CG: Missing L.I. Boater Found In Conn.
The Coast Guard had been looking for 36-year-old Todd Feilage of Greenport.
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The Coast Guard had been looking for 36-year-old Todd Feilage of Greenport.
The federal study of the 7.2 mile stretch was called for after the death of Officer Michael Califano, a highway patrolman from Wantagh who was killed by a truck during a routine stop at night in early February of 2011.
A stream of mourners attended the wakes of 8-year-old Victoria Gaines and 11-year-old Harley Treanor at separate funeral homes on Sunday.
A Uniondale man was shot outside of his home on Sunday morning. Ainsworth Evans, 26, was studying at Nassau Community College, he dreamed of becoming a police officer.
Authorities are investigating a car fire that involved a fatality in Medford. Witnesses said that they heard an explosion and then saw the SUV go up in flames.
Saturday tied for the hottest day of the year in 2012, maxing out at 95 degrees in midtown Manhattan. The figure fell short of the 100-degree record in the city, which was set only two years ago.
A lawyer for the family of eight-year-old Victoria Gaines said that they formed a trust fund to help the family with expenses associated with the tragedy.
"Numerous challenges, depending where a boat goes down, you have currents, low visibility, you have all different kinds of debris," said Mitch Kramer of North Shore towing.
The victims were among 27 people onboard a 34-foot Silverton yacht when it tipped over just after 10 p.m in Cold Spring Harbor Bay near Oyster Bay, authorities said.
Evans Saintune, 48, was arrested Wednesday in Baldwin after an investigation of the fires found that they had been started on purpose, Nassau County police said.
When authorities arrived at the scene, the boy's mother was administering CPR to him, police said. Byron was rushed to Southside Hospital, but couldn't be saved.
Mitch Kramer, of Oyster Bay, and his dog Jessie responded in their towboat to a stranded sailor when they saw something struggling in the distance -- it ended up being a 1-year-old bald eagle that was sick.
Ronald Walker's parents apparently called police to the Woodcrest Drive home on Tuesday afternoon after finding the materials, police said.
Hundreds of thousands are depending on good weather Wednesday for the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Show. And just in case Mother Nature doesn't cooperate, there will be plenty of contingencies in place.
Every summer commuters hop posh helicopter rides from Manhattan to the east end of Long Island for some rest and relaxation, creating the opposite down below for homeowners.
