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Town of Oyster Bay planning to install electric vehicle charging ports
The Town of Oyster Bay is planning to install 22 electric vehicle charging ports across Bethpage, Woodbury, Massapequa Park and Syosset. The charging ports will be paid for by a nearly $500,000 grant from New York state. Installation will start over the next year.
Investigators take numerous items from Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home
Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison announced Monday that investigators took numerous items from Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home.Reports had said that there was a soundproof room discovered, however, Harrison says there is no such room. He did say there was a vault where investigators say Heuermann secured numerous amounts of guns.Harrison said investigators are going…
Police dig in the backyard of suspect’s home in Massapequa Park
Authorities began digging with a backhoe in the backyard of Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home late Sunday afternoon as part of the ongoing investigation.Investigators have not revealed what, if anything, they have found at the house over the weekend.Since his arrest, investigators have also searched two storage units in connection with the case. The investigation…
New Jersey sues to stop NYC tolls
New Jersey is suing the federal government to block a plan to charge drivers entering midtown Manhattan,The challenge came Friday morning in a federal lawsuit the state filed against the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.Drivers may have to pay the charge starting as soon as the first quarter of next year,…
‘Barbie’ takes the box office crown and ‘Oppenheimer’ soars in a historic weekend
(AP) “ Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work – it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ” and Christopher Nolan’s “ Oppenheimer ” brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business, amid…
Woman Escapes Shark By Prying Mouth Open
A woman says she was able to free herself after being bit by a shark off Fire Island’s coast. The shark bite happened on July 4 in shallow waters and she says she was able to pry the animal’s mouth open with her hands to escape. She was taken to South Shore University Hospital to…
DNA Technology Assisted Arrest
Experts say breakthroughs in DNA technology have played a huge role in making an arrest in the Gilgo Beach murders. Retired New York City Detective David Sarni says with advances in DNA analysis, hairs, fingernails, blood stains and other sources of DNA do not have to be in pristine condition for investigators to find a…
Close To Home
Investigators believe that one or more of the Gilgo Beach murders took place at Rex Huerermann’s home in Massapequa Park. Neighbors are shocked to learn this as Heuermann lived at home with his wife and two adult children. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
FDNY Firefighter Sentenced in Drunk Driving Crash
A former FDNY firefighter was sentenced Wednesday in a fatal wrong-way drunk driving crash. Joseph Norris, of Babylon, was sentenced to five to 15 years for aggravated homicide and vehicular manslaughter for the crash that killed Anthony Mariano on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in November 2020. He will be eligible for parole in five years.…
MTA Prices Go Up
The MTA Board approved multiple toll and fare increases that will go into effect starting on August 6th. The unanimous vote will provide a 4.3% fare increase for Metro-North and LIRR. Subways and busses will increase to $2.90. Those hoping to drive to avoid the hikes on the rails will have to pay a 5.5%…
Heuermann’s Vehicle Being Analyzed
A was vehicle removed from the Rex Heuermann’s South Carolina property is the one he owned at or around the time of the alleged murders. They say they are awaiting analysis of all the items of evidence and will have more information once that process is completed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Switched At Death
Two sisters say they are angry after the wrong man was buried in a family plot that was meant for their recently deceased father. Stacy Holzman and Megan Zaner says their father Clifford Zaner died while in a South Carolina hospital and was to be buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery in Lindenhurst. Holzman says right…