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Big Duck lighting postponed due to weather
The annual Big Duck lighting in Flanders originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday due to weather. The holiday tradition will take place at the same time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the 34th year the tradition is taking place. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Big Duck lighting postponed due to weather
The annual Big Duck lighting in Flanders originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday due to weather. The holiday tradition will take place at the same time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the 34th year the tradition is taking place. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Big Duck lighting tonight
The 34th annual Big Duck Holiday Lighting celebration is tonight in Flanders Suffolk County and Town of Southampton officials are expected to attend the ceremony, which begins around 7 p.m. at 1012 Flanders Road. The Riverhead Middle School Choir will sing holiday “duck carols” from the main stage, and Santa Claus will arrive for a…
Ex-director of food services at Hempstead schools pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks
The former director of food services at the Hempstead Union Free School District admitted to receiving over $120,000 in kickbacks for vendor contracts. Sharon Gardner of Lindenhurst pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme that went on between 2017 and 2019. Prosecutors say she spent the money on international travel, home furnishings and a…
US advances in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic gave his body for his country, scoring the goal that advanced the United States in the World Cup while crashing into the goalkeeper Pulisic’s 38th-minute goal lifted the U.S. over Iran 1-0 on Tuesday in a politically charged rematch of their famous meeting a quarter-century ago. The American star…
Suspect arrested following Plainview TD Bank robbery
54-year-old Dean Marneris, of Wantagh has been arrested following a robbery at a TD Bank in Plainview on Monday afternoon.Marneris entered the bank on Old Country Road before 3 p.m. and approached a teller and demanded money.Police say the teller handed an unknown amount of money to Marneris, who then ran off with it.Officers were…
Town of Islip shutdown computers due to “unusual activity”
The Town of Islip shutdown all its computers due to what’s being called “unusual activity.” Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter says an issue was first detected on the day after Thanksgiving at around 5:50 a.m. Carpenter said “They noticed unusual activity so I don’t know if I would term it a hack or a breach,…
Nets win, Rangers Lose
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant scored a season-high 45 points, carrying the Brooklyn Nets to a 109-102 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night that got them back to .500. Durant shot 19 of 24 from the field and added seven rebounds and five assists, playing 39 minutes on the second night of…
Records: Bruce Blakeman took 7.8% pay hike for 2022
Newsday is reporting that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman received a nearly 8% pay hike for 2022, after accepting accumulated cost-of-living increases that predecessor Laura Curran had declined,Blakeman’s 2022 salary marked the first year the county executive’s base pay exceeded $200,000.
Biden calls on Congress to head off potential rail strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers would take up legislation this week to impose the deal that unions agreed to in September. “Let me be clear: a…
‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983′s “Flashdance,” has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced the news…
Jets beat Bears 31-10
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mike White threw three touchdown passes, including two to Garrett Wilson, in a terrific performance and the New York Jets rolled over the banged-up Chicago Bears 31-10 on Sunday. White made his first start since last season in place of a benched Zach Wilson and sparked the Jets to a…