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Gilgo Beach murder suspect back in court
The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer is known as Rex Heuermann. In July 2023, Heuermann was taken into custody and charged with murder in the deaths of four women. Heuermann was back in a New York court last Thursday. He was indicted on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women.
Wanted for stealing generator from home in Selden
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who stole from a Selden home. A man stole a generator, valued at $600, from a Joy Road home on May 30 at approximately 10...
Know Him? Man Wanted For Burglarizing 2 Long Island Businesses
Police on Long Island are asking the public for help identifying a man who burglarized two businesses last month.The incidents occurred in Lindenhurst on Thursday, May 2, at the Paris 1 Nail Salon and Vicky’s Casa del Sabor on Wellwood Avenue.Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police …
Your guide to the 2024 Great South Bay Music Festival in Patchogue
Greater Patchogue coverage is funded in part by New Village at Patchogue, open-concept rental residences with sleek contemporary design. Click here for a tour. Great South Bay Music Festival, one of the South Shore’s most popular outdoor music festivals, returns this year to Patchogue’s Shorefront Park with an eclectic lineup. If you’re heading down to the festival any or all of the four days, here’s what to know.
Farmingdale Woman Sues Cold Stone Over Lack Of Pistachios In Ice Cream
The lawsuit, filed by Nassau County resident Jenna Marie Duncan, may soon move to court, according to documents. Duncan, who is from Farmingdale, claimed that in July 2022, she visited a Levittown Cold Stone for a frozen treat. She ordered the pistachio ice cream under the guise that it contained...
Following arrests, pro-Palestinian protestors at Stony Brook will have charges dropped
Last month, 29 protestors at Stony Brook University on Long Island were arrested and charged with low-level violations following a sustained demonstration on the school’s campus. On Monday, the protestors’ attorney and prosecutors announced that charges against the students, faculty, and community members who were arrested will be dropped....
Food distributor expanding with $9M Holtsville acquisition
A distributor of groceries and specialty foods is expanding in Holtsville. Nassau Provisions Kosher Foods purchased the 50,000-square-foot warehouse on 3.01 acres at 885 Waverly Ave. for $9 millio...
Full Closures Planned For Portion Of Sunrise Highway In Islip, Brookhaven
In Suffolk County, all eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway are slated to close nightly between Exit 49 in Islip and Exit 54 in Brookhaven beginning at 10 p.m. Monday, June 10. The closures will last until 5 a.m. each day through Friday, June 14, according to the Department of Transportation.
Plainview Doctor Performs Groundbreaking Men’s Health Procedure
A Northwell Health physician is helping Plainview Hospital make incredible strides for men’s health. Dr. Bilal Chughtai, chair of urology at Plainview Hospital performed the first FDA-cleared iTInd procedure for enlarged prostate; a condition approximately 500 million men worldwide suffer from. This procedure is the first of its kind to be offered on Long Island.
Amityville Nurse Sentenced for Forging COVID-19 Vaccine Cards, Laundering $1.2M, and Faking Opioid Prescriptions
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Julie DeVuono, 51, of Amityville was sentenced after pleading guilty in September of 2023 to filing forged COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards, laundering the criminal proceeds of the sales of the forged cards and filing false prescriptions for opioids for people who were not her patients.
ID Released For Wantagh Resident, Age 45, Killed In 2-Vehicle Old Brookville Crash
The identity has been released of the victim of a fatal two-vehicle Long Island crash.It happened around 3 p.m. Friday, June 7, in Old Brookville.A 45-year-old man operating a 2002 Suzuki motorcycle traveling westbound, was involved in the collision with a 65-year-old man operating a 2022 GMC picku…
Long Island trans-inclusive sports team fights to use public facilities
A renewed fight over transgender rights is unfolding on Long Island, New York, as Nassau County lawmakers are set to vote on whether to ban transgender women athletes from competing in women's teams in county-owned facilities.In February, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order denying permits to women's or girl's sporting events with transgender participants, barring them from using the county's more than 100 public facilities."We started hearing from a lot of girls and a lot of women that they thought it was very unfair and very unsafe that biological males were competing in what is billed as...
You May Be Owed Money: New York Car Dealerships Caught Overcharging Customers
Two New York car dealerships are ordered to pay a lot of money for cheating customers. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced two dealerships were caught overcharging customers. Nissan Dealers Ordered To Repay Cheated Customers. Officials say that two Long Island Nissan dealerships, Route 112 Nissan and South Shore...
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