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Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island
Heroic Rescue: Teen Swimmers Saved After Getting Swept Away On Long Island Two teenagers’ swimming day turned dangerous when they were swept away in the current of the Long Island Sound, leading to a rescue mission involving multiple departments. Earlier report: Teens Saved From Near-Drowning On Long Island Sound After Boat Breaks Down The incident was first reported on Thursday, July 6 at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to Cutchogue Fire Department. Teams from the department, along with Southold Police and the Mattituck Fire Department, responded to the scene off Duck Pond Point, where a 23-foot boat had been disabled and adrift, with two 16-year-old p…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Fire Races Through Long Island Barn Fire Races Through Long Island Barn
Fire Races Through Long Island Barn Firefighters battled a barn fire on Long Island in a garage-type structure that was in danger of spreading to an adjacent barn. The blaze broke out around 1 a.m., Sunday, May 15 at 6900 Wickham Ave., in Mattituck, a hamlet on Long Island's North Fork.  The first firefighters on the scene from the Mattituck Fire Department found a "garage-type" structure fully engulfed in flames with the fire moving toward a second barn, said the Cutchogue Fire Department. The Cutchogue Fire department was called to respond and assist at the scene with a rapid intervention team. The fire was located in an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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3-Year-Old Long Island Boy OK After Hitting Side Of Pickup Truck 3-Year-Old Long Island Boy OK After Hitting Side Of Pickup Truck
3-Year-Old Long Island Boy OK After Hitting Side Of Pickup Truck A 3-year-old boy received minor injuries after running into the roadway and hitting the side of a passing pickup truck. The incident took place in Suffolk County in the town of Southold 10:22 a.m., Thursday, June 10, said the Southhold Police. Police said the child hit the side of a 2012 Chevy truck driven by Donald C. Starzee, 51, of Cutchogue, which was traveling eastbound on Route 25 in the area of Wickham Avenue. The child was transported by the Mattituck Fire Department to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three
Man Charged With BWI In Long Island Boat Crash That Killed One, Injured Three An East Northport man has been charged with boating while intoxicated following a powerboat crash that left one woman dead and three others injured.  Francesco Distefano, 48, was charged on Monday, Nov. 11, following the Sunday, Nov. 10 crash that took place around 9:17 p.m. when a 39-foot Cobalt powerboat he was allegedly piloting smashed into a bulkhead fronting on Great Peconic Bay, Southhold Police said. Police discovered the vessel approximately 150-feet from the shoreline with four people on board. The four sustained serious injuries to varying degrees, police said.  There …

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by Kathy Reakes