LIPA Approves $740 Million Wind Farm Project Off Long Island
The Long Island Power Authority unanimously approved a $740 million plan to build a small wind farm off the East End.
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The Long Island Power Authority unanimously approved a $740 million plan to build a small wind farm off the East End.
His parents' backs were turned for a second, and the 16-year-old autistic youth became lost during the height of the nor'easter.
A 6-year-old Long Island girl was home safe on Wednesday, after an attempted kidnapping just steps away from her mother.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with grabbing a 6-year-old girl by the arm in a Long Island tax preparation office and dragging her outside.
Flooding continues to be a problem on Long Island a day after a nor'easter slammed the Tri-State area with high winds and heavy rain.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the town of Brookhaven are investigating the continued dumping of construction debris and other trash at a park on Long Island.
The Smithtown-based Guardians of Rescue recovered Bear, an elderly Lab-chow, from a residence in Shirley last week after fielding reports of a dog that appeared to be in need of assistance.
The MTA is going farther than any transit agency in the country, ordering sleep apnea screenings for every commuter train and subway operator as well as every bus driver.
Many areas along the shorelines in New York and New Jersey were left partially underwater Monday, as a nor'easter moved through the area.
Downed overhead wires near Linden are wreaking havoc along NJ TRANSIT's Northeast Corridor line, where service has resumed with residual delays in both directions between New York Penn Station and Trenton.
The town supervisor says Brookhaven is considering adopting new penalties under a proposal that includes expanding the definition of a dangerous dog to include a dog that attacks other pets or service animals.
The approaching nor'easter is expected to bring strong gusts of wind with heavy rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
Authorities say 47-year-old James Knipe, a multiple sclerosis survivor from Middle Island, was coming back from duck hunting with his son, James, 17, and 16-year-old Kendrick Pisano, of Miller Place, in a boat in the harbor when their vessel took on water and overturned.
Police said the 16-year-old was playing in Manor Field Park on East 5th Street in Huntington Station around 2:30 p.m.
William and Joanne Kear were driving home from a family dinner in April when 23-year-old Kyle Glinka, leaving a bar and speeding close to 100 mph, ran a red light in Ronkonkoma and crashed into their truck.
