On the broad, flat flood plain where Blydenburgh Park's Stump Pond used to be, wild grasses have sprouted from the long-submerged seedbed and clusters of forget-me-nots, irises and buttercups ...

Katherine Kuzminski and Officer Richard Esposito at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown. Prato, a paramedic from Medford, was hiking on Jan. 30 in the park when Striker took off from the path to ...