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Father Raising Money For AEDs After Mineola Coaches Save Son's Life Father Raising Money For AEDs After Mineola Coaches Save Son's Life
Father Raising Money For AEDs After Mineola Coaches Save Son's Life Nearly a year after the quick thinking of Long Island coaches saved the life of a student who went into cardiac arrest, the teen’s father is honoring the school and raising awareness about the importance of AEDs. On Dec. 6, 2022, Patrick Kellachan received a call that he said would become “forever be cemented” in his brain: “PJ has been stabilized and is breathing with the assistance of a respirator.” His then-17-year-old son, PJ, had collapsed during basketball practice at Chaminade High School in Mineola, suffering a seizure and eventually going into cardiac arrest.  Earlier Re…

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by Sophie Grieser
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'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court 'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court
'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court Three quick-thinking high school coaches on Long Island are getting the hero's treatment for saving a basketball player’s life after he collapsed on the court. The terrifying ordeal happened Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Chaminade High School in Mineola, school officials said. Seventeen-year-old varsity player PJ Kellachan was heading to the sideline following a drill when he suddenly collapsed and began suffering a seizure. The 17-year-old eventually stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. “I remember being on the court, but then my mind kind of blacks out,” Kellachan told reporters at a…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Expect Delays: Full Overnight Closures Planned On Loop Parkway Expect Delays: Full Overnight Closures Planned On Loop Parkway
Expect Delays: Full Overnight Closures Planned On Loop Parkway Be ready for possible travel delays on Long Island in the coming weeks. Road crews will be conducting full overnight closures of the Loop Parkway in the Town of Hempstead, beginning Monday, Nov. 14, according to the Department of Transportation. Both directions will be closed to traffic weeknights from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. during the week of Monday, Nov. 14, and the week of Monday, Nov. 28. Transportation officials said the closures will allow road crews to facilitate the ongoing rehabilitation of the drawbridge over Long Creek. There will be no overnight closures the week of Monday, Nov. 2…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Impersonating Code Enforcement Inspector, Trying To Defraud Hicksville Business Man Accused Of Impersonating Code Enforcement Inspector, Trying To Defraud Hicksville Business
Man Accused Of Impersonating Code Enforcement Inspector, Trying To Defraud Hicksville Business A 54-year-old man is facing charges after police said he pretended to be a code enforcement inspector on Long Island in an attempt to defraud businesses.  John Garland, of Queens, was arrested for an incident that happened in Hicksville at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, the Nassau County Police Department said. Detectives found that Garland entered G & J Dry Cleaners 2 Incorporated, which is located at 212 West Old Country Road, and claimed to be a code enforcement inspector for the town of Oyster Bay, NCPD reported. Police said Garland wore an orange vest and showed identification…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Southern State Parkway Stretch To Be Closed At Times For A Month During Roadwork In Hempstead Southern State Parkway Stretch To Be Closed At Times For A Month During Roadwork In Hempstead
Southern State Parkway Stretch To Be Closed At Times For A Month During Roadwork In Hempstead A stretch of the Southern State Parkway will be closed at times for about a month due to roadwork. Beginning on Monday, June 20, eastbound lanes of the parkway between Exit 22 (Meadowbrook State Parkway) and Exit 27 (Wantagh State Parkway) in the Town of Hempstead will be closed between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. the following morning for approximately four weeks, weather permitting, for a pavement resurfacing project, the New York State Department of Transportation said. There will be signed detour along northbound Meadowbrook Parkway for two miles to Exit M5 (State Route 24/Hempstead Turnpik…

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by Daily Voice
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Lane Closures Announced For Southern State Parkway In Hempstead Lane Closures Announced For Southern State Parkway In Hempstead
Lane Closures Announced For Southern State Parkway In Hempstead Motorists traveling on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island will have to contend with lane closures for upwards of six weeks to facilitate a pavement resurfacing project. An alert was issued by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) cautioning that there will be two eastbound lanes closed on the parkway on weeknights beginning on Monday, May 23 in the Town of Hempstead. The closures are scheduled for weeknights between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. and are expected to last approximately six weeks, weather permitting.   Closures are planned between Exit 20 (Baldwin Road/Gran…

