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Thursday, June 25, 2026 ~ Volume 71 ~ Issue Number 30 ~ $1.00
Small Business Administrator Visits Suffolk By Matt Meduri
A small business in the Hauppauge Industrial Park hosted Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) on Wednesday morning. Allen Machine Products, founded in 1986, provides machining, sheet metal, welding, assembly, and other fabrication processes at their Hauppauge facility. They do this all with less than 60 employees, making them a small business in the eyes of the federal government. Administrator Loeffler stopped in to tour the business and discuss the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) efforts to promote Suffolk commerce. In 2025, the SBA provided more than $460 million in loans to over 1,000 small Long Island businesses, according to Long Island Business News.
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Administrator Kelly Loeffler (right) meets with leadership of Allen Machine Products in Hauppauge. (Credit - Matt Meduri)
Top Grass Dispensary Opens in Bellport By Matt Meduri As New York State continues to roll out its program for legalized, regulated cannabis dispensaries, and as municipalities opt into the program, Suffolk is seeing that it’s, in fact, quite easy being “green.” Top Grass opened its doors last week in Bellport, becoming one of just a handful of legal dispensaries in the Town of Brookhaven. Connoisseurs of the “cabbage” can pick up anything from flower, pre-rolls, drinks, gummies, and a host of other products at Top Grass, as well as Canna Blooms in Farmingville, Joint Venture in Medford, and StrongStrains in East Setauket. For the Top Grass crew, it’s a family business that’s been several years in the making.
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Owners of Top Grass and community partners cut the ribbon Brookhaven’s latest cannabis dispensary. (Credit - Matt Meduri)
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