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First bird in Nassau tests positive for West Nile
sophia.chang@newsday.comA bird found in Plainview has tested positive for West Nile virus, this season's first finding in Nassau County, health officials said Thursday. "As the summer advances, we expect to see additional mosquitoes and birds with West Nile virus across the...Tags: Nassau County, Retroviruses, Diseases
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Rain, bacteria fears close 2 dozen LI beaches
Long Island officials have closed more than two dozen beaches and are advising swimmers to avoid 63 others. The issue: concerns that storm water runoff could spike high levels of bacteria. A day after closing four south shore beaches, Nassau County...Tags: New York, Nassau County, Long Island Sound, Beach Vacations, Long Island
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Illegal fireworks arrest in Stony Brook
A Stony Brook man has been accused of accepting delivery of about $5,000 worth of unlicensed fireworks from an out-of-state supplier. Suffolk County police say they received information from a trucking company that it had a scheduled delivery of a...Tags: Police, Prosecution, Central Islip, Stony Brook, Police Arrests
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Some LIRR routes still delayed by weather
john.valenti@newsday.comRiders on the Long Island Rail Road between Huntington and Port Jefferson will be switched on to buses while crews repair signal equipment damaged by the weather earlier Wednesday. The 9:56 p.m. train from Huntington to Port Jefferson and a 9:39 p.m....Tags: Nassau County, Transportation, Railway Transportation, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island
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Brentwood standoff ends after police Taser fugitive
keith.herbert@newsday.comOfficers used a Taser to end a tense standoff in Brentwood Wednesday, arresting a fugitive wanted in two states on kidnapping, weapons and heroin possession charges. U.S. marshals and Suffolk County police found Peter Smith, 51, holed up at his sister'...Tags: Police, Brentwood, North Carolina, Ohio
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Lawrence car dealerships tied to scam aiding criminals
kathleen.kerr@newsday.comA financial scheme operating out of two Lawrence car dealerships -- and uncovered during a murder probe -- helped drug dealers, pimps and gang members buy luxury cars and keep their names off motor vehicle records, Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice...Tags: Vehicles, Corporate Crime, West Hempstead, Fraud, Far Rockaway
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Babylon names first Hispanic to town board
chau.lam@newsday.comThe Babylon Town board made history when it appointed a union organizer who fled war-torn El Salvador in the early 1980s as its first Hispanic American member. Antonio A. Martinez, of Wheatley Heights, is an organizer with the Empire State Regional...Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Town of Babylon
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Training needed on drug to reverse heroin overdose
joye.brown@newsday.comThere's a way to reverse a heroin overdose. And it's been available to addicts, their families and friends, in New York State, since 2006. Yet there's nowhere in Nassau or Suffolk counties for nonmedical personnel to learn how to use the lifesaving drug,...Tags: New York, Long Island, Addiction
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Centerport FD turnout coats stolen
bill.mason@newsday.comPhotographs of three people suspected of stealing two Centerport Fire Department coats in April were released to the public Tuesday night, police said. Images of two men and one woman believed to be 17 to 22 years old were captured on a surveillance...Tags: Fires, Theft, Crimes
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Rain, bacteria fears close Long Island beaches
Storm water runoff following a series of thundershowers has led Long Island officials to close several beaches because of concerns about high levels of bacteria. Closed until further notice are four beaches in Nassau County: the Biltmore Beach Club...Tags: New York, Nassau County, Hewlett, Beach Vacations, Long Island
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