Freeport, NY

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• Cops: 5 men carjack, abduct victim in Freeport

  gunmen pulled a man from his car at a Freeport stop light and robbed him of his possessions and his vehicle Thursday morning, police said, but not before they struck him in the head, bound him with duct tape, and drove around with him in the car's truck, police   Read more »

• 'Princesses Long Island,' a first look

  especially as her younger sister prepares for her wedding.Class tensions rankle just below the surface too. Joey, from Freeport, is very nearly scornful of her Gold Coast pals: "A lot of girls in Long Island are part of the lucky sperm club. I'm so far from   Read more »

• Democratic lawmakers: Mangano nominated wrong people for jail board

  have seen appointments that were more representative of the people of Nassau County," said Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D- Freeport ). "Instead the county executive has chosen to mask the problems with appointments that will not really present the truth   Read more »

• 800 attend Freeport Village peace march

  for something that is positive," said lifelong Freeport resident Maryam Muhammad, 30, who walked with her daughter, second-grader Nyla Brown, 8. "There is trouble everywhere you go, but there are people who stand for peace and are good."The village of 42,860   Read more »

• DA: Jury convicts Jerod Plowden in Freeport slaying

  25 years to life in prison after a Nassau jury convicted him in the 2011 slaying of a robbery victim outside an abandoned Freeport house, prosecutors said Friday.It took the jury two days to convict Jerod Plowden, 25, of St. Albans, of second-degree murder   Read more »

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• Driver abducted, bound during LI carjacking

  him. Newsday ( http://bit.ly/12zXDTP ) says the still-bound 35-year-old victim was dumped 15 minutes later in the yard of a Freeport home around 4 a.m. Thursday. Nassau County police say four of the men were armed with handguns, a fifth had a shotgun. The   from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Freeport, Roosevelt host ‘Empowerment Weekend’

  with a presentation (“Building and Growing a Strong Community”) May 31 at 7 p.m. at Zion Cathedral at 312 Grand Avenue in Freeport, hosted by the Roosevelt Family Empowerment Committee. The event features a surprise keynote presenter as well as students of   from Merrick Life - L&M Publications Read more »

• Dr. Steve Perry Leads Stellar Speaker Line-up At Boyz N 2 Men Event June 1, 2013 at Hofstra University

  NY – May 24, 2013 – Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Hofstra University, Boyz 2 Men, sponsored by the Cedarmore Corporation, a youth services organization based in Freeport, New York, brings together world class speakers to address the critical issues that young   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Mayor Kennedy talks LIRR with officials

  Presently, the video from the cameras on the platform can be viewed only by the MTA in Jamaica, who then call the Freeport police to alert them of any problem. He also noted that Freeport police spent 55 hours between March 15 and April 15 in patrolling the   from Merrick Life - L&M Publications Read more »