Religious Leaders Briefed on Security

Here is some of the news from around Long Island this week.

were briefed Monday on the best ways to react to a worst-case scenario: A gunman opening fire in a public place., R-Seaford, joined Nassau County Executive and state and federal security experts Monday for a briefing about "best practices" during an "active shooter" incident at a public or religious institution. King told Patch that the event was not in response to any specific threat.

Glen Cove Hospital has a new person in charge, the North Shore LIJ Health System has announced. Susan Kwiatek, who was the hospital's associate executive director of patient care services, will succeed Dennis Connors as executive director. Connors leaves after eight years at the helm to take the position of deputy executive director at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, North Shore LIJ's flagship facility.

A petition is circulating around the village to prevent the closure of the . The petitions are addressed to Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, and to U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, D-Huntington. Copies are available at local businesses and will also be circulated at Northport Village Park. They will be submitted by the Village of Northport.

Residents of Farmingdale stood before the Board of Education once again on this week to complain about some students. Multiple citizens came before the board to address an event on Sept. 7 in which they claim that an estimated 100 adolescents gathered near the school and their homes.

The Manhasset-based Sept. 11 family support group Tuesday's Children held a fundraiser event featuring singer Macy Gray and honoring Stephen Daldry, director of the film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. Eleven years after Sept. 11, the organization remains a determined resource for children who lost parents in the attacks.