John Valenti
Valenti covers daily breaking news stories.
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John Valenti 7/12/11 Islip woman who went missing is found
A missing Islip woman has been found after her abandoned car was discovered on the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/29/09 Bay Shore man killed in 1-car crash
A 23-year-old Bay Shore man was killed early Thursday in Old Brookville when his car ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/7/06 IN YANKS' CORNER
My parents grew up in Bushwick, Brooklyn. When it came to ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/6/06 IN YANKS' CORNER
George Steinbrenner is a big fan of Gen. George S. Patton. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/4/06 IN YANKS' CORNER
Where is Crash Davis when I need him most? ... Read more »
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John Valenti 8/6/05 ON THE ROADS
He has the car Johnny Coy used to win the 1959 NASCAR ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/23/05 ON THE ROADS
They gathered before midnight in the parking lot of ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/20/05 ON THE ROADS
You can get a college degree online in New York. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/12/05 ON THE ROADS
I f you go to a party in Sweden, it's perfectly acceptable ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/9/05 ON THE ROADS
It was almost 1 a.m. on a Thursday, five days after a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/2/05 ON THE ROADS
It is a heated debate that has raged for years. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/18/05 ON THE ROADS
The mangled Volvo lay wrecked by the side of the road. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/11/05 ON THE ROAD
Standing on a walkway alongside a temporary bridge over ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/7/05 ON THE ROADS
A horse is a horse, of course, of course. So it's just ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/4/05 ON THE ROADS
What does a flashing yellow light mean? What should you do ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/25/05 ON THE ROADS
The crown of the road, aerodynamics, weight loads - all can ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/21/05 Long Island traffic no longer takes a back seat to the city
The problem of traffic congestion has migrated from the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/14/05 ON THE ROADS
There is another story every week. Another story about a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/10/05 ON THE ROADS
As the pickup truck began to roll over for the third time, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/30/05 ON THE ROADS
Out at the Exxon station on Rockaway Turnpike in ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/14/05 ON THE ROADS
Walking in midtown Manhattan a few weeks ago, Carol Siller ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/13/05 ON THE ROADS
They find the same liquor bottles in the same spots on the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/5/05 ON THE ROADS
It's one spot of land the Army shouldn't have tried to ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/2/05 ON THE ROADS
It was just another day. Bruce Murakami came home for ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/30/05 ON THE ROADS
Drunken driving accidents - and we'll use the word ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/26/05 Taking super cars for a spin in an auto show daydream
Tucked behind the wheel of a knock-your-socks off chrome ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/22/05 From the�Big Dig� to LIE
Last fall, Lelio "Les" Marino traveled from North Reading, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/19/05 ON THE ROADS
The pothole out on Sunrise Highway in Copiague was the size ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/12/05 ON THE ROADS
Any snowplow operator will tell you it is easier to plow an ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/19/05 ON THE ROADS
Off in a corner of the shop, Luis Guzman is cleaning parts: ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/12/05 ON THE ROADS
The latest variation of what has become an all-too-familiar ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/5/05 ON THE ROADS
Want to buy a bridge in Brooklyn? ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/22/05 ON THE ROADS
We all need it. We all want it. But what happens when we ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/11/05 ON THE ROADS
A month or so ago, right before the holidays, a reader ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/8/05 ON THE ROADS
It was a Hot Tuna concert at the old Commack Arena. This ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/25/04 ON THE ROADS
A man killed in a collision with a driver driving the wrong ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/18/04 ON THE ROADS
People often find it amusing when Harriet D. Garde tells ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/15/04 ON THE ROADS
The woman in the car ahead of me was busy talking on a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/11/04 ON THE ROADS Suffolk remedy for No. 1 rank in traffic deaths: enforcement
Sometimes, it's good to be No. 1. Just ask members of the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/7/04 ON THE ROADS
There was an accident on eastbound Sunrise Highway ... Read more »
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John Valenti 12/4/04 ON THE ROADS
They boarded the bus sometime around 3:45 p.m. This was ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/30/04 ON THE ROADS
It is called a "Road User Fee." But if you drive, you can ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/23/04 ON THE ROADS
We came back from lunch to find Mr. Via standing at the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/20/04 ON THE ROADS
Stuck in the middle of a nightmare traffic jam last month, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/17/04 ON THE ROADS
They sell on the street for as much as $150. Apparently, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/13/04 ON THE ROADS
The road was built in 1931. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/9/04 ON THE ROADS
Driving to work last month, David Dentry glanced at his ... Read more »
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John Valenti 11/6/04 ON THE ROADS
Once we built a railroad, made it run. Made it race against ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/16/04 ON THE ROADS
Who's your daddy? ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/13/04 ON THE ROADS
First, they told us 2004. Then it was 2005. Then it was ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/9/04 ON THE ROADS
The numbers screamed ruination. Bad roads. Bumpy rides. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 10/5/04 ON THE ROADS
