Mastic Beach, NY

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• Man sentenced for illegally recording models

  registered sex offender from Mastic Beach was sentenced to 11/2 to 3 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges that he planted a video camera in a changing room to record swimsuit models getting undressed before a fashion show in Southampton.Robert   Read more »

• Motorcyclist dies after crashing into car

  a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle south on Longfellow Drive at 6:55 p.m., police said, just as Joseph Garraffa, 52, of Mastic Beach, was backing a 2012 Dodge into a driveway.Garraffa was not injured, police said.Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks, police   Read more »

• Last of the lost pets leaves shelter

  the chaos after superstorm Sandy, 515 animals from the Rockaways to Mastic Beach landed at the Nassau County emergency pet shelter at one point or another, said Nassau County SPCA spokesman Gary Rogers.Four months after it opened, the shelter closed for good   Read more »

• Way to Go: Camara Sheppard

  upcoming musical, " Bye Bye Birdie ." He also has had original artwork displayed at the Cultural Arts Guild of Mastic Beach's annual art show and at Artspace in Patchogue ."I know I speak for many others here at William Floyd when I say we only anticipate   Read more »

• Busa running for Mastic Beach trustee seat

  Mastic Beach resident and political newcomer Nicholas Busa helped convince residents to vote to incorporate the village in 2010. Now he wants to assist in leading it.The 24-year resident is running against incumbent trustees Gary Stiriz and Carol Bissonette   Read more »

Around the web

• Swamped!

  in the window well of a Southampton home, another in a park near Lake Ronkonkoma and another on the lawn of a Mastic Beach home. Tack on the four Naase spied on April 19, the three more turned in at an illegal-reptile amnesty event in Smithtown last weekend,   from New York Post Read more »

• Senator Lee M. Zeldin Releases Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project First Year Progress Report

  Beach, NY- State Senator Lee M. Zeldin (R, C, I- Shirley) today released the First Year Progress Report of the Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project. The Project was announced on April, 29, 2012, with a 33 page collaborative report detailing proposed projects that   from New York Senate Read more »

• Brookhaven Addresses Emergency Preparedness With Port Jefferson Village

  are Poquott Mayor Barbara Donovan, Superintendent Losquadro, Supervisor Romaine, Mastic Beach Mayor Bill Biondi, Mastic Beach Trustee Greg Stiriz, Port Jefferson Trustee Larry LaPointe, Belle Terre Mayor Ted Lucki, Shoreham Mayor Roger Pijacki, and Lake Grove   from Port Jefferson Read more »

• Don't Miss It: Hampton Bays Civic Meeting

  to step up and get involved with their community." At a meeting held on Jan. 28, the civic heard from village officials from Mastic Beach, which incorporated in 2010. Over 100 residents listened as Paul Breschard, the first mayor of Mastic Beach, explained   from Hampton Bays Patch Read more »

• Nearby: Man Shot Dead in Front of Ronkonkoma Bar

  upon arriving on the scene, there was a large crowd outside and people were fighting, police said. Randell Hollman, 25, of Mastic Beach, was found to be shot and was transported in a private vehicle to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue.   from Patchogue Patch Read more »