Kids ages 12 to 17 who opt to get fully vaccinated for Covid-19 will be entered into a random drawing to win a full college scholarship, including room and board costs, to a SUNY or CUNY institution, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced.

Blooms of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, have been detected in Wainscott Pond and in Lake Agawam in Southampton, according to analysis by Stony Brook University. Suffolk County health officials have asked residents not to use, swim, or wade in the water bodies and to keep children and pets away from the area.

The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court has ruled that the Department of Environmental Conservation overstepped its authority in granting more width and more depth for the Sand Land mine in Noyac.