Massapequa resident Chrysta Cataldo, creator of the charitable group, Gifting for a Brighter Tomorrow, joined other volunteers Sunday to give thousands of dollars worth of presents to the family of NYPD Det. Raymond Abear, 43, who died in the spring of the coronavirus. 


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Latino community leaders said the longtime residents taken into by federal immigration agents Wednesday had no criminal records.

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Taylor Burgess, 29, will perform in a recital Sunday at the historic Jamesport Meeting House.

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Police charged John Ankelman, of Farmingdale, with driving while intoxicated in the Dec. 26 crash that ultimately killed Nelson Gonzalez.

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