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JetBlue plans to expand its service to and from NY
MILWAUKEE (AP) — JetBlue Airways is preparing to offer flights from Milwaukee to the East Coast next year. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the airline plans to offer nonstop flights from Mitchell International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport in New York beginning in the second quarter of 2022.…
$28.6B in grant relief money available for restaurants
NEW YORK (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared at a Manhattan seafood eatery to urge restauraters to apply for a $28.6 billion federal restaurant relief program. The restaurant grant program is part of the federal COVID-19 package signed into law last month. It will let restaurant owners apply for funds to cover coronavirus-related…
A Long Island man was stabbed in the head on Sunday night
Greenlawn, NY- Authorities on Long Island say one man has been arrested after stabbing another man in the head. Suffolk County Police say the stabbing happened on Sunday night, April 25, in the parking lot of a 7-11 on Broadway in Greenlawn. Officials say a 44-year-old man was sitting in his parked car when he…
Nassau offers $20K reward to find person who attacked Hofstra student with acid
Elmont, NY- There’s now a $20,000 reward being offered to find the person who doused a Hofstra student with acid earlier this month. Police say the suspect has been described as male, 6’2″ and was seen driving a 2013 to 2015 red Nissan Altima with a yellow NY license plate. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, “The…
Suffolk announces $100M plan to improve water quality
Lake Ronkonkoma, NY- Officials in Suffolk County are looking to pump $100 million dollars into improving Suffolk’s water quality. County Executive Steve Bellone and District Attorney Tim Sini, announced plans yesterday to offer grants to Long Islanders to swap out old cesspools for new cleaner systems, also plans to build sewer systems in some towns on…
Dave Matthews Band announces new date at Northwell Health at Jones Beach
Wantagh, NY- The Dave Matthews band on Thursday announced tour dates for the summer of 2021. The dates are all rescheduled shows that had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dave’s tour will kick off down in Raleigh, North Carolina in June before making his way to Northwell Health at Jones Beach Amphitheater on…
Shock G, front-man for the Digital Underground, has died
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57. The group’s former head of security says the rapper-producer was found unresponsive in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida. Malonga said Shock G had struggled with…
Age 60 & older now eligible for walk-in vaccine’s at 2 Long Island sites
East Farmingdale, NY- Starting Friday, walk-in’s are welcome at two Long Island, New York State Mass Vaccination sites. Anyone age 60 and older, can walk-in for a COVID-19 vaccine at the state run facilities at SUNY Old Westbury Campus in Old Westbury and at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood. Photo: Dr. Victor Peralta,…
Cops say man exposed himself to a woman
Great Neck, NY- Police in Nassau County say a man exposed himself to a woman in Great Neck on Wednesday morning. Officials say a 47-year-old woman was walking southbound on Great Neck Road, at approximately 8:30 in the morning when she heard whistling coming from a dark colored four door sedan. Detectives say as the…
Police look to find suspect who attacked woman with liquid believed to be acid
Elmont, NY- Officials in Nassau County are asking for help in finding the person who attacked a 21-year-old woman last month outside her home in Elmont. According to Detectives on March 17, 2021 at 8:15pm, a male suspect approached the woman in her driveway on Arlington Avenue and threw an unknown liquid in her face,…
Penn station might get a major upgrade
NEW YORK (AP) — A transformed Penn Station would replace windowless concourses and dingy, cramped corridors with light-filled spaces and easier access. The two alternatives revealed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the area’s major transit agencies Wednesday are the culmination of a yearlong process. The station is the nation’s busiest, and during normal…
Supermarket shooter held on charges including homicide and attempted murder
UNDATED (AP) — Police say a man who killed a manager and wounded two workers Tuesday at a Long Island grocery store was a “troubled employee” who’d been reprimanded in recent months for threatening and sexually harassing colleagues. Police say Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, a shopping cart collector at Stop & Shop in West Hempstead, opened…