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Eyewitness News has learned Suffolk county plans to seek an injunction against the issuance of the full lottery payout, to a couple who had the winning $162 million ticket.

Jan. 5, 2010, 9:52 a.m. Winning couple, on the brink of poverty, will be identified later this week The winners of the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot have been identified and will meet the public in a news conference later this week, lottery officials said Monday.

A Greenport lawyer who says he represents a Suffolk County couple who won the $162-million Mega Millions jackpot said Thursday that the state lottery commission declined to let his clients claim their prize until next week.

SUN FILE PHOTO Brookhaven Republicans say Supervisor Mark Lesko, a Democrat, authorized finance commissioner Charlene Kagel to pay off the state's MTA tax without approval from the Town board.

After a life-changing accident over a decade ago, the Jackofsky family decided to embrace a way of life that is perhaps less common today than it was in the past.

One lucky person - or group of people - on Long Island won't have to worry about the debt they may have incurred over the holiday shopping season.

Snowbanks, abandoned cars and snarled traffic marked the aftermath of a blizzard that dumped a record 26.3 inches of snow on SunLand this weekend.

It's going to be a 'Mega' New Year celebration for someone on Long Island. The one winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at "Sonny's Cards 'n Things" in Rocky Point.

Surgeons have successfully removed four sewing needles that were inside the lung and close to the heart of a Brazilian toddler.

A 75-year-old Rocky Point woman was fatally struck by a car as she crossed Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station Wednesday evening, police said.

The Brookhaven Town Board on Tuesday approved most of Supervisor Mark Lesko's proposals for reorganizing town government.

A new alignment of council members Tuesday approved Brookhaven Town's 2010 operating and capital budgets and defeated several GOP "majority" amendments.

Colorful flags were carried by honor guards representing different veterans groups; an American Legion post from Mastic Beach, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post from Rocky Point, the Jewish War Veterans post in Port Jefferson Station.

We know 2009 isn't over yet, but it's never too early to start thinking about the best residents in SunLand.

Why is she seeking re-election? Ms. Bonner said she hopes to continue to make government run more efficiently and be more accountable to the residents, touting her support of the initiative to install GPS systems in town vehicles and her policy that ended the use of take-home cars for town employees as examples of her previous efforts.

The death of New York City Police Officer Robert Grossman was mourned by hundreds of people in Smithtown, Monday.

As police officers carry the casket of fallen officer Robert Grossman out of Temple Beth Sholom, his mother, Harriet Epstein, and his stepfather, Morton Epstein, follow.

GAIL LYNCH BAILEY COURTESY PHOTO Constructed in 1824, the Mott House in Coram, collapsed last week after years of inactivity since being declared a historic home in Brookhaven.

A former elementary school teacher pleaded guilty to nine charges of sexually assaulting a female bartender at Secrets Lounge in Mount Sinai.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Sep 30th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .