Lindenhurst, NY

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• Teen runaway charged in burglaries

  15-year-old boy was arrested Saturday on charges he burglarized two stores in Lindenhurst after running away from a juvenile facility in Westchester County, Suffolk County Police said.The teen was allegedly in the middle of a burglary when a woman flagged   Read more »

• Report: Suffolk authorities failed to investigate 'preventable' homicide in police custody

  police, the medical examiner and the district attorney all failed to properly investigate the 2011 homicide of a Lindenhurst man with bipolar disorder who suffocated during a struggle with police after he was denied medication, a state report found.In what   Read more »

• Vote expected Thursday on LIPA reform bill

  vote against it. "It's going to be debated ad nauseam."The bill, sponsored in the Assembly by Assemb. Robert Sweeney (D-Lindenhurst) and by the Senate Committee on Rules, calls for LIPA to be shrunk to a skeletal staff of just 20 people from a current 90,   Read more »

• Activists, union question LIPA reform bill

  -- Pockets of opposition to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's LIPA reform bill are persisting on Long Island as negotiations to pass the law enter their final stages.Huntington Town has begun robocalls alerting residents to its potential impact on their tax bills. Unionized   Read more »

• Counties' borrowing plan hits apparent dead end

  session, the proposal apparently has hit a dead end.Suffolk is no longer requesting it, said Assemb. Robert Sweeney (D-Lindenhurst), dean of the Suffolk Assembly delegation.The state Senate introduced a bill late Monday night to allow for the borrowing and   Read more »

Around the web

• Teen Arrested for Two Burglaries In Lindenhurst

  (Lindenhurst, NY) According to Suffolk Police, a 15-year-old teenager who had ran away from a juvenile facility in Westchester was arrested early this morning and charged with two commercial burglaries in Lindenhurst. According to the report, a woman fla   from NewsLI.com Read more »

• Lindenhurst Man Killed In Jet Ski Accident off South Shore of LI

  (Long Island, NY) The Suffolk County Police department released information on a jet ski accident which killed Michael Mignone, 33 of Lindenhurst on the Great South Bay Saturday. Mignone was on his Yamaha jet ski near the New York State Boat Channel when   from NewsLI.com Read more »

• Flood insurance changes for South Mississippi, other coastal areas run into resistance

  FILE - This Oct. 30, 2012 file photo shows a boat floating in the driveway of a home on Long Island in the flooding aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Protests from homeowners facing higher flood insurance premiums because of reforms in   from Biloxi Sun Herald Read more »

• LIRR cancels/diverts 35 trains after East River Tunnel derailment

  The 5:56 AM train from Babylon due in Penn at 6:59 AM will be diverted to Atlantic Terminal The 6:14 AM train from Massapequa Park due in Penn at 7:08 AM is canceled. Customers will be accommodated by the 6:12AM train from Babylon to Penn, which will mak   from WABC Read more »

• SENATOR FUSCHILLO INVITES RESIDENTS TO “SHED THE MEDS” ON JUNE 29TH

  Residents can Safely Dispose of Expired or Unwanted Medications in Bellmore and Lindenhurst Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) announced that he will be sponsoring “Shed the Meds” programs in Bellmore and Lindenhurst to help residents safely d   from New York Senate Read more »