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Dix Hills Firefighters Save Woman from Jamesport Fire

September 15, 2017 12:36 pm Comments Off

Firefighters from the Dix Hills Fire Department out on the east end helped save a woman from a raging house fire in Jamesport on Saturday afternoon, September 9, 2017 at about 2:45 p.m. Dix Hills FD Captain Scott DiPino and Firefighters Mike Gatto and Matt Mattone were touring the North Fork with other firefighters and stopped for lunch […]

Huntington First Aid Squad Saves Women Ejected from Vehicle

September 14, 2017 5:55 pm Comments Off

At 8:55 PM Wednesday evening September 13,2017 the Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) received a call for an MVA at 660 E. Jericho Turnpike and Beverly Rd. . Upon arrival the HCFAS crew found a female victim approximately 40 years of age that had been ejected from the car. She was transported to Huntington […]

Vehicle Collision Injures Three In Melville

September 11, 2017 11:43 am Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle collision that injured three people on Sunday morning, September 10, 2017, at about 7:40 a.m. on Broad Hollow Road and the North Service Road. The crash involved two SUV’s with one overturning several times and trapping the driver.
Melville firefighters used heavy rescue extrication tools to remove the […]

Boat Strikes Rock By East of Eaton’s Neck Lighthouse-Five People Rescued

September 10, 2017 3:14 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau Officers rescued five men after their boat struck a rock and began taking on water in the Long Island Sound last night Saturday September 9, 2017.
Francisco Aguilar and four friends were on a fishing trip in a 20-foot Pro Line runabout when the boat struck a submerged rock, damaging the […]

South Huntington Man Partially Severs Hand in Saw Accident

September 10, 2017 3:05 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Community First Aid Squad, Huntington Manor Fire Department and Suffolk Police teamed up to assist a 40-year-man whose hand was partially severed while operating a power saw on Saturday morning, September 9, 2017, at about 9:45 a.m., at a home on Floral Avenue in South Huntington.
The victim was using the miniature circular saw to trim a […]

Bicyclist Critically Injured – Route 110 and Broadway, Huntington Station

September 7, 2017 8:32 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that critically injured a bicyclist in Huntington Station.
Naeem Iqbal was driving a 2007 Honda Accord westbound on Broadway and crossing Route 110 when he struck a bicyclist that was riding in the center of southbound Route 110 at approximately 7:55 p.m.
The bicyclist, Miguel […]

Three Injured in Melville Crash And California Man Charged with DWI

September 4, 2017 12:07 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to a two-car crash on Old Country Road near Meadowdale Drive on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 at about 8:35 p.m. Two adults and one teenager sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Plainview hospital by the Melville Rescue Squad.
Upon Police investigation at the scene Assistant Police […]

Mosquito Sample Tests Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

August 31, 2017 8:20 pm Comments Off

(Sixteen Additional Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus)

The New York State Department of Health informed Suffolk County health officials today that a mosquito sample tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, also referred to as Triple E. The sample, Culiseta melanura, was collected on August 16 in the Manorville area.

The presence […]

Hector Gavilla for Suffolk County Says “Suffolk Red-Light Camera Program Steals Over $30,000,000 Per Year From Tax-Payers”

August 31, 2017 8:16 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Red-light Camera Program is unconstitutional and ineffective. By the county’s own admission, rear-end collisions have increased 30%. In total, the program has fined Suffolk residents more than $30,000,000, with an average of 30-40% of these fees going not to the county, but Maryland-based Xerox, the vendor whom records and processes all fees […]

Melville Fire Department Assists at East Farmingdale Acid Spill

August 31, 2017 6:19 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department was requested to assist the East Farmingdale Fire Department with a Hazardous Materials incident on Smith Street, Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 6:35 p.m. East Farmingdale firefighters were out battling a working house fire on Walnut Avenue East during the incident. Melville firefighters arrived to find that a vehicle had run over a five-gallon […]