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• Hasan Vaughan, Thomas Singletary to spend rest of life in prison

  two men convicted of torturing and slaughtering three people in a Central Islip home before setting it on fire with two children inside were sentenced Wednesday to the maximum, ensuring that neither sets foot outside prison again.Suffolk County Court Judge 6/19/13 Read more »

• Islip Town to hire a summer marina patrol

  Central Islip man. "It's out of hand." Islip Town park rangers and Suffolk police on April 27 caught three people at the West Islip Marina who allegedly stole gas cans and a bag from two boats there, said town officials. They stressed that despite the cuts,   Read more »

• Garden City discrimination trial opens

  lawyers representing the village disputed those claims as both sides made opening arguments in federal court in Central Islip.A 2005 lawsuit filed by the Long Island chapter of the now-defunct group ACORN alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and Civil   Read more »

• Federal jury convicts Deer Park man on Home Depot bomb plot

  scheme carried out last fall.The question for the six men and six women before U.S. District Judge Dennis Hurley in Central Islip was whether the device Sheehan told authorities he built and planted on a shelf in the lighting department of Home Depot's Huntington   Read more »

• Cops: Man arrested for heroin sale while carrying baby

  was available from police as to whether the drug buyer was also arrested.Langs, who has prior convictions on drug and resisting arrest charges, was to be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct for arraignment Friday in First District Court,Central Islip.   Read more »

Around the web

• 2 NY men sentenced in triple murder, arson case

  RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Two Long Island men convicted of killing three people and then setting fire to the Central Islip house where the murders happened will serve the rest of their lives in jail. A judge on Wednesday sentenced 36-year-old Hasan Vaughan 6/19/13 from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Ducks to Host Blood Drive Saturday

  19, 2013 - Atlantic League (AtL) Long Island Ducks Central Islip, N.Y. - The Long Island Ducks will be hosting their first blood drive of the year at Bethpage Ballpark on Saturday, June 22 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Fans are encouraged to come to the ballpark 6/19/13 from Our Sports Central Read more »

• Long Island man convicted in Home Depot pipe bomb plot

  ISLIP -- A former Home Depot handyman from Long Island was convicted Monday of trying to extort $2 million from the company. Daniel Sheehan, of Deer Park, was convicted by a federal jury and faces 30 years in prison. He had been charged with attempted extortion   from WABC Read more »

• Garden City, NY Housing Discrimination Lawsuit

  ISLIP, N.Y.âA predominantly white suburban New York village is defending itself in federal court against claims of discrimination over the way it approved a zoning policy enacted more than eight years ago. Two groups that advocate for minorities are suing   from The Epoch Times Read more »

• New Pro Baseball League Announced

  17, 2013 - Diamond League (Diamond) (Central Islip, N.Y., June 17, 2013) - The formation of a new professional baseball league to be known as "THE DIAMOND LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL," was announced today following a league meeting held this morning. The   from Our Sports Central Read more »