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Boat Crash Update: ID Released For Man Killed When Vessel Struck Long Island Home Boat Crash Update: ID Released For Man Killed When Vessel Struck Long Island Home
Boat Crash Update: ID Released For Man Killed When Vessel Struck Long Island Home Authorities have identified a man who was killed when a boat crashed into a home on Long Island, sending a second man to the hospital. The incident happened at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, on West Fire Island in the Great South Bay. According to Suffolk County Police, two men were aboard a 30-foot Wellcraft center console boat when it struck a dock before crashing into a home. On Friday, Aug. 11, police said 47-year-old Phillip Sanzano, of Bellport, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second man, a 47-year-old West Babylon resident, was taken to South Shore University Hospital i…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Cuomo Announces Record Deal To Clean Up Long Island Aquifer After 10 Year Fight Cuomo Announces Record Deal To Clean Up Long Island Aquifer After 10 Year Fight
Cuomo Announces Record Deal To Clean Up Long Island Aquifer After 10 Year Fight The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have reached a record-setting agreement to cleanup a Long Island aquifer that has been a point of contention with the state for decades. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared “the end of a Long Island 10-year fight” on Monday, Dec. 21, announcing that the two have reached a $406 million plan to stop and remove Grumman’s groundwater pollutants that has been spreading in Bethpage for years. “My DEC and our whole team here knew that there was a pollution plume left by Grumman with toxic chemicals in the aquifer,” he said. “It was left during the manufacturing e…

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by Zak Failla
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Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef
Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef A rail car and a tugboat have been lowered to the ocean floor off the coast of Long Island, with more recycled materials to join them, as part of a state initiative to recreate lost coral reefs to bolster a more diverse underwater ecosystem, local sport fishing and diving. Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the sinking of the vessels, including one of 75 rail cars donated  by Wells Fargo Rail Corporation and 70-foot tugboat "Jane," on Wednesday, Sept. 16 off Hempstead Reef. Soon to join them on the sea floor are 15 more rail cars and a large steel turbine.  These materials were added to o…

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by Christina Coulter
Police & Fire
Long Island Woman Found Dead In Apparent Drowning, Police Say Long Island Woman Found Dead In Apparent Drowning, Police Say
Long Island Woman Found Dead In Apparent Drowning, Police Say An investigation is underway after the drowning death of a woman on Long Island. Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers responded to the Great South Bay, off of Venetian Boulevard in Lindenhurst, at approximately 1:50 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24 after a 911 call reported a person floating in the water.  Vita LaValle, 58, of North Babylon, was found unresponsive and pulled from the water by a Good Samaritan in a boat. LaValle was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Detectives are asking anyone with information on …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Five In Disabled Boat Rescued Off Long Island Coast Five In Disabled Boat Rescued Off Long Island Coast
Five In Disabled Boat Rescued Off Long Island Coast Five boaters on Long Island were rescued just in the nick of time by Suffolk County Police after their vessel became disabled with a storm rapidly approaching them. While responding to an unrelated call, Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers spotted an emergency flare go off at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3 in the Great South Bay off Fire Island Pines. Police said that at the time the flare went off, there was a storm squall approaching, bringing lightning and wind gusts of up to 30 mph, putting the boaters in added danger. The officers were able to locate the disabled 26-foot…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Social Media Post Leads To Tip, Arrest Of Long Island Man Accused Of Stealing Boat Social Media Post Leads To Tip, Arrest Of Long Island Man Accused Of Stealing Boat
Social Media Post Leads To Tip, Arrest Of Long Island Man Accused Of Stealing Boat Social media was used to help a Long Island boat owner whose vessel was stolen from his home. A West Islip man reported that his 1987 24-foot Romarine crabbing boat was stolen from the canal at his Oak Neck Lane home on Wednesday, July 29. In an attempt to locate the missing boat, the owner posted the incident on social media and was later alerted by a tipster that the boat was being operated in the Great South Bay. While patrolling the oceanfront near Cedar Beach at approximately noon on the day the boat was reported stolen, a lifeguard alerted officers that the stolen boat had become di…

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by Zak Failla
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Body Of LI Man Who Fell Off Boat In Great South Bay Found Body Of LI Man Who Fell Off Boat In Great South Bay Found
Body Of LI Man Who Fell Off Boat In Great South Bay Found The body of an East Islip man who had fallen overboard from his 34-foot Fountain boat has been found. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of Samuel Gutierrez, 47, whose body was found floating in the Great South Bay, just south of Timber Point, said the Suffolk County Police. The department received word of a body floating from a 911 caller around 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25, police said. Gutierrez fell overboard without a life jacket around 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. The Coast Guard had suspended its search late Tuesday night, for Gutierrez who r…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander
Brianna's Law: New Boat Safety State Measure Honors Memory Of Long Islander New legislation has been signed into law improving boating safety in honor of an 11-year-old girl who died in a 2005 accident. Brianna’s Law was signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week, which will phase in requirements that all operators of watercraft must complete a state-approved boating safety course. The law is named after 11-year-old Brianna Lieneck, of Deer Park in Suffolk County who died off the coast of Long Island when her family’s boat was struck by another vessel at around 9 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2005, in the Great South Bay. “(This law) protects the operator o…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Richard Pordon, 88, Of Northport, Air Force Vet, Great South Bay Fisherman Richard Pordon, 88, Of Northport, Air Force Vet, Great South Bay Fisherman
Richard Pordon, 88, Of Northport, Air Force Vet, Great South Bay Fisherman A United States Air Force veteran from Northport who loved fishing in the Great South Bay  Richard J.P. Pordon died Tuesday, May 28 at age 88. Pordon is being remembered as "hardworking, kind and caring" and a "stalwart steward" of planet earth "and "especially his favorite fishing waters, the Great South Bay."  He was the husband of the late Wilma and father of Simone (Richard) Monahan, Richard (Mark) Pordon and Gabrielle (Robert) Glick; grandfather of "Peeps" Sachiko (Adam) Becker, Abigail, Samuel, and Emily Glick, Leo and Stella Becker. Prodon was brother-in-law to Bunny Fa…

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by Donna Christopher