Deputy Frank Milano’s friends remember him best for his uncanny impressions of characters from Italian-themed movies like “Good Fellas” and “The Godfather.” He was easygoing, loved making people laugh and didn’t let himself or others get bogged down by stressful situations, despite a career that was full of them.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/20/11
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A corrections officer from Elmont was killed in a car crash at 12:01 a.m. today while driving westbound on the Southern State Parkway, near Peninsula Boulevard.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/13/11
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W.H. man arrested on drug chargesDetectives with the Nassau County Police Department’s Narcotics/Vice Squad arrested a 24-year-old West Hempstead man on drug charges last week.
Police …
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12/7/11
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Police arrested a Mineola man last week after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian in West Hempstead.
According to police, Joaquim Gloria, 38, was driving his 2008 Chevrolet box truck west …
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By James Fitz Gerald
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6/22/11
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Nearly 400 residents and animal rescuers protested outside the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh last Saturday afternoon. Hope for Hempstead Shelter, a local shelter-reform advocacy group, …
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By Jackie Nash
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3/23/11
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Although the kitten is not killed in this video, it does contain disturbing images.
The Town of Hempstead's animal shelter acting director
Pat Horan has been reassigned to a position outside of the shelter, according to Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, pending the outcome of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a video that depicted Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter employees making obscene gestures, and chanting "Kill the kitty," which quickly went viral on YouTube this morning.
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Mary Malloy
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3/14/11
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Susan Williams will spend the next 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison after Nassau County Judge Norman St. George sentenced her on Dec. 17 at the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola.
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Tom Steinert
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12/21/10
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Homicide Arrest Police arrested a 20-year-old West Hempstead man last week in connection with the shooting death of a Queens man in June at a house party in …
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11/10/10
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New York State Police are reporting that three Lido Beach summer camp workers were killed in a single-car crash on the southbound side of the Meadowbrook Parkway, just south of the Southern State …
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Deirdre Krasula and Anthony Rifilato
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7/15/10
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On April 20, an explosion off the Gulf Coast on an oil rig leased by British Petroleum marked the unfortunate beginning of the worst oil spill in our nation’s history.
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Al D'Amato
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6/3/10
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