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These LI Communities Most Affected By Power Outages From Fast-Moving Storm That Topples Trees
Thousands were left without power on Long Island overnight as storms rocked the region, toppling trees, downing power lines, and prompting a tornado warning from the National Weather Service.
Storms caused devastating damage on Sunday, Nov. 15, bringing wind gusts of upwards of 45 mph, leaving hundreds still waiting to turn the lights back on as of Monday, Nov. 16, according to PSEG Long Island.
PSEG crews worked overnight on repairs across Long Island, though there were still 130 active outages impacting nearly 1,000 of the utility company’s 1,164,550 customers as of 9:20 a.m. on Monday.
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Officer Hospitalized After Being Violently Attacked By Woman At Long Island Bar, Police Say
An officer was hospitalized after being violently attacked by a woman at a Long Island bar overnight, according to police.
The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Oyster Bay at Cooper Bluff Waterfront Bar on Bay Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers located an injured woman and began rendering aid.
While officers were helping the victim, Celeste Rodriguez, 27, of Brooklyn, who is an acquaintance of the woman, became irate and violent towards the officers, Nassau County Police said.
Rodriguez began to punch, kick, head butt, and bite one of the officers,…
Officer Hospitalized After Being Violently Attacked By Woman At Long Island Bar, Police Say
An officer was hospitalized after being violently attacked by a woman at a Long Island bar overnight, according to police.
The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 in Oyster Bay at Cooper Bluff Waterfront Bar on Bay Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers located an injured woman and began rendering aid.
While officers were helping the victim, Celeste Rodriguez, 27, of Brooklyn, who is an acquaintance of the woman, became irate and violent towards the officers, Nassau County Police said.
Rodriguez began to punch, kick, head butt, and bite one of the officers,…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands On Long Island
Thousands on Long Island were left without power after an overnight storm brought rain and wind gusts to the region, sending tree limbs and power lines flying.
As of 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, crews from PSEG Long Island were still working to repair 154 active outages, which were impacting 5,081 of its 1,162,328 customers.
In Suffolk, 4,134 of PSEG’s 637,780 customers were still reporting outages:
Brookhaven: 2,818;
Southampton: 338;
Smithtown: 288;
East Hampton: 140;
Southold: 122;
Babylon: 120;
Huntington: 119;
Riverhead: 107;
Islip: 82.
In Nassau, 939 of PSEG’s 488,619 were sti…
IDs Released