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Wrong-Way Driver Charged with Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell A Centerport woman who was driving the wrong way on the Southern State Parkway and smashed into three other cars, resulting in the death of her nine-year-old son, has been charged with […]

Riverhead Legally Challenges Environmental Review of Proposed Sewer District

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell The Riverhead Town Board recently commenced legal action against the Town of Southampton challenging, among other things, what the town board called an inadequate environmental review of the creation of Southampton’s Riverside […]

West Hempstead Man Convicted of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

Drove Drunk, Was Speeding on Peninsula Boulevard, Killing 15-Year-Old Passenger A West Hempstead man was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges for a December 2021 crash on Peninsula Boulevard in Woodmere that killed […]

Increase the SALT Deduction to Protect Our Communities

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Nick LaLota New Yorkers desperately need relief from our state’s crushing tax burden, which is the highest in the nation. This excessive taxation is driving residents to flee to states like Florida, North Carolina, […]

North Hempstead Hosts Gravestone Cleaning Workshop

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

Town of North Hempstead Historian Ross Lumpkin welcomed preservationist and historian Zack Studenroth to lead a gravestone cleaning and straightening workshop at the Monfort Cemetery in Port Washington on August 15. Studenroth covered various topics […]

State Police Need Help in Identifying Pedestrian Hit on Southern State

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

The New York State Police is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying this individual who was hit by a car. On August 21 at approximately 5:45 a.m., on the eastbound side of the Southern […]

Hicksville Man Arrested for Forcibly Touching Employee

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

A Hicksville man was arrested for forcibly touching a teenage employee at a restaurant he worked at in Farmingdale. According to Nassau County Eighth Squad Detectives, on August 21, Ismatullah Kamran, 45, of 9 Kenneth […]

Miller Place Crash Claims Life of Motorcyclist

August 22, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist last night in Miller Place. A man was operating a Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle westbound on Route 25A when he […]

Avlon Faces More Questions from More Outlets, Local Journalism Vindicated

August 21, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

Previously Published in The Messenger The Messenger takes great pride in the fact that we were the first outlet to investigate residency claims by ex-CNN anchor John Avlon (D-Gramercy Park) in his bid to unseat freshman […]

State Elected Officials React to Court’s Decision on Early Mail Voter Act

August 21, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell With this election season being what is considered to be the most hotly contested in recent memory, the New York State Court of Appeals may have made it hotter, according to some […]