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• William Flanagan, ex-Nassau police official, sentenced to 60 days in jail

  County Court.Flanagan was found guilty of misdemeanor official misconduct and conspiracy charges -- but not guilty of felony receiving an award for official misconduct -- in February following a lengthy trial. Prosecutors say Flanagan improperly used his influence 7/15/13 Read more »

• Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications

  Freeport-Baldwin Leader and The Wantagh-Seaford Citizen. The four papers have a combined circulation of about 8,000, the company said.Richner owns Herald Community Newspapers, a 15-paper chain of weeklies on Nassau's South Shore. Richner co-publisher Stuart   Read more »

• Cop's widow: Wilson left family 'broken and scarred'

  court. "I ask God every day why, why such a great gift, a great human being, was taken away from us. I haven't received any answers yet."Speaking softly and halting frequently to collect herself, Nemorin John said that for years after the 2003 murder of her   Read more »

• Athanasious Cheliotis identified as fatal crash victim

  man killed in a July Fourth crash in Bellmore has been identified as Athanasious Cheliotis, 66, of Wantagh, Nassau County police said Monday.Cheliotis died after being pulled from his burning car by passersby after a head-on collision on Merrick Road at 6:39   Read more »

• Diner owner's death shakes Greek community

  Cheliotis began his day Thursday like any other: He ate breakfast with his wife and then left his Wantagh home about 6:30 a.m. to drive to the diner he co-owned in Valley Stream.Ten minutes later, his 2001 Toyota Camry collided head-on with a car that had   Read more »

Around the web

• Thursday's Speaker Comes to Long Island for Friday Screening

  will have its Long Island Premiere at the Long Island International Film Expo on Friday, July 19th at 12:00pm noon at the Bellmore Movies. This is the feature film debut from writer and director Gary Hebert. Thursday's Speaker explores serious issues like   from PRWeb Read more »

• Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications

  Leader and The Wantagh-Seaford Citizen to their newspaper mix. Their daughter, Linda Toscano, has led the papers for many years as publisher, while her brother, Paul Laursen, has served as editor. Linda Toscano said, “We want to thank all of our staff, our   from Merrick Life - L&M Publications Read more »

• Interview With Comedian and LI Native Joe Pontillo

  to co-headline show at Bellmore’s Brokerage Comedy Club in August (Long Island, NY) Comedian Joe Pontillo is fast becoming a big name in the (getting) crowded standup comedy scene. Making people laugh since 2004, Pontillo has already played countless gigs   from NewsLI.com Read more »

• 16th Annual Long Island International Film Expo Announced

  146 films from around the world, July 17 – 25, 2013 (Long Island, NY) LIIFE) will hold its 16th annual installment at the historic Bellmore Movies from July 17 – 25, 2013. Showing 146 films from around the world, LIIFE will showcase movies from 18 countries   from NewsLI.com Read more »

• LIIFE to rock ‘n’ reel ’em at the Bellmore Movies July 17

  Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE) will hold its 16th annual installment at the historic Bellmore Movies from Wednesday, July 17, through Thursday, July 25. Showing 146 films from around the world, LIIFE will showcase movies from 18 countries, with   from Merrick Life - L&M Publications Read more »