Wyandanch, NY

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• Cops: Wheatley Heights man charged with DWAI after crash

  charged with driving while ability impaired by alcohol, after crashing his car into a utility pole early Monday in Wyandanch , Suffolk County police said. Kahlil Dunn, 31, of 40 Foothill Pl., was charged with DWAI / alcohol following the crash near the intersection   Read more »

• Wyandanch schools exec files harassment suit

  Wyandanch schools employee, named in a report this week as using a degree from an unaccredited university to receive a stipend, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school administrator who first questioned his credentials.Larry McCord, director   Read more »

• Hearing set on plan to pay for pipe in Wyandanch

  to cost almost $600,000, said town spokesman Kevin Bonner.The pipe is being built in an area that is the center of the town's Wyandanch Rising redevelopment, a planned $500-million public-private downtown revitalization that has been more than a decade in   Read more »

• $30M ad plan to promote Sandy-hit region

  in economic activity per year locally, and tens of thousands of jobs.Separately Thursday, the regional council designated Wyandanch as the local participant in a new state program, Opportunity Agenda. Outlined by Cuomo in January, the initiative involves the   Read more »

• Cops: West Babylon man charged in shooting

  of 136 Cumberbach St., got into an altercation with Keith Garrison on North 15th Street just north of Merritt Avenue in Wyandanch on April 15, pulled a gun and shot Garrison in the neck and back, police said.Garrison, 33, was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan   Read more »

Around the web

• Wyandanch selected for economic benefits

  am Fri, May 10, 2013 The Wyandanch community has been selected by the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council to receive education and job training benefits. Complete access, including browser, mobile devices and tabletsOver 12 years of online archivesWeekly   from Long Island Business Network Read more »

• Father Gets Off L.I.R.R., Leaving Children Behind

  precedent: two young children, brought aboard for an early morning ride and then stranded — at least briefly — without anyone noticing. Crew members stayed with the children until the train reached Ronkonkoma, trying gamely to entertain them. “They were actually   from The New York Times Read more »

• Wyandanch Rising Tries to Undo Long Fall

  of the few Long Island communities where African-Americans were welcome. Today, the hamlet is more than 70% black. "In many ways, Wyandanch changed my life," Mr. Canada said. But residents said the advent of big-box stores and malls crippled local businesses   from Wall Street Journal Read more »

• Suffolk Legis. OKs $1.7M for Wyandanch Rising

  pm Thu, March 21, 2013 Wyandanch Rising got a boost Tuesday in the form of a $1.7 million cash infusion from the Suffolk County Legislature. Complete access, including browser, mobile devices and tabletsOver 12 years of online archivesWeekly digital edition   from Long Island Business Network Read more »

• Crimes Nearby: Two Men Shot

  men injured. According to police, a group of people was standing on Davidson Street near Troy Avenue when two 24-year-old Wyandanch men were shot by an unknown person or persons at approximately 12:50 p.m. One of the men was shot in the arm and transported   from Babylon Village Patch Read more »