on charges of fatally stabbing a neighbor back in 2010, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Bobby Costic, of East Farmingdale, was found not guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday in the death of neighbor William Scott.

The Massapequa School District is eliminating 29 teaching positions as part of their proposed 2012-13 school budget.

District Superintendent Charles Sulc made the announcement at Thursday's Board of Education meeting, which covered the instructional side of the spending plan.

At a village board meeting Monday, Lloyd Harbor Police Chief Charles Flynn confirmed three residential burglaries and one attempted break-in occurred since February in the village. Two handguns, a shotgun and approximately $100,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from homes on Sea Crest Drive, Sound Crest Drive and Gerry Lane, according to Flynn.