The owner of Southdown Marketplace, a local chain of grocery stores, is in talks to take over the lease of the recently defunct Waldbaum’s in Greenlawn Plaza. The deal would bring back a much-needed grocery store for nearby residents, including seniors at Paumanack Village.

With the recent turnover of top police brass at Suffolk County Police Department, the arrest by the feds of its chief, James Burke, on assault and conspiracy charges, and a highly publicized update on efforts to solve the Gilgo Beach murders – including a renewed relationship with FBI investigators – Gary Melius is asking, “What about me?”

It’s three days before Christmas, and Huntington letter carrier Chris Silvestri has been working every day since Thanksgiving, starting at 6:30 a.m. and going to 5 p.m., the earliest. “For the holidays, we’re quite inundated by the packages,” said Silvestri, 31, who has lived in Huntington all his life and has worked at the Huntington post office for eight years.