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[ March 7, 2026 ] Official: Community Housing Fund Earned Over $79M Long Island News
[ March 7, 2026 ] Suffolk BoE Strikes a Balance in New Voting Machines Op Eds
[ March 7, 2026 ] Stalled Legislation Another Symptom of Blakeman’s Partisan Blockade Op Eds
[ March 7, 2026 ] Educational Group Gets $1.88M for Workforce Development Program Education
[ March 7, 2026 ] Calverton Man Indicted for Allegedly Stabbing Mother to Death Crime

Official: Community Housing Fund Earned Over $79M

March 7, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni (D-Sag Harbor) reported that total revenues collected in the four East End towns of East Hampton, Shelter Island, Southampton and Southold for the Peconic Bay Community Housing Fund were $79.12 million […]

Educational Group Gets $1.88M for Workforce Development Program

March 7, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell An educational organization has received $1.88 million for its workforce development program. The money came from $15 million that the state provided, which was distributed to 13 different workforce development programs across […]

Calverton Man Indicted for Allegedly Stabbing Mother to Death

March 7, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

A Calverton man was indicted for allegedly stabbing his 63-year-old mother to death. On January 29, a relative went to the home in Calverton, where Kathleen Harrison Trent lived with her son, Curtis Trent Jr.. […]

Daycare Teacher Indicted for Allegedly Assaulting Child

March 7, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

A teacher from Massapequa was indicted for allegedly intentionally injuring one toddler and endangering another while working at a daycare in Lindenhurst. On February 24, 2025, Megan Marchena was employed as a teacher at a […]

Dems: Blakeman Met with ‘Architect of January 6’

March 6, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell The New York State Democrats said that Nassau County Executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman had met with a person who has been nicknamed “the architect of January 6.” According to […]

GOP Ticket Says They Will Add More Correction Officers, Keep Prisons Safe

March 6, 2026 Hank Russell Comments Off

By Hank Russell Nassau County Executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman today joined corrections officers in Elmira to blast Kathy Hochul for prison policies they say have left New York’s correctional facilities dangerously understaffed […]