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Statement from State Senator Gaughran on PSEG-LI and LIPA’s Failed Storm Response

August 10, 2020 7:13 pm Comments Off

Calls for Termination of Heads of PSEG-LI and LIPA

“The events of the past week have made clear: PSEG-LI has failed Long Islanders. Half a million Long Islanders were left in the dark without communication from PSEG, including seniors and medically vulnerable persons. Many still remain without power and without answers. LIPA, the oversight authority to […]

State Senator Gaughran Calls on NYS Attorney General to Investigate PSEG’s Failed Storm Response

August 8, 2020 7:10 pm Comments Off

August 6, 2020 State Senator Gaughran and the Long Island Senate Majority called on New York State Attorney General to investigate PSEG’s failed response to Tropical Storm Isaias. As the hurricane system remains underway, Senator Gaughran remains concerned that PSEG is unable to competently and safely service its 1.1 million customers on Long Island, and […]

Huntington Bay Constables Make BWI Arrest

August 7, 2020 7:03 pm Comments Off

The Town of Huntington Harbormaster’s Bay Constables who stopped and arrested an intoxicated boater in the early evening of Wednesday, July 29, 2020 near Duck Island in Northport Bay.
“HARBORMASTER BWI ARREST: Early last Wednesday evening, a 63-year-old Dix Hills man was arrested and charged with BWI and reckless operation of a vessel. Our Bay Constables […]

Councilman Cook Response to Lawsuit

August 6, 2020 6:48 pm Comments Off

Town of Huntington
News Release From the Town of Huntington
Council Office • 100 Main Street • Huntington, NY 11743
Town of Huntington Councilman Eugene Cook responds to a lawsuit he filed against Long Island Power Authority and National Grid
Attached is the memo that was submitted yesterday, August 3, 2020, to the Supreme Court of Suffolk County for […]

Marine Bureau Officers Rescue Three Men from Raft on Long Island Sound

August 5, 2020 6:41 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued three men from a raft on the Long Island Sound, Sunday, August 2, 2020 at approximately 6 p.m..
While on routine patrol aboard Marine Bravo, police officers Jack Brehm and John Dreyer observed three men in an eight foot raft on the Long Island Sound, approximately 1.5 miles northwest […]

Fifteen New Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus

August 3, 2020 6:36 pm Comments Off

Residents and visitors advised to take precautions

Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott announced today that 15 additional mosquito samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples were collected on July 21 and July 22, 2020 from Huntington Station (1), West Babylon (1), Brentwood (1), Bay Shore (6), Islip (3) Great River […]

Huntington Woman Arrested for DWI Under Leandra’s Law

August 2, 2020 6:21 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Huntington woman after she was found to be driving while intoxicated with two children in her vehicle this evening.
Suffolk County Police received a 911 call at approximately 7:35 p.m. on Tuesday stating Jennifer Lumme was driving intoxicated with two children in a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe in the Huntington Station […]

The Year Major League Baseball Died-2020

July 23, 2020 3:38 pm Comments Off

MLB-Executives/NY Mets Executives Sirs,
Let me preface my rant by telling all of you that I have not watched a single NFL game since 2017. I think you may know the reasons why, but just to be crystal clear it has to do with disrespecting our flag and disrespecting our country. The player’s massive fortunes, and […]

Dear Editor LIPA/NAT GRID Are They Screwing The Huntington Taxpayers?

July 16, 2020 7:03 pm Comments Off

Minor thoughts on the July 15, 2020 Northport-East Northport Union Free District Board of Education Meeting/Presentation:
I am absolutely embarrassed to have spent 3 hours listening to the school district’s attorney trying to persuade me into why settling was a good idea. The school board is allowing LIPA to bully them into a settlement, and are only […]

Councilman Cook Sponsors Resolution to Schedule a Public Forum (LIPA) and National Grid’s Settlement Offer

July 15, 2020 6:48 pm Comments Off

On Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 9 a.m., at the Soundview Boat Ramp, (across from the Northport Power Plant), on Eaton’s Neck Road in Northport, Councilman Cook held a press conference regarding a resolution he will be sponsoring at the July 21, 2020 Town Board meeting scheduled for 7 p.m.. “This resolution will schedule a […]