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Glen Head House Damaged by Fire

January 12, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

A house fire broke out in Glen Head in the early morning hours. On January 12 at 2:15 a.m., Nassau County officers responded to a fire on High Farms Road. The Glenwood Fire Department responded […]

Elmont Restaurant Burglarized

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Nassau County police from the Fifth Dquad are investigating the burglary from a restaurant in Elmont. On January 11 at 3:30 a.m., Fifth Precinct officers responded to El Buen Sabor Catracho Restaurant, located at 1316 […]

2 Arrested during SLA Inspection at East Patchogue Sports Bar

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Illegal Gambling Machines Found at Establishment Suffolk County Police arrested the owner and an employee of an East Patchogue sports bar and restaurant for having illegal gambling machines on the premises, among other violations. Suffolk […]

Port Jefferson Station Man Killed in Multi-Vehicle Crash

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash during which a Port Jefferson Station man was killed in Coram. Timothy McGreevey was driving a 2019 GMC Sierra pickup northbound on County […]

Selden Man Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

A 68-year-old Selden man was sentenced to 32 to 57 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing three of his children over a thirteen-year period. Between 1997 and 2010, the […]

Two House Fires Break Out in Oceanside, East Meadow

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Two house fires broke out in one day, one in Oceanside, the other in East Meadow. On January 10 at 1:19 p.m., Nassau County police officers from the Fourth Precinct responded to a residential house […]

Analysis: Liberalism, Not Climate Change, Caused California Wildfires

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell The images in the newspapers, on TV and on the Internet showing the California wildfires are heartbreaking, to say the least. Residents have described the scene as “apocalyptic,” with businesses, schools and […]

Ecology Site Investigated for Abuse

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Previously Published in The Messenger By Matt Meduri The Harold H. Malkmes Wildlife Education and Ecology Center, better known as the Holtsville Ecology Site, is a park and zoo operated by the Town of Brookhaven […]

LIRR Achieves Record-High Performance Rate

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Last year was the strongest year for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in its nearly 200-year history. The railroad’s on-time performance record was 95.65 percent — the best in its history excluding in 2020-22 […]

Schumer: ‘Get Rid of the Whole Damn Thing’

January 11, 2025 Hank Russell Comments Off

Calls for Elimination of SALT Cap By Hank Russell Yet another Democrat politician has called for the repeal of the SALT (state and local taxes) cap and is asking for the Republicans to do something […]