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by Zak Failla
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Weeks-Long Road Closures Scheduled On Parkway In Hempstead Weeks-Long Road Closures Scheduled On Parkway In Hempstead
Weeks-Long Road Closures Scheduled On Parkway In Hempstead There will be lane closures on a busy Long Island roadway for several weeks as crews begin work on a repaving project. In Nassau County, the New York State Department of Transportation announced that there will be overnight closures of the northbound Meadowbrook State Parkway in the Town of Hempstead between Bay Parkway and Merrick Road (Exit M9). The closures are expected to begin on Monday, April 25 between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.  According to NYSDOT, the project is expected to last approximately three weeks to facilitate the pavement resurfacing project. During the closures, traffic …

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by Zak Failla
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Former Town Commissioner In Nassau County Indicted For Ticket Fixing Former Town Commissioner In Nassau County Indicted For Ticket Fixing
Former Town Commissioner In Nassau County Indicted For Ticket Fixing A former Long Island commissioner of public safety has been arrested for allegedly fixing a ticket for a colleague. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce A. Smith announced on Tuesday, Dec. 7, the arrest of Thomas DeMaria, age 67, of Floral Park, for allegedly instructing a subordinate to void a ticket of a Town of Hempstead colleague in 2018. DeMaria was indicted by a grand jury in November on three counts, including tampering with public records in the second degree; obstructing governmental administration, and official misconduct.  He faces a maximum of 364 days incarcerati…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
House Fire Breaks Out In Nassau County House Fire Breaks Out In Nassau County
House Fire Breaks Out In Nassau County An overnight fire broke out inside a Long Island home, authorities said. According to Nassau County Police Department detectives, officers arrived at a Ronkonkoma Avenue home in the Town of Hempstead in Lakeview at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, where there was a working house fire on the second floor. All of the occupants of the Ronkonkoma Avenue residence were able to evacuate the home safely and the Lakeview Fire Department worked quickly to extinguish the flames. No one was injured, said authorities. The Nassau County Fire Marshal was on the scene. The investigation into the cause …

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by Zak Failla
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Dog Rescued After Being Stranded In Marsh In Nassau County Dog Rescued After Being Stranded In Marsh In Nassau County
Dog Rescued After Being Stranded In Marsh In Nassau County Fast-acting police officers came to the rescue of a dog that found itself in a precarious position stranded in a marsh on Long Island. Nassau County Police officers responded to Long Beach Road at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, where there was an adult male boxer that was stranded in the marsh and unable to make it back to the shore. Marine Bureau and Emergency Service Unit officers responded and were able to travers their boat through the marsh where they were able to rescue the dog and transported it back to a nearby dock. Members of the Town of Hempstead Animal Control took the dog to…

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by Zak Failla
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New Shark Sighting Leads To Nassau County Beach Closures New Shark Sighting Leads To Nassau County Beach Closures
New Shark Sighting Leads To Nassau County Beach Closures Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… The latest shark sighting off a Long Island shore forced the closure of several area beaches to swimmers this week. A shark was spotted by lifeguards approximately 40 yards off the shore of Nickerson Beach in Nassau County at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, prompting officials to red-flag some beaches as a precaution. Town of Hempstead beaches between Point Lookout Civic Beach and Lido West Town Park were forced to close, officials said, following the latest sighting. It marks the 17th confirmed shark sighting in Nassau …

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by Zak Failla
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IDs Released For Driver Killed, Passenger Hurt In Nassau Crash IDs Released For Driver Killed, Passenger Hurt In Nassau Crash
IDs Released For Driver Killed, Passenger Hurt In Nassau Crash The identities have been released for the driver killed and the passenger seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Long Island. The crash took place in Nassau County around 2:45 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, on the Wantagh Parkway near Exit W6 in the Town of Hempstead. The driver, Carlos Arancibia, 61, of Sound Beach, was driving a 1991 Mitsubishi 3000 when he lost control of the vehicle and exited the roadway continuing into the brush and striking a tree on the driver side door, state police said. Arancibia succumbed to his injuries at the scene, according to police. The passenger, Juni…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Two Charged In Long Island Underage Drinking Detail Two Charged In Long Island Underage Drinking Detail
Two Charged In Long Island Underage Drinking Detail Two clerks working at beverage centers on Long Island are facing charges after selling alcohol to minors during a New York State Police undercover operation. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, New York State Police investigators in East Meadow and Riverside conducted “Underage Drinker Enforcement Operations” in the Town of Hempstead and Town of Riverhead, during which, two establishments were cited for selling to undercover operatives under the age of 21. Little Neck resident Cheng Chao, 48, a clerk at Diamond Wine and Liquor on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow; and Nicholas Ochiogrosso, 79, of Uniondal…

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by Zak Failla