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Hurricane Lee: NY National Guard Making Preparations On Long Island As Storm Strengthens Hurricane Lee: NY National Guard Making Preparations On Long Island As Storm Strengthens
Hurricane Lee: NY National Guard Making Preparations On Long Island As Storm Strengthens State leaders are preparing for possible impacts from Hurricane Lee as the storm continues to strengthen on its trek northward. Related story - Hurricane Lee Track Shifts: Threat To Northeast Grows, Chance Of New England Landfall Increases On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 50 soldiers from the New York National Guard have begun preparations on Long Island ahead of possible dangerous high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, and beach erosion along parts of the East Coast later in the week. Dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents will affect portions of …

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by Michael Mashburn
Weather
Active Atlantic: Trio Of New Tropical Storms Named Within Hours Active Atlantic: Trio Of New Tropical Storms Named Within Hours
Active Atlantic: Trio Of New Tropical Storms Named Within Hours To say the Atlantic has been active regarding the weather would be an understatement. In the last 24 hours, three new tropical storms have been named, and experts say the next month is expected to be a busy one as the hurricane season hits its peak. They are: Tropical Storm Emily Tropical Storm Franklin Tropical Storm Gert A separate tropical system farther west is heading toward Texas. Of the new storms, Franklin is shaping up to potentially be the strongest and longest-lasting, according to the National Hurricane Center. Franklin formed in the Caribbean late Sunday afternoon, Aug. 20.…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated
Covid-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated Another Hollywood star has been written out of a TV drama after refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The lastest to exit a popular drama is Rockmond Dunbar of "9-1-1," the Fox television series. The show requires all actors need to be vaccinated to participate, but, as a response, Dunbar applied for a medical and religious exemption, which he was denied, according to Deadline. On Monday, Nov. 22, his character on the series, Michael Grant, was written off the show with his deciding to move to Haiti with his boyfriend, Deadline reported. In a statement to Deadline, Dunbar said:&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
Weather
Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast
Projected Track Of First Hurricane Of Season, Now A Tropical Storm, Takes It Up Atlantic Coast Less than 24 hours after becoming the first hurricane of the 2021 season, Elsa has been downgraded to a tropical storm with its latest projected path taking it up the Atlantic Coast and into the Northeast. Tropical Storm Elsa is now nearing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds are now near 70 miles per hour with higher gusts, and its latest projected path, released Saturday, July 3, has it approaching the United States after the weekend when it could return to hurricane status. "Elsa is expected to regain some wind intensity early next week once it passes north of C…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Ex-Long Island Medical Supplier Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Ex-Long Island Medical Supplier Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud
Ex-Long Island Medical Supplier Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud A former member of the “Most Wanted List” who fled to Haiti for more than a decade will spend years in prison and has been ordered to pay millions of dollars after admitting to his role in a health care fraud scheme on Long Island. Etienne Allonce, the former co-owner of Medical Solutions Management in Hicksville, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court last year in Central Islip to health care fraud. In addition to his prison term, Allonce was also ordered to pay $4,444,468 in restitution to his victims. Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that be…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Police ID Suspect Wanted For Fatal Shooting Of Nassau County Man Police ID Suspect Wanted For Fatal Shooting Of Nassau County Man
Police ID Suspect Wanted For Fatal Shooting Of Nassau County Man Police have identified a suspect wanted for a fatal shooting on Long Island over the summer. The incident occurred around 4:45 a.m. on Friday, July 24 in Uniondale. That's when officers responded to a call for possible shots fired at a residence on Tulip Court.  The officers discovered the victim, Joseph Rosembert, 73, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Nassau University Medical Center for medical treatment and has since succumbed to his injuries.  Homicide detectives announced on Thursday, Oct. 8 that Yonel Pitaud, 50, of Tulip Court in Uniondal…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Former Hicksville Medical Company Co-Owner Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Former Hicksville Medical Company Co-Owner Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Former Hicksville Medical Company Co-Owner Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud A former member of the “Most Wanted List” who fled to Haiti for more than a decade has admitted to his role in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme on Long Island. Etienne Allonce, the former co-owner of Medical Solutions Management in Hicksville pleaded guilty in federal court this week in Central Islip to health care fraud. In September last year, Allonce was expelled from Haiti, where he had fled 11 years ago following the filing of an indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging him with billing Medicare and Medicaid for medical supplies never delivered to patients…

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by Zak Failla