The pool of candidates for the soon-to-be-open seat in the Third Congressional District is whittling down. Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R-East Northport) said on Monday he is no longer pursuing the seat that Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) will vacate, and is instead backing fellow Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R-South Huntington).

Two University of Albany students who graduated from Walt Whitman High School were among three women arraigned Monday for allegedly falsely claiming they were victims of a racially-motivated attack on an Albany city bus in January, and for allegedly assaulting a woman.

Taylor Sherman, of Northport, said his foray into the world of drugs started in 2005 when he began experimenting with alcohol and marijuana. By the next year, he progressed to cocaine, LSD, MDMA and, ultimately, heroin.