Tempus fugit

An East Hampton windmill house where Marilyn Monroe is believed to have stayed is available to rent this summer for $55,000, says the listing agent.

The eastbound lanes of Jericho Turnpike between Plainview Road and Juneau Boulevard in Woodbury reopened overnight Monday after an accident, Nassau County police said.

Southampton Town officials announced several road closures and traffic changes for the U.S. Open tournament set for June 11-17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Mayor Scott Strauss said that homeless people in the vicinity of the Long Island Rail Road station near NYU Winthrop Hospital will "from time to time" panhandle in the area.

Once prosecutors rest their case, it's the defense's turn. But John Venditto's attorney is the only defense lawyer who has indicated he may produce witnesses.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will venture out next week to deliver his State of the County speech at Newfield High School in Selden, despite a 2010 law that says he should make his annual report to the county legislature at a regularly scheduled meeting.

Huntington residents are watching Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci's decision on the proposed $80 million, 486,380-square-foot Villadom commercial complex to see if he follows his campaign promise of taking the town in a "New Direction."

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has provoked complaints from environmentalists with a plan to begin spraying herbicides on Fire Island in Suffolk's Smith Point County Park this fall to create sparsely vegetated habitat for the piping plover.

We interviewed Cydney Sherman, Season 5 "MasterChef Junior" contestant and self-taught chef, at The Creative Kitchen Kids Food Festival in lower Manhattan. The festival was held at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center, an incredibly beautiful mall. The festival is for families with children of all ages and offers lots of fun activities that help kids make healthy and balanced food choices for themselves. Before we met Cydney, we enjoyed visiting the many exhibits that offered food samples and information about healthy eating. We went on the Balanced Plate Food Scavenger Hunt using a MyPlate nutrition guide diagram to collect stamps from the exhibits and earn a goodie bag full of nutritious food samples.

The toned and carb-conscious of the North Shore can notch up a new place to get their pitaya bowls and chicken chili on.

A $1.395 million dog house has hit the market in Aquebogue.

A $1.395 million dog house has hit the market in Aquebogue.

Voter turnout on Long Island for school elections has plummeted in recent years, with a cumulative loss of more than 100,000 participants, even as growing numbers of school budgets won voter support.

The Town of Babylon Industrial Development Agency is suing an East Farmingdale marble distributor for allegedly failing to pay $107,037 in PILOT payments, interest and penalties.

By the numbers

Whether the topic of the day's testimony is former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's penchant for cigars and chicken Milanese, former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto's limo rides or the more staid matters of securities and loan guarantees, the political corruption trial for the once-powerful men draws a crowd.

Roads clogged with vehicles are no longer a summer-only problem, prompting officials and residents to refocus their efforts at scaling back the congestion.

Additional wells have to be tested in the Town of Islip near Long Island MacArthur Airport for a firefighter foam contaminant linked to several illnesses, officials said Friday.