West Babylon, NY

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• Police: Man arrested in crash with cop car

  26-year-old man who led police officers on a pursuit in West Babylon early Friday was arrested -- after he crashed into an unmarked cop car.Suffolk County police said Troy Farris of Brentwood was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance,   Read more »

• Police: Woman dies after Mastic DWI crash

  West Babylon woman who was ejected in an alleged drunken-driving crash last week in Mastic has died from her injuries, Suffolk County police said Wednesday.Jennifer Suydam, 27, died Thursday after being ejected while riding as a passenger in a pickup near   Read more »

• Bicyclist, 61, dies in crash with vehicle

  not charged.Volunteers from North Lindenhurst Rescue transported the victim to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where police said he was pronounced dead.The investigation is continuing, police said. Police ask anyone with information about   Read more »

• Cops: Babylon man charged in tanning salon robberies

  is charged with robbing the Rockstar Tans, 288 N. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst on May 21; the European Image Tanning Center, 749 Sunrise Hwy., West Babylon on Tuesday; and the Perfect Color Tanning Salon, 656 Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst, that same day.   Read more »

• Suffolk girls lacrosse playoff schedule and sites

  17 No. 9 Lindenhurst at No. 8 Middle Country, 2 p.m. Winner moves on to play No. 1 Bay Shore No. 12 Whitman at No. 5 West Babylon, 3 p.m. Winner moves on to play No. 4 East Islip No. 11 Sachem East at No. 6 Half Hollow Hills, 4 p.m. Winner moves on the play   Read more »

Around the web

• Bicyclist Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash on Wellwood Avenue in North Lindenhurst

  A 61-year-old West Babylon man was riding his bicycle southbound on Wellwood Avenue when he attempted to cross Berry Street, and his bicycle collided with a 2006 Volkswagen also traveling southbound on Wellwood Avenue at approximately 9:25 p.m. The bicyc   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• SBU Radio Personality Brings Music to Stony Brook Children's Hospital

  STONY BROOK, N.Y., June 18, 2013 — Every Friday afternoon, one of the best shows in town has been held not at Jones Beach Theater or the Nassau Coliseum, but on the 11th floor of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. That’s when 47-year-old Mark Klein of West   from Stony Brook News Read more »

• Fausto Gomez, NYPD Officer, Shot In Foot During Struggle With Disturbed Man In Harlem

  BABYLON, NY - DECEMBER 19: Paulette Figoski (L) the ex-wife of murdered NYPD officer Peter Figoski grieves alongside his mother as his casket is brought out during the funeral at St. Joseph's Church on December 19, 2011 in Babylon, New York. Figoski, a 2   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Babylon News & Muse

  •It’s that time of year when animals can be seen with their young, whether it’s Canadian geese or foxes. I was so excited to see foxes near the dog park at the end of George Street in Babylon. Last year they had two or three kits, this year there are fiv   from The Babylon Beacon Read more »

• Suspect charged in 3 Long Island tanning salon robberies

  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Police say a Long Island bandit with a thing for tanning salons robbed three of them at gunpoint in just eight days. Robert Gioia, of Babylon, was arraigned Friday in Central Islip on three counts of first-degree robbery. A judge s   from WABC Read more »