For LI businesses, visa snag could be summer bummer (32 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 10:03pm
Year after year, Dune Management depends on dozens of Dominican and Jamaican housekeeping and laundry workers to get through the summer season in the Hamptons.
LIRR shrinks gaps at end-of-line stations (32 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 10:16pm
The Long Island Rail Road is shrinking gaps at most of its end-of-the-line stations to 5 inches — 2 inches less than the railroad industry's minimum gap standard.
Leg washed ashore in Nassau match torso found in Westchester (39 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 9:50pm
The leg washed ashore on Nassau County's North Shore last week and a woman's torso found weeks earlier off the coast of Mamaroneck in Westchester County share the same DNA, authorities said Wednesday.
Woman agrees to $800K settlement with grandkids whose mom was killed (45 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 3:21pm
The mother of a Merrick man imprisoned for hacking his wife to death with a meat cleaver 11 years ago settled a civil lawsuit with her grandchildren for $800,000 on Wednesday.
Hundreds mourn LI man killed in Hawaii crash (43 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 9:02pm
Hundreds turned out Wednesday to mourn John O'Donnell, the East Rockaway man killed in a helicopter crash last month in Hawaii while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary.

Suspect in parents' homicide faced eviction (46 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 10:36pm
Accountant Grace Thorpe wanted her jobless 20-year-old son out of her Elmont home. They had argued often about his lack of ambition, police say, and she was growing tired of his lack of respect.
Audit finds $6.4M deficit, possible fraud, in district budget (41 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 10:22pm
The Patchogue-Medford school district is running a $6.4 million budget deficit, according to a new report from the state comptroller's office that also finds the district has virtually no documentation to support up to $4.1 million in "potentially fraudulent transactions."
Accident cleared on LIE, delays remain (45 hits)
3 Apr 2007 at 7:35am
A pre-dawn tractor-trailer accident that had traffic snarled for miles on the westbound Long Island Expressway was cleared at 7:06 a.m. Tuesday, New York State Department of Transportation officials said.
Lawmakers mull $2 cigarette tax (32 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 11:33pm
It may not be long before cigarettes are just as expensive on Long Island as they are in New York City.
NYPD recruit guilty in murder-for-hire plot (47 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 9:37pm
Sherry Nohar's testimony in support of the man who was caught on tape plotting her murder mattered little to jurors, "because she wasn't there," they said moments after convicting the former New York City Police recruit on conspiracy charges Monday.

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Not guilty pleas in UConn hit-and-run (43 hits)
30 Mar 2007 at 9:05pm
Moments after a Lindenhurst teen pleaded not guilty to a slew of felony charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident that killed a University of Connecticut freshman in January, his attorney said Anthony Alvino and his parents had "heartfelt sympathy" for the family of the dead girl.
Doughnut prank yields criminal charges for teens (57 hits)
30 Mar 2007 at 10:17pm
Deanna Tarasco didn't think twice before reaching into the big box of doughnuts her friends brought to Sequoya Middle School in Holtsville and taking a bite of a chocolate frosted with sprinkles.
Southampton to have day laborer hiring site (22 hits)
30 Mar 2007 at 9:34pm
The Village of Southampton will help establish the fourth formal hiring center for day laborers on Long Island, in a local spot where many workers gather waiting for employment, Mayor Mark Epley announced Friday.
Three LI colleges reach deals in kickback probe (22 hits)
30 Mar 2007 at 8:00pm
Three Long Island colleges confirmed late Friday they have received "settlement agreements" from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has been investigating what he has called "kickbacks" from student loan providers to colleges.
Chief remains on job (29 hits)
30 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
Indicted officer, accused of beating NJ tourist in '05, is still on Ocean Beach's village payroll

Acting Police Chief George Hesse is continuing to work in Ocean Beach despite his indictment this week for felony assault in 2005 of a tourist accused of littering, officials said.

Cops: Suffolk soccer coach had sex with teen-ager (40 hits)
29 Mar 2007 at 11:53am
The Suffolk Community College women's soccer coach was arrested Wednesday for having what police called "a sexual relationship" with a 15-year-old girl.
Southampton house fire kills 35 dogs, cats (30 hits)
29 Mar 2007 at 9:21am
A house fire in Southampton Wednesday night killed at least 35 cats and dogs owned by the woman living there, Southampton Town Police said.
Lack of headlights leads to larceny arrest (18 hits)
29 Mar 2007 at 12:54am
Don't do the crime if you can't remember to drive the getaway car with your headlights on in the middle of the night.
Severed limbs wash up in two locations (30 hits)
28 Mar 2007 at 9:29pm
Severed human legs were found washed up in two locations on the North Shore over the past two days, including on a private beach belonging to Cablevision Systems chief James Dolan, and police believe they may match a headless torso found almost a month ago across Long Island Sound.
High-rise residents battle another one across street (27 hits)
29 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
Residents of a six-story beachfront high-rise in Long Beach are trying to block the construction of a six-story high-rise across the street, where small homes now predominate.

