🦠 Nassau's Cyclospora Cases Are Climbing

✈️ Pilot Walks Away After Wild Gear-Up Landing in Shirley

🚸 Rockville Centre Pedestrian Critically Hurt in Crash

🎸 Great South Bay Music Fest Adds Even More Star Power

If your stomach's been off this summer, you're not alone — and it might not be the heat. Nassau County health officials are tracking a rise in cyclosporiasis, a nasty little parasite infection that's been working its way through the county's produce aisles and into more than a few coolers.

The numbers: 17 cases so far this year, with 11 of those showing up in June alone. Compare that to just 10 cases for all of last year, and you can see why the county's Department of Health is paying closer attention. Cyclospora usually hitches a ride on imported produce — think cilantro, basil, snow peas, pre-washed salad mixes — and causes watery diarrhea that can drag on for weeks, along with cramps, fatigue and a serious loss of appetite.

The fix is annoyingly simple and easy to skip: wash your hands before and after handling produce, and give fruits and vegetables a real rinse before they hit your plate — even the pre-washed stuff. Small habit, fewer miserable weeks.

👉 Read more: News 12 Long Island

Sunday night got interesting out at Brookhaven Calabro Airport. A small Cessna came in for a landing around 10:20 p.m. with its front landing gear refusing to cooperate, forcing the pilot into a belly landing right there on the runway.

The pilot, a 54-year-old from Lindenhurst, was flying solo — no passengers aboard, thankfully. Suffolk police said the front gear never fully extended and was leaking fluid, which meant the scene had to be secured before anyone could get close. The Mastic Volunteer Ambulance Company took the pilot to NYU Langone Hospital–Suffolk for a precautionary evaluation.

The FAA's local district office has been notified and will look into what went wrong with the gear. All things considered, this is the good version of a scary headline: metal got scraped up, nobody else did.

👉 Read more: Patch

A routine Wednesday morning commute turned serious in Rockville Centre this week. Just before 9:42 a.m., a 24-year-old man was crossing at North Village Avenue and Lakeview Avenue when he was struck by a westbound SUV.

Police say the driver, an 84-year-old woman behind the wheel of a 2024 Toyota RAV4, stayed at the scene and has been cooperating with the investigation. The pedestrian was rushed to a nearby hospital and remains in critical condition as of this writing.

No charges have been announced. It's a hard reminder for all of us — drivers and walkers alike — to slow down and stay alert at intersections, especially with more foot traffic out and about this time of year.

👉 Read more: LI Herald

Patchogue's Shorefront Park is about to get loud. The Great South Bay Music Festival returns July 23–26 for its 18th year, and organizers just sweetened an already stacked lineup.

Headliners Gov't Mule, My Morning Jacket, Sublime and the Used anchor the four-day run, joined by Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Little Feat, Sierra Hull and more. The latest addition: a special Bob Weir Celebration honoring the Grateful Dead co-founder, plus jam trio LaMP joining the Saturday jam-day bill.

Whether you're a die-hard Deadhead or just looking for a good excuse to spend four days by the bay, this is shaping up to be one of the Island's best summer weekends. Grab tickets before the good lawn spots go.

👉 Read more: BroadwayWorld

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