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Bellone, Officials Provide Fish Kill Updates

June 23, 2015 11:38 am 1 Comment

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by environmental, state, county and town officials Saturday to provide an update on the recent fish kills on the East End and ask the federal government for additional assistance to help the region with its nitrogen pollution crisis after the second major fish kill in the Peconic Estuary, […]

Six Injured in Dix Hills Two Vehicle Crash

June 23, 2015 12:42 am Comments Off

Dix Hills Fire Department volunteers responded to a two-vehicle crash that resulted in six injuries on Deer Park Avenue and the South Service Road of the Long Island Expressway on Monday, June 22, at about 9:30 p.m. Four adults and two children suffered injuries and were transported to Huntington Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital by Dix […]

Wanted for Grand Larceny at Microsoft Store

June 22, 2015 2:30 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people who stole computer software from a Huntington Station store earlier this year.

A man and woman stole 13 copies of Microsoft Office from Microsoft, located at 160 Walt Whitman Road, on March 15 […]

Suffolk County Marathon and Half Marathon Training Run on Wednesday, June 24

June 22, 2015 2:19 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone invites residents to join him for the second Suffolk County Marathon and Half Marathon Training Run on Wednesday, June 24.
The run starts at the Smithpoint Running Company, 191 E Main St., Smithtown at 6:30PM. Join County Executive Steve Bellone on a three-mile loop. Runners can do 3,6 or 9 miles.
All […]

Oakwood Road Crash-Weather Related

June 22, 2015 2:04 pm Comments Off

According to Suffolk County Police a 2014 Jeep Wrangler was traveling northbound on Oakwood Road in Huntington Station when another vehicle that was not involved in the crash, made a left turn in front of the Jeep onto Crombie Street which forced the Jeep to swerve and crash into a utility pole at approximately 11:35 […]

Community Outreach from Home Depot Transforms Butterfly Garden at Sawmill

June 21, 2015 1:48 pm Comments Off

The third grade students at Mandracchia-Sawmill Intermediate School in Commack have been studying the life cycle of insects. They “raised” Painted Lady butterflies, and as a culminating activity, the students released the butterflies into the school’s butterfly garden.
The garden had undergone an amazing transformation just the day before, thanks to Christopher Longstreet, a Sawmill dad […]

Raia Pushes Pension Forfeiture For Government Officials Who Commit Felony While In Office

June 19, 2015 5:25 am Comments Off

From the Office of Andrew Raia:
On June 16, 2015, Assemblyman Andrew Raia voted in favor of the Assembly’s pension forfeiture legislation, but urged the body to take up the more stringent bill he has sponsored since 2013. Under the bill which passed, elected officials who commit a felony while in office would be stripped of […]

Vanderbilt Celebrates 65 Years as a County Museum

June 18, 2015 5:58 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will celebrate the 65th anniversary of its official opening on July 6.
William K. Vanderbilt II — great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad and shipping magnate — died in 1944. His wife Rosamund continued to live in the Vanderbilt Mansion in Centerport until her death in 1947.
He realized the potential for […]

Man Arrested in Huntington Station for Menacing Police Officers with Knives

June 18, 2015 3:41 pm 1 Comment

Second Precinct Police Officers Joseph Reilly and Michael Lavrovsky responded to a call for a domestic incident on East 20th Street in Huntington Station at approximately 4:20 p.m. on June 17, 2015. When the officers arrived, they were confronted by Kevin Jaime who was holding a kitchen knife in each hand. Jaime walked toward the […]

Lupinacci: College Sexual Assault Legislation A Good First Step

June 18, 2015 3:35 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci and his Assembly colleagues passed legislation today to better protect college students from sexual assault on college and university campuses in New York State.
“Since SUNY established a universal response policy, I made it a priority to help pass legislation that ensures the safety of all students on college campuses, not solely those […]