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• Cops: Bronx man with drugs arrested after chase

  Bronx man had 88 bags of heroin and an undisclosed amount of cash on him when a police officer from Nassau 's Special Operations unit caught him after a Tuesday night chase in Oyster Bay , police said.Police charged Deron Barnes, 31, of 1945 McGraw Avenue,   Read more »

• MTA head Thomas Prendergast: Fare hikes coming again in 2015 but agency will also pursue cost cutting

  the state Senate. There is yet no date set for his confirmation. If approved, he will replace the acting chairman, former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer .A 38-year veteran of public transit systems, Prendergast, 60, has served as president of two   Read more »

• Cops: Man charged in two Nassau bank robberies

  Bronx man who robbed banks in Great Neck and Garden City has been arrested, Nassau County police said Friday.James Pope, 35, of 721 Tinton Ave., is charged with third-degree robbery in the robbery of a TD Bank in Great Neck on Feb. 4 and second-degree robbery   Read more »

• Cops: Suspected Mineola burglar charged in Long Beach break-in

  Bronx man in jail on charges he broke into apartments in Nassau County was arrested in a Long Beach burglary, Long Beach police said Wednesday. Morris Santaniello, 60, of 2477 Belmont Ave., who was arraigned April 12 at Nassau County First District Court in   Read more »

• Nassau County anniversaries, April 21

  with a girlfriend. Walter was a Navy rear gunner in the Pacific Theater during World War II , then he worked 40 years for the NYPD, retiring as a full inspector. Marion attended Flower-Fifth Avenue Nursing School and was valedictorian of her class. She worked   Read more »

Around the web

• Seven months after Sandy, New York beaches re-open

  marks the unofficial start of the summer in the United States. The Friday's beach reopening, however, is more symbolic than anything, since low temperatures forecast over the weekend are likely to keep most bathers away from the waves. Forty-three people were 5:15 AM from Samaylive Read more »

• Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Presents the “Roll Up” Music Video By Dirty Cash

  Cash (DC), comprised of recording artists F. Dot, Stackmula and Rayyban Cash, are a high energy music group representing Bronx, New York. Known as hip-hop showcase killers, they have won multiple competitions across the nation. The group has had success with 5/24/13 from PRWeb Read more »

• All NYC Beaches To Be Open Memorial Day Weekend

  City beaches include Coney Island, Brighton and Manhattan Beaches in Brooklyn; Rockaway Beach in Queens; Orchard Beach in the Bronx; and Midland, Wolfe’s Pond, Cedar Grove and South Beaches in Staten Island. Officials said more than 40,000 cubic yards of debris 5/24/13 from The Epoch Times Read more »

• One-Time Stockbroker Ebony J. Lewis Broke Out From Finance To Write A Web Soap

  NY-native Ebony Jasmin Lewis left a lucrative career path in finance to write, direct and star in the Web series she created, “Truth Unspoken.” She says of her former profession, her heart was never really in it. “I actually stumbled into finance,” says the 5/24/13 from Madame Noire Read more »

• Louis Farrakhan Fast Facts

  mother became involved with after his biological father, Percival Clark, deserted them. The Wolcott family moved from the Bronx to the West Indian section of Roxbury, a Boston neighborhood, in the mid-1930s. He won a track scholarship to college in North Carolina.   from CNN Read more »