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Free COVID-19 test site opens today in Riverhead
(Riverhead, NY)- Starting Monday, November 23, 2020 a free COVID-19 test site will open in Riverhead at the County Center. The no-cost, outdoor test facility at the Riverhead County Center, 300 County Center Drive, will be operational Monday through Friday, by appointment only, from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. To schedule an coronavirus…
COVID-19 testing at 2 East End schools
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Two East End communities are struggling with high coronavirus infection rates. On Thursday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that voluntary rapid COVID-19 testing would begin at schools in Riverhead and Hampton Bays. In Riverhead, the 7 day positivity rate was at 5.6 and in Hampton Bays 6.5%. The current seven day…
NYC Mayor suggests indoor dining might shut down
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says indoor restaurant service will likely shut down within a week or two to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Thursday’s announcement comes a day after de Blasio announced that city schools would close to in-person learning. The mayor noted that Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
Police investigate Wading River house fire
(Wading River, NY)- Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police Department detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person or people who caused a fire at a home in Wading River this month. Officials say that an incendiary device was thrown at a residence on Sound Road in Wading River…
Teenager in serious condition after being found stabbed in East Farmingdale
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Suffolk Police say a 19 year old is hospitalized in serious condition after being found, stabbed on Route 110 in East Farmingdale. Officials say the man’s body was found in front of 2265 Broadhollow Road, across the street from Farmingdale State College, just before 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday. The…
Pfizer to ask FDA today for emergency use for its COVID vaccine
(AP) NEW YORK — Pfizer will ask U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month. The announcement comes days after Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech offered preliminary data to suggest its vaccine appears 95% protective. Over the next few…
Child airlifted to hospital after Amityville house fire
(Amityville, NY)- A four year old boy was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital last night after a fire broke out in a basement of an Amityville house. Police say they responded to the house fire on Ronek Drive around 9pm on Thursday. A 51-year-old woman was transported to NUMC with non-life-threatening injuries. A third…
LI Parents wonder if Nassau and Suffolk schools will close
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Some parents on Long Island are concerned about if or when their children schools might close down after the news broke on Wednesday, that New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, cancelled in person classes for its nearly 1 million public school students.The metric used for closing The New York City public school…
Owl in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
NEW YORK (AP) — A worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise — a tiny owl among the massive branches. The little bird, now named Rockefeller, was discovered on Monday, dehydrated and hungry, but otherwise unharmed. Ellen Kalish, director and founder of the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties, New…
Election update: Gordon concedes to Garbarino
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Jackie Gordon has conceded to Republican Andrew Garbarino in a closely watched battle to succeed a longtime GOP congressman in a swing district on Long Island’s South Shore. Gordon says she congratulated Garbarino on his victory, writing in a statement posted on Facebook that she was “grateful for every single…
Shirley man facing charges after crash that killed a Long Island Mom and injured her 3 children
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced the indictment of a Shirley man for allegedly driving while intoxicated and killing a woman and injuring her three children in a motor vehicle crash. Officials say on September 25, 2020 at approximately 5:06 p.m., Chris D. Montpetit, was driving a 2018 Jeep Cherokee northbound on…
Police say a man drove drunk, crashed into a canal and survived
(Copiague, NY)- Police say a man drove drunk, crashed into a canal and survived-it all happened on Wednesday night in Copiague. On November 18, 2020 at approximately 10:40 p.m., police received a 911 call about a vehicle that went into a canal at West Riviera Drive by East Hampton Road. Officials say they found…