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Tara Cassidy Tara Cassidy, 45, a Wantagh resident since 2008, is currently running for one of the two open seats in the Wantagh School District Board of … more

5/16/19

Police vehicles surrounded the Home Depot store and garden center on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Wednesday as a suspicious package was investigated by the NCPD bomb squad.

Bomb squad investigates suspicious package at Home Depot

Nassau County Police cruisers surrounded the Home Depot at 3350 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on May 15 as members of the department’s arson and bomb squad responded to an alert about an … more

5/16/19

Jake Gabler-Colotti was facing new charges of unlawful surveillance last week as a grand jury handed up a 20-count indictment.

New charges in tanning salon peeping case

A Wantagh man arrested in March and charged with unlawful surveillance at local tanning salons was back in court on April 25 to face new charges stemming from the incidents. Jake Gabler-Colotti, … more

By Timothy Denton | 5/9/19

Schnirman report critical of county ethics panel

Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman released a report on April 10 that was sharply critical of the county’s ethics panel and its failure to investigate ethics violations and to levy … more

By Timothy Denton | 4/18/19

The driver of a Jeep outside the Brittany Beauty Academy in Levittown, where he had crashed into a plate glass window.

Vehicle crashes into local beauty school

A vehicle crashed into the front of the Brittany Beauty Academy in Levittown on Friday afternoon at about 6:20 p.m. in a one-car accident that had bystanders scratching their heads.The black late … more

By Timothy Denton | 3/29/19

Nassau Commissioner of Shared Services, Melissa Gallucci, on the lectern, spoke on the joint bid for law enforcement vehicles with County Executive George Latimer of Westchester, left, and County Executive Steve Bellone of Suffolk, right.

Three counties, big savings for new police vehicles

The Shared Services initiative, across the three counties, allows for the counties’ towns and villages to cooperatively purchase police vehicles at a discounted rate. more

3/28/19

A deteriorated steering wheel had to be wrapped with electrical tape.

PBA: Curran ignored requests for new squad cars

Even before leaving their squad cars, Nassau County cops are exposed to dangerous conditions, the Police Benevolent Association said. On March 5, union officials said dozens of police vehicles are … more

3/14/19

Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's attorney Kevin Keating addressed reporters outside federal court in Central Islip after Mangano and his wife, Linda, were found guilty of multiple corruption charges at their second trial.

Manganos found guilty on multiple corruption charges

Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda, were found guilty on a number of charges Friday morning following a second trial on federal charges that they abused their positions for personal benefit. more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 3/8/19

Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, left, is being retried on charges that he accepted bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh for political favors.

Jury begins deliberations in Mangano corruption case

The jury in the corruption retrial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, Linda, began deliberations on Thursday. Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 2/28/19

Segregation is alive and well in Nassau County, comptroller says

Nassau County has a race problem, which is costing the county’s economy tens of billions of dollars per year, according to a report issued by Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman on Feb. … more

By Timothy Denton | 2/28/19

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