Nassau County police partnered with Friends of Long Island Wrestling and former UFC champion Chris Weidman for the Wrestling Takes Down Drugs event at Nassau Community College on Saturday.


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Babylon's new patrol boat honors Richard L. Brooks, who was killed by a suspected drunken driver in 2004.

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