News Nearby: Lightning Strike Sets Olympian's House Ablaze

Firefighters responded to a Nesconset house and car fire Wednesday evening after lightning struck the home, sending power lines into the vehicles at the home of Olympian Maria Michta.

Bella Cucina will be the latest edition to the Kings Park dining scene and is slated to open late this week at the 95 Pulaski Road location, according to owners Anthony Barucci and Tom Lowder.

Since his death in November, the name Joseph DiBernardo Jr. – "Joey D" – is one that lives in the minds and hearts of his family and friends in the Setauket and Miller Place communities. Now, it's a name that will also be memorialized on the FDNY's "Wall of Honor," a place of honor for New York City firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

Last year the to secure the historic red brick building on the corner of Main Street and East Main Street in Port Jefferson. Once the First National Bank, the building housed the Brookhaven Town Tax Receiver's office but remained vacant for years before the deal was done.

Now, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame is embarking on a capital campaign to raise the roughly $2.5 million it needs to transform the space into a state-of-the-art exhibit center focusing on Long Island music history.