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Operation SPLASH volunteer Jacqueline LeDuc spent an hour and a half cleaning up a part of Field 6 at Jones Beach on Dec. 22. She found over 800 pieces of plastic, including Nerf bullets, zip ties, glow sticks, deodorant inserts, tampons and lighters.

800 pieces of plastic collected in over an hour Jones Beach

She’s only been living in Bellmore since October. Originally from Massapequa, Jacqueline LeDuc, 29, has been volunteering with Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. in Freeport since moving back to Long Island … more

By Nadya Nataly | 1/4/19

Crime Scene units processed the site on Bunker Avenue in Wantagh where a Town of Hempstead sanitation worker was crushed to death on Wednesday.

Sanitation worker killed in workplace accident

A Town of Hempstead sanitation worker was crushed to death at 1:25 p.m. yesterday as the truck he was riding on backed into a parked vehicle in Wantagh.Jean MacDonald, 60, was standing on the right … more

11/15/18

Investigators seized drugs from residences in Baldwin, Freeport and Hempstead on Nov. 5.

Suffolk DA: Seven accused of drug dealing

A Baldwinite is accused of supplying drugs to dealers as part of a narcotics distribution ring that operated throughout Long Island and parts of New York City, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced Nov. 8. A second Baldwin man, four Freeporters, a Rockville Centre resident and a Wantagh woman were also arrested as part of the bust, prosecutors announced. more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 11/9/18

Suffolk DA: Baldwin man led narcotics ring

A Baldwinite is accused of supplying drugs to dealers as part of a narcotics distribution ring that operated throughout Long Island and parts of New York City, the Suffolk County District Attorney … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 11/9/18

Karen Micciche, executive director of the nonprofit Literacy Nassau, right, explained to English as a Second Language teacher Kate Quijano how to visually break apart words so students better understand how to pronounce them.

Building a more literate Nassau

With a sigh, 11-year-old Julianna Grote clicked the lighter and touched the flame to her book, watching quietly as a few pages went up in flames. Then she dropped it in the fire pit to let it … more

By Nadya Nataly | 9/4/18

Villages deserve greater share of state sales taxes

Tens of millions of dollars in state sales taxes are generated in Nassau County’s 64 villages each year. The state keeps part of the money, and sends part of it . . . more

7/12/18

Stop politicizing the fight against MS-13

Bodies started turning up in South Shore parks and woodlands in the past year and a half: teenagers hacked to death with machetes or shot in the face by members of the ruthless El Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. more

6/14/18

Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. president, Rob Weltner explained the organization’s mission and projects during a tour of the headquarters located on the Nautical Mile in Freeport on April 28.

Operation S.P.L.A.S.H. hosts volunteer open house

A few boat rides a week in a number of south shore communities, Operation S.P.L.A.S.H., an acronym for Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors, helps combat water pollution. With winter practically … more

By Nadya Nataly | 5/10/18

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Glen Cove, reviewed a list of legislative proposals that address the termination of temporary protected status on a national scale.

Pushing back against TPS termination

Part six in an ongoing series. Read parts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] here. When temporary protected status for Haitians was revoked last November, TPS recipients from other countries … more

By Nadya Nataly, Alyssa Seidman and Brian Stieglitz | 4/26/18

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy, center, was joined by Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Hilary Becker, far left, Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno, Town of Hemstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney and Freeport Trustee Carmen Piñeyro on a tour of the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in Masschusetts on Monday.

Freeport officials, hoping to construct floodgates here, tour Massachusetts project

All that was missing was a “Welcome to Freeport” sign, and the city of New Bedford, Mass., could have easily been mistaken for the village. Both communities are located on relatively small bays … more

By Nadya Nataly | 4/26/18