Trespassing Arrests and Anti-Semitic Graffiti at North Babylon High School

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Two minors were arrested on Tuesday morning, May 13, for criminal trespass at North Babylon High School, located on Phelps Lane, around 7:30 a.m. Both individuals were 16-year-old males and, according to the Suffolk County Police, were not students of the North Babylon School District. Later that morning, swastikas were discovered scrawled on storage lockers […]

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Mid-May: What’s Happening this Week Along South Shore Long Island

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Monday, May 12 History of Psychological Testing at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Join Mental Health Historian Jamie Tirado and Dr. Richard LaMonica in discussing the psychological testing methods utilized at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center since the 1930s. Lecture will be held at Bay Shore-Brightwaters Library, 1 South Country Road, Brightwaters, from 6-7:30 p.m. For details, visit bsbwlibrary.org. […]

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Bay Shore Man Arrested for Stabbing Police Officer

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Twenty-two-year-old Steven Vazquez of Ackerson Boulevard in Bay Shore was arrested today by Suffolk County Police, and charged with 2nd Degree Assault, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th in the Degree, Resisting Arrest, Menacing a Police Officer, and Grand Larceny of the 4th Degree. Shortly after midnight, a 911 call was placed reporting men attempting […]

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No Place Like Home Homecare Serves Long Island Seniors

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No Place Like Home Homecare LI offers seniors who can no longer safely live alone an alternative to assisted living facilities and nursing homes that allows them to stay in their homes: home health aides. CEO Matthew Donofrio explained that No Place Like Home enables elderly individuals to stay in their homes by providing aides […]

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15 West Islip High School Students Commit to College Athletics

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Fifteen seniors from West Islip High School’s Class of 2025 committed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. These new commitments, join the 17 made earlier in the fall, bring the total to an impressive 32 student athletes from the Class of 2025. The West Islip community is proud of these student athletes […]

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May Day Drills on Fire Island

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To say the May Day drills on Fire Island inspired shock and awe is not an exaggeration. The sheer convergence of elite and local first responders at one time and place will do that every time.   New York Task Force One, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Team, Emergency Service Units […]

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Homeless Man Killed in Bay Shore

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A homeless man identified as Shurvell Rush, age 47, was pronounced dead at South Shore University Hospital after he was found stabbed in the vicinity of Bay Shore’s Long Island Rail Road station on the evening of May 3. Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD)  Third Precinct officers responded to a 911 call at 6:40 p.m., […]

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