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Centerport Firefighters Douse Bedroom Fire

October 8, 2019 4:47 pm Comments Off

Quick action by the Centerport Fire Department saved a Centerport home after a bedroom fire broke out Sunday night, October 6, 2019 at about 9pm on Van Buren Street. First arriving firefighter Lieut. Nick Feeley, an ex-chief of the department, entered the home and closed the door to the bedroom to prevent the fire from […]

Throwback Thursday From 2016 “Mr. Supervisor, Why Can’t You Hear The People!”

October 3, 2019 4:45 pm Comments Off

Editors Note: It’s been 3 years since this story was published and nothing has changed. Even with a new Administration. Where is our New Supervisor? Maybe we need ICE to Handle! What are your views?

Can you make a New Year’s Resolution to finally address drunken behavior in 2016? – EDITORIAL

Depot & 8th Street

Every week someone […]

Additional Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus

October 3, 2019 3:20 pm Comments Off

The New York State Department of Health has informed Suffolk County health officials that 11 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The samples, 10 of Culex pipiens-restuans species and one of the Culex salinarius species, were collected on September 4 and September 5 from West Babylon (1), West Islip (1), Oakdale (1), Holtsville (1), Mattituck (1), […]

Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Crash after Driving Through a Red Light – Dies

September 26, 2019 12:23 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist in Huntington Station early in the morning of Sunday, September 1, 2019 at approximately 3:30 a.m..
Gerson Mendez-Cruz, the motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a crash, has been pronounced dead. The investigation is continuing.
Gerson Mendez-Cruz was operating a 2004 Kawasaki […]

Woman Arrested for Leandra’s Law Following Crash with Five Children in Vehicle

September 26, 2019 11:42 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Saturday, August 31, 2019 at approximately 10:10 p.m. arrested a woman in Deer Park for driving while intoxicated under Leandra’s Law following a crash with her 13-year-old daughter and four other children in the vehicle.
Jacquelin Moore was driving a 2012 Mercedes Benz on Acorn Street, near Half Hollow Road, when she crashed […]

Eight People Arrested at Sobriety Checkpoint

September 24, 2019 6:45 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police, assisted by New York State Police, arrested eight people and seized one vehicle during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Huntington Station.
Location: Route 110 at Church Street, Huntington Station
Date/Time: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 11:15 p.m. to Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 2:15 a.m.
Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department Highway Patrol Bureau’s Selective […]

Huntington Manor FD Rescues Crash Victim, Suffolk Police Arrest One Driver for DWI

September 18, 2019 2:51 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to a two-car crash with a victim trapped on East Jericho Turnpike and Broadway-Greenlawn in Huntington Station at about 11pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Firefighters used heavy rescue extrication tools to remove the roof from a Toyota sedan and free a trapped passenger. The victim was airlifted to […]

Dix Hills Fire Department Responds to Car Fire September 13, 2019

September 17, 2019 5:03 pm Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a fully involved SUV fire on New Jersey Street near Deer Park Avenue on Friday, September 13, 2019 at about 9:40 pm. Two rescue engines, an ambulance, paramedic and first responder units were dispatched, under the direction of Chief Alan Berkowitz and Assistant Chiefs Brett Tepe and Scott DiPino. […]

Shots Fired Into Two Dix Hills Homes Woodedge Drive, Dix Hills

September 17, 2019 4:57 pm Comments Off

Saturday, September 14, 2019 at approximately 7 a.m. Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating reckless endangerment incidents during which gunshots were fired into the rear of two adjacent homes in Dix Hills.
Police responded to a 911 call reporting multiple shots fired on Woodedge Drive at approximately 7 a.m. Upon arrival, police discovered two adjacent […]

Huntington Assembly of God Church Burglarized

September 16, 2019 2:18 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who burglarized a Huntington Station church last month.
A man forced open a locked door of Huntington Assembly of God, located at 1700 New York Ave., on August 20, 2019 at approximately 5:30 a.m. […]