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Blind poodle rescued from Mastic storm drain

Suffolk police yesterday made a Shirley woman's July Fourth celebration especially happy when they rescued her blind 13-year-old poodle after it fell into a storm drain.

Police said they rescued Maggie shortly before 4 p.m. on Hawthorne Street in Mastic. The white poodle, owned by Patricia Fogarty, 69, of Shirley, used to be a therapy dog for retired nuns in Ronkonkoma. She had fallen 12 to...

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