Ocean Beach chief, cops in court on assault charges (35 hits)
27 Mar 2007 at 1:25pm
Four members of the Ocean Beach Police Department, including the acting chief, were arraigned Tuesday morning in connection with what prosecutors say was the brutal beating of a New Jersey man in police custody in 2005.
Bohemia fire victim dies (30 hits)
27 Mar 2007 at 12:02am
The 46-year-old Bohemia woman critically burned in a house fire earlier this month died of her injuries late Monday night, Suffolk Police said.
Islanders' DiPietro out tonight, maybe longer (36 hits)
27 Mar 2007 at 12:23am
The Islanders' tenuous playoff hopes might just have suffered a crippling blow. Goaltender Rick DiPietro has been ruled out of tonight's game against the Devils and goaltender Martin Brodeur, who has yielded one goal in the past three meetings with the Isles.
Suffolk DA sends warning letter to fire districts (34 hits)
26 Mar 2007 at 8:43pm
In wake of arrests, Thomas Spota calls for more auditing and a better system of documenting the use of taxpayer money.

The warning letter Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota sent to all county fire districts began arriving in mail boxes this week, but fire officials said the better-run districts already do what Spota says they should do when handling taxpayer funds.
Police eye drivers passing school buses (24 hits)
27 Mar 2007 at 9:15am
Red means stop.

Police: Both drivers drunk in Selden head-on crash (47 hits)
25 Mar 2007 at 8:45pm
One car was headed north, the other sped south.
To pump or not to pump in Huntington (26 hits)
26 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
John Grillo, of Melville, says he likes the service he gets from a full-service gas station.
Brentwood man killed crossing street (30 hits)
25 Mar 2007 at 11:11pm
A Brentwood man crossing the street in Bay Shore was struck and killed by a motorist Saturday, Suffolk police said.
Budget cuts could reduce staff at NUMC (30 hits)
26 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
About 60 department heads from Nassau University Medical Center filed into the hospital auditorium for a budget update.
Pilot's historic journey stops on Long Island (30 hits)
25 Mar 2007 at 11:16pm
Barrington Irving, a Jamaican-born pilot, traveled from Cleveland to Long Island yesterday, the second stop of a journey that would make him the youngest pilot and the first black to fly solo around the world.

Effects of tainted pet food can be long-term (47 hits)
22 Mar 2007 at 5:50pm
If your cat or dog ate any of the pet foods recalled last week by Ontario-based Menu Foods and isn't showing any dramatic symptoms of kidney failure — including vomiting, refusal to eat, lethargy or increased drinking or urination — that doesn't necessarily mean you are out of the woods, veterinarians warn.
Soldier killed weeks after return from Iraq (61 hits)
22 Mar 2007 at 10:06pm
Paul Hawkes, a U.S. Air Force security expert, returned to Bay Shore from Iraq less than two weeks ago after managing to survive the shelling, guns and chronic threats of life in a war zone.
Fatal helicopter crash pilot reported power loss (45 hits)
23 Mar 2007 at 4:22pm
In the minutes before a tour helicopter crashed in Hawaii earlier this month, killing a Long Island man and three others, the pilot radioed he was having "hydraulic problems" and then "hydraulic failure," according to a preliminary report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Swastika painted on Valley Stream synagogue (53 hits)
23 Mar 2007 at 3:15pm
Vandals spray-painted a swastika on a glass-enclosed bulletin board outside a Valley Stream synagogue and Jewish outreach center, Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshmid said.
Glen Cove OKs fines up to $50K for cutting trees (50 hits)
23 Mar 2007 at 8:55am
Glen Cove officials have amended the city's tree ordinance to raise penalties significantly for felling trees without a permit.

Eight fire and ambulance officials arrested (49 hits)
21 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
A year-long criminal probe of Suffolk fire and ambulance districts yielded a parade of suspects in handcuffs Tuesday, all accused of plundering public funds in a "pattern of thievery" District Attorney Thomas Spota called "shameful."
McDonald wins in upset for Malverne mayor (40 hits)
21 Mar 2007 at 12:00am
Paralyzed cop s wife wins by a wide margin over the incumbent; 18 villages across LI had contested races

Patti Ann McDonald chose to return to Malverne two decades ago to care for her husband, a New York City police officer shot and paralyzed in the line of duty.
Police: Teen was abducted, handcuffed to tree (48 hits)
21 Mar 2007 at 1:10pm
A teenaged boy was apparently abducted on his way to school Wednesday morning on Staten Island and handcuffed to a tree by the abductor, New York City Police said.
Average gas prices up again on LI (41 hits)
21 Mar 2007 at 11:39am
The average price of regular gasoline on Long Island rose another 3 cents a gallon this past week, continuing an upward trend that began in mid-February. Average home-heating oil prices rose slightly.
LIRR president welcomes new security initiative to patrol trains (44 hits)
21 Mar 2007 at 11:44am
Saying there is "no current threat" to the rail road, but admitting it remains an "open system," acting Long Island Rail Road president Ray Kenny said he welcomed a new security initiative that will deploy teams of federal security officers — including air marshals and certified canine teams — to patrol trains.

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