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Police & Fire
LI Crash Yields Two Arrests, One For DWI, One For Spitting In Officer's Face, Police Say LI Crash Yields Two Arrests, One For DWI, One For Spitting In Officer's Face, Police Say
LI Crash Yields Two Arrests, One For DWI, One For Spitting In Officer's Face, Police Say Two people were arrested following a single-vehicle crash on Long Island -- one for DWI and the other for spitting in a police officer's face during their arrest. Stephanie Caicedo, 25, of Orient, and Jesus Mendoza, 21, of Greenport, were arrested around 12:29 a.m., Monday, Jan. 4, after Southold Police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on route 25, in the area of Tuckers Lane, police said. When officers arrived on the scene they found that vehicle involved in the crash had fled the scene but was located at a gas station on Main Bayview Road, police said. After an investigati…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Surf Fisherman Lost At Sea Rescued On North Fork Of Long Island Surf Fisherman Lost At Sea Rescued On North Fork Of Long Island
Surf Fisherman Lost At Sea Rescued On North Fork Of Long Island Surf fisherman Jesse Gordon managed to call police on his apparently waterproof cellphone after two large waves dragged him into the bay at the end of the north fork of Long Island. Gordon told Town of Southold Police that he was walking at the Orient Point sandbar off Point Road to go surf fishing when he was caught in the ocean's current and pulled far from the shore. Police arrived at the scene at approximately 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19.  Gordon, who refused medical attention upon his rescue, was wrested from the waves by members of the Orient Fire Department approximately 500…

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by Christina Coulter
Real Estate
Median Home Sales Prices Surge On Long Island Median Home Sales Prices Surge On Long Island
Median Home Sales Prices Surge On Long Island A new report reveals median home sales surged on Long island where a quarter of communities saw prices increase 20 percent over a four-year period. The PropertyShark study looked at Long Island's residential sale price evolution between 2014 and 2018, focusing on 108 towns and Census-designated places (CDPs) located in Suffolk and Nassau counties and calculated the median home sale price for each. The analysis considered all residential transactions between Jan.1, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2018. Here are the results: A quarter of all Long Island communities that were analyze…

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by Donna Christopher