Driving around Long Island yesterday, it dawned on me the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 9/25/04 ON THE ROADS
Their old man loved cars. An optician by profession, he ... Read more »
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John Valenti 9/21/04 ON THE ROADS
The sign might as well be invisible - instead of being ... Read more »
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John Valenti 9/18/04 ON THE ROADS
It is about the size of two CD cases stacked on top of each ... Read more »
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John Valenti 9/11/04 ON THE ROADS
The motorcycle came out of nowhere. One minute, it wasn't ... Read more »
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John Valenti 9/8/04 ON THE ROADS
They stood out on street corners across Long Island ... Read more »
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John Valenti 8/28/04 ON THE ROADS
The men were killed on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday ... Read more »
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John Valenti 8/21/04 ON THE ROADS
They built it while Long Island slept. Another lane on the ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/24/04 ON THE ROADS
They came. They spoke. Some proposed, some protested, some ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/20/04 ON THE ROADS
It was an ordinary Monday morning. I was driving to work at ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/17/04 ON THE ROADS
There is a green turn arrow at the southern end of New ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/10/04 ON THE ROADS
There was a bridge from Orient Point to Connecticut and a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/7/04 ON THE ROADS
It is such a dangerous road that they took to calling ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/3/04 ON THE ROADS
It was big news a week or so ago, all over the radio, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 7/1/04 ON THE ROADS
She took the day off today. This way, she could leave last ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/19/04 ON THE ROADS
The red Honda motorcycle, front rim bent, lay on its side ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/12/04 ON THE ROADS
Johnny was drinking with friends in the back of a pickup ... Read more »
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John Valenti 6/2/04 ON THE ROADS
The price of gas continues to rise. Tell us something we ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/22/04 ON THE ROADS
It is a little after 8:30 in the morning and traffic is ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/19/04 ON THE ROADS
The signboard at the local Exxon station a few blocks from ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/8/04 ON THE ROADS
The man had been a little anxious - even nervous, maybe - ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/4/04 ON THE ROADS
It was the end of a long night in a string of long nights ... Read more »
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John Valenti 5/1/04 ON THE ROADS
The accident happened out on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/27/04 ON THE ROADS
We are blessed with geography. And cursed with it. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/24/04 ON THE ROADS
Own a car without side-impact protective air bags? ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/17/04 ON THE ROADS
It is just a license plate, though it is marked with a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/10/04 ON THE ROADS
Somewhere in the garage at my parents' house I know there ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/6/04 ON THE ROADS
Imagine if three or four times a week, every week, we had ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/5/04 The cars only seem less roomy
We went from fake wood decor and underpadded bench seats ... Read more »
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John Valenti 4/3/04 ON THE ROADS
It is a dead end block off a dead end block, tucked into an ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/30/04 ON THE ROADS
They shut down the Long Island Expressway Sunday. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/27/04 Do we rely on luck,or pass a seat-belt law?
It happened on Long Beach Road in Oceanside. This was ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/20/04 ON THE ROADS: Lawmakers need to give green light on cameras
It was almost three years ago that Assemb. Patricia ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/16/04 Calling all cars: Hang up the phone
The woman in the car behind me was talking on the cell ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/13/04 Where 'We, the People' comes down to gas
Standing amid the thousands gathered in a parking lot ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/9/04 Car monitors force teens to think twice
We warn our kids about the dangers of drug use. We tell ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/6/04 Patience a keyless virtue when waiting for service
The Maury Povich show is on the television and Maury's ... Read more »
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John Valenti 3/2/04 Pataki plan sounds good in name only
The governor calls it the "Driver Responsibility Program," ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/28/04 A loss of respect makes our highwyas dangerous
The arguments have raged on. Passions ignited, debates ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/24/04 ON THE ROADS: In-car TVs? A traveling horros show
Two of the television monitors are in the overhead visors, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/16/04 'Could Have Been Me'
A rock through a car windshield. A grandmother, seated ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/10/04 Suozzi's Rocky Road to Repair
It is the second busiest intersection in Nassau County. And ... Read more »
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John Valenti 2/3/04 SUV Ban? We Can Only Dream
It will never happen. There are millions of sport utility ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/31/04 Commercials Send Some Mixed Signals
No one - in their right mind, anyway - is going to take a ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/28/04 Another Year Of Living Dangerously
Potholed and rutted, with narrow, snaking, sometimes ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/24/04 On These Roads, They Play It Safe
He had just run a stop sign - and almost run a red light, ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/20/04 Side Streets Graded On Sliding Scale
Ice covered the pavement Monday. Thick, hardened ice. ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/13/04 Life After Recklessness
They lit a candle on New Year's Eve. Lit a candle and tried ... Read more »
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John Valenti 1/10/04 Blocking a Driveway Is Ticket for Trouble
It was New Year's Day. And Irlanda Feil went to visit her ... Read more »
