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Watch: Plane makes emergency landing on Long Island beach
Watch the moment a single-engine plane makes an emergency landing on a Long Island beach.The Cessna 152 aircraft was forced to land on Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai at around 7:30pm on Wednesday 1 May after the pilot reported an engine failure.In a video shared on social media, the plane is seen moving across the sand and coming to an abrupt stop, before nearly flipping over.The 60-year-old pilot and his 59-year-old passenger escaped uninjured, according to local reports.They had reported an engine failure just before landing on the Suffolk County beach. Read More Massive alligator blocks plane at Air Force base in FloridaIrish police dismantle 200 tents housing asylum seekers in DublinGaza protesters face off with police at Dartmouth College as US demonstrations spread
Dozens of protestors for Palestine arrested at Stony Brook University
Late Wednesday evening, protestors who had been stationed outside of Stony Brook University's Staller Center were warned that arrest would be imminent if they did not clear the space by 11 p.m. Just after midnight, approximately a dozen demonstrators remained, with approximately 100 people watching the police approach. Authorities warned...
Bellport Man Sentenced to 125 Years to Life in Prison After Convicted of Multiple Rapes and Burglaries
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Eric Freeman, 48, of Bellport, was sentenced to 125 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of numerous counts of burglary, rape, and other related charges, for burglarizing four homes, raping a teen who was in one of the homes, and then attempting to rape a woman at another home.
Brand-new ferry gets christened in Florida before heading to Port Jeff
A brand-new, 302-foot auto and passenger ferry is all ready for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. The shipbuilders, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., out of the Gulf Coast will be host a christening and launch ceremony this Friday Panama City, Fla. This will mark the fourth ship in the...
‘It’s like a dream come true’: New restaurant on East Main Street opens for business
In 2017, Raúl de Jesús Dorado and Xiomara Guevara struck up a romance while working together at the De Jesus Deli Taqueria in Roanoke Plaza. Now married, the Riverhead couple has opened their first restaurant together as husband and wife. That restaurant, Casa Dorado Deli Taqueria, opened over the weekend on East Main Street in Riverhead.
The school district censored this comment during a Nov. 14 board meeting. Was it yours?
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress, all the rest is advertising.”. Props to British journalist and newspaper publisher Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, who made this astute observation more than a century ago. It is as true today as it was then. Reporters encounter this phenomenon on a daily...
Express announces South Shore Mall closure, along with 2 others on LI
Greater Bay Shore coverage is funded in part by Shoregate, now leasing brand-new premium apartment homes in the heart of Bay Shore. Click here to schedule a tour. Just eight days after Express Inc., announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the retailer informed Bay Shore shoppers Monday that their location would fall.
Riverhead Police blotter: April 28, 2024
A total of 79 incidents were reported by Riverhead Town Police on April 28, 2024. Among them:. 12:13 a.m. Motor Vehicle Stop, Griffing Avenue & West Main Street, Riverhead. A person was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge. 2:10 p.m. Town Code Violation, 20th Street, Wading River. A summons...
Suffolk County Police Department Holds Graduation of 190th Recruit Class
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine and Suffolk County Acting Police Commissioner Robert Waring presided over the Suffolk County Police Academy graduation ceremony in Brentwood on May 2 at 10 a.m. As part of their training, the recruits completed 31 weeks of academy training with more than 1,000 hours of instruction...
Why more drunk drivers on Riverhead roads? More places that serve alcohol in town
First off, thank you for your dedicated coverage of our township. You have the pulsebeat of our community at your fingertips consistently. I was amazed at your article regarding the increased levels of drunk driving arrests where no one, including our police chief, judges, police officers seem to have any idea why the levels of intoxication have risen dramatically.
Patchogue man charged in armed robbery of Route 58 restaurant April 24: police
A Patchogue man has been charged with Robbery in the First Degree in the holdup last week of Shah’s Halal Food on Route 58 in Riverhead, police said in a press release this afternoon. Craig Cherney, 35, was arrested after an extensive investigation by the Riverhead Police Department Detective...
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