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Brian Schnee, center, taught Freeporters how to properly paint their houses during his TLC for Good Home Health course at the Freeport Memorial Library.

Whether it was the base guitar that Brian Schnee made when he was 15, or the work he does on his 1906 Victorian home in Rockville Centre, the 67-year-old has spent much of his life building things … more

By Ronny Reyes | 2/27/20

Dr. David Adamovich, of Freeport, is the curator of one of the world’s largest privately owned collections of serial killer memorabilia, which includes letters, artwork, autographs and hair samples from John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz and others.

This Freeporter has some truly frightening collectibles

After revealing a photo of Charles Manson in a beige prison jumpsuit with a lock of the cult leader’s hair in a plastic protector, Freeporter Dr. David Adamovich reached over and unveiled other plastic protectors with locks of John Wayne Gacy’s and Ted Bundy’s hair. more

By Nadya Nataly | 2/13/20

MS-13 leader sentenced to 23 years to life for murder of 15-year-old

One of MS-13’s high-ranking lieutenants in the Hollywood Clique, Victor Lopez, was sentenced to 23 years to life on Feb. 11 for murder and conspiracy in connection with the death of Angel Soler, a Roosevelt teen who was once a student at Freeport High School, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. Lopez also conspired to kill a second person. more

2/11/20

MS-13 leader gets 24 to life in murder of Roosevelt teen who once attended Freeport High

The leader of MS-13's Hollywood Clique gang was sentenced Friday to 24 years to life in prison for murder and conspiracy in connection with the death of a Roosevelt teen who was once a student at … more

2/8/20

A South Hempstead 39-year-old single mother died in a two-car crash along the Meadowbrook Parkway on Feb. 1.

Police: Single-mom dies in DWI crash on Meadowbrook

A South Hempstead woman is dead and a seven-year-old child is injured after a car accident on the Meadowbrook State Parkway on Feb. 1. more

By Nadya Nataly | 2/3/20

Legislator Howard Kopel said Republican lawmakers are calling for a state probe into a $710,000 scam perpetrated at the Nassau County Comptroller's office recently.

GOP lawmakers call for state probe into $710K scam at comptroller's office

Nassau Republican legislators called Friday for state and county investigations into the office of County Comptroller Jack Schnirman, who only a week ago said at a news conference that a phishing … more

By James Bernstein | 1/24/20

The Rev. Arthur Mackey, Jr., at lectern, at a protest on Dec. 6, along with Akbar Rogers, days after Rogers’s controversial arrest.

Akbar Rogers case headed back to court

A little over a month after 44-year-old Akbar Rogers, of Freeport, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, aggravated unlicensed driving and resisting arrest, he is due back in Nassau … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/9/20

Jones spent a lot of time playing games with his son, Wyatt, 7.

Family: Freeport man drowned in Milburn Pond

Dennis Jones, 40, was the kind of father who built a Bat Cave fort with pillows and blankets so he and his son, Wyatt, 7, could spend hours pretending to be Batman and Robin. A construction worker, … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/2/20

Freeporter Dennis Jones had been missing since Dec. 22. His body was recovered from Milburn Pond on the Baldwin-Freeport border on Dec. 28.

NCPD: Body of missing Freeport man found in Milburn Pond

The Freeport Police Department was seen searching Millburn Pond in Freeport on Dec. 27 for missing local man, Dennis Jones, 40. According to police, Jones disappeared on Dec. 22 at around 7 p.m. at … more

By Nadya Nataly | 12/27/19

Road workers discovered a dead body in the woods on the west side of the Meadowbrook State Parkway in Freeport, near Babylon Turnpike, early Monday morning, New York state police said.

Police: Dead body found off Meadowbrook Parkway identified as 37-year-old Queens man

Road workers discovered a dead body in the woods on the west side of Meadowbrook State Parkway near Babylon Turnpike on Dec. 16, New York state police said. Police identified the victim as … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 12/16/19

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