Rain Garden Helps Spruce Up Suffolk County Parking Lot
The garden in Riverhead soaks up rain - as much as 3 inches of it - to help stop the flooding that used to happen.
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The garden in Riverhead soaks up rain - as much as 3 inches of it - to help stop the flooding that used to happen.
Jose Escobar never looked up once as he sat in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Wednesday. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
The Suffolk County Police Department recently joined the New York State Department of Health's pilot program involving the deployment of the intranasal anti-narcotic medication Narcan.
Brian Miller, 55, and Dominick Iannolo, 44, were arrested by Nassau County authorities on Tuesday on charges of official misconduct and falsifying business records.
In April, wildfire broke out in Manorville and it took many long days to get it under control.
There have been more than 300 cases of the potentially deadly infection on Long Island this year and New York is near the top of the list for infection rates nationwide.
Detectives seized 13 cars, three of which contained hidden traps that were used to store cocaine and cash, District Attorney Thomas Spota said.
"What the upgrade will do is it will give us 200 megawatts of additional power to use for the peak load. Our peak load time is when when we have the hottest weather," LIPA's Michael Hervey told WCBS 880 reporter Sophia Hall.
The fight is on to keep a 24-hour convenience store out of a suburban Long Island neighborhood.
Boaters spotted the 6-foot, 1,000 pound sea turtle tangled in lobster pot lines about a mile north of Mount Sinai Harbor around 8:40 p.m. Monday.
Prosecutors said the scam was masterminded by convicted felon Mark Niemczyk, who falsely claimed he was a Navy SEAL, and another ex-con, Thomas Scalgione.
Stray golf balls are becoming a major hazard in towns on Long Island, CBS 2 first reported on the issue in West Babylon, now the problem has arisen in Sayville where residents told CBS 2's Jennifer McLogan that they are fed up.
Park police began the day acknowledging its a recovery effort, and said their search by air, sea and beach patrols will continue.
The rescue organization, which has a nine month discounted lease, is being kicked out to make way for restaurants and a bowling alley.
A local woman gave birth to twins on the side of a parkway. Siobhan Anderson told CBS 2's Dick Brennan that she and her husband Bryan were on their way to the hospital but the twins did not want to wait that long.
