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Change is needed after band bus accident
The horrific charter bus accident on Orange County’s Interstate 84 on Sept. 21 that claimed the lives of a band director and a retired teacher while injuring 16 members of Farmingdale High School’s marching band should be a wake-up call for change. more
Gov. Kathy Hochul, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer take a train from Grand Central Madison last month to celebrate the opening of the terminal.
Kathy Hochul orders more LIRR service beginning Monday
Essentially calling the opening of Grand Central Madison in New York's Upper East Side an ongoing process. Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Sunday to not only add Long Island Rail Road trains to Brooklyn during peak hours, but also to lengthen cars on a number of trains that exceeded capacity over the last week. more
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Be prepared for the next Big One
In the movie “Jaws,” Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn said, “You yell ‘Barracuda!’ and everyone says, ‘Huh?’ You yell ‘Shark!’ and we’ve got a panic on our hands.” The same could be said of hurricanes. more
Show your support for Pride Month in June
A crowd of parents and children sat in the East Meadow Public Library, eagerly waiting for the start of Saturday-morning Story Time. The guest reader was Bella Noche, whom many in Manhattan know as a “drag mermaid” for her nautical-themed outfits. more
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, center, recently created a task force to study the potential impacts legal marijuana might have on the county.
Laura Curran creates legal marijuana task force
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Jan. 10 announced the formation of a task force to study the impact legal recreational marijuana might have on the county. Nassau County Police Commissioner … more
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More than 1,500 protesters, including many children, turned out for a March for Our Lives rally at SUNY Farmingdale on Saturday morning.
1,500 students, elected leaders rally for gun control at SUNY Farmingdale March for Our Lives
Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed. more
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Local activists called for the passage of the Child Victims Act at an event hosted by State Sen. John Brooks on March 8 at Farmingdale State College. Above were Ana Wagner, left, Bridie Farrell, Harold Siering, Brooks, Sen. Christine Pellegrino, James Leander, Naomi Barasch, Lasheca Lewis, Jackie Gordon and Kim Bryson.
Senator Brooks: ‘New York fails child victims’
Ana Wagner, 37, of Lynbrook, paints a portrait of her childhood that she shares with her three children. She tells them about her life growing up in Brooklyn, that she was the smallest girl in her classes and that she maintained straight “A’s” throughout elementary school. The picture she paints, however, skips over a three-year segment of her story during which she was sexually abused by a friend of her father. more
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Jonathan Bencosme
Merrick man allegedly punches, runs over men with car
A Merrick man was arrested for allegedly punching a man and running over another with his car in Farmingdale on Feb. 18. more
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer presented a ceremonial $3.3 million check to South Farmingdale Water District commissioners, from left, John Hirt, Ralph Atoria and Gary Brosnan to reimburse the construction costs of a water treatment plant in northern Seaford.
Navy pays up
In the same spot he stood eight months ago, calling on the U.S. Navy to pay for the construction of a water treatment plant in northern Seaford, Sen. Charles Schumer announced victory last Friday morning. more
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Yoel Perez-Grullon
Cops: Bronx man does 100 mph on Southern State
A Bronx man was arrested on the Southern State Park in North Bellmore on June 28 after driving at speeds of up to 100 mph. New York State Police Department officials said Farmingdale troopers … more
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