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Nassau County officials warn of shark sightings, rough seas
POINT LOOKOUT, N.Y. -- It goes without saying that a great place to beat the heat is the beach, but officials shared safety concerns Monday due to hundreds of weekend rescues and shark sightings. Following sightings in the Rockaways in recent days, Town of Hempstead officials are on high alert after revealing they spotted two sharks in the bay off Hewlett Point Beach on Sunday. "The sharks are a total deal breaker," one beach goer said."Some of these species love to come in the area. You're seeing them in the wading area where people are in up to their waist,...
Nassau County, North Hempstead Officials Announce Increased Patrols To Combat Reckless Boating
Sign up for our LI Press email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. With summer kicking into high gear, Nassau County and Town of North Hempstead officials are ramping up police presence to combat reckless boating – particularly with regard to people driving smaller watercraft such as Jet Skis and Sea-Doos.
Amandeep Singh, of Roslyn, admits drinking and driving in wrong-way crash that killed 14-year-olds Ethan Falkowitz and Drew Hassenbein, video shows
Amandeep Singh, the Roslyn man accused of killing 14-year-old star tennis players Ethan Falkowitz and Drew Hassenbein in a wrong-way, drunken driving crash in May last year, admitted to police that he was drinking and driving shortly after being arrested in the early morning following the collision, body camera footage played in court on Tuesday shows.
Signs of the times: County sports championship teams don’t get always get road recognition
You see them very sparsely around the roads and streets of Nassau County. And usually, you only notice them if you’re looking hard. There’s one on the corner of Stonytown Road and Port Washington Boulevard, in Port Washington. Hey, look, there’s another one at the intersection of Shelter...
'FTC Worker' Scams Long Island Victim Out Of $390K In Gold Bars, Police Say
Nassau County Police arrested Yash Shah, age 25, of Baldwin, on suspicion of grand larceny on Tuesday, July 16. According to detectives, in early June 2023 a 73-year-old New Hyde Park man received a notification on his computer telling him that his device had been compromised and that he needed to contact the phone number shown.
14-Year-Old Long Island Girl Has Been Missing For 3 Days
Iyana Logan, age 14, was last seen in Hempstead at around 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, according to Nassau County Police. Logan is 5 feet tall and 90 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt. Police said she may be with...
New York county's latest trans athlete ban draws lawsuits from attorney general, civil rights group
The New York attorney general and the New York Civil Liberties Union on Monday sued a county on Long Island over its latest move to ban transgender females from playing on women's sports teams at county facilities. The separate lawsuits came on the same day Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, signed the policy into law. Months earlier, a judge had blocked a similar rule Blakeman put in place through an executive order. Both cases argue the ban violates state anti-discrimination laws. “With this law, Nassau County is once again attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from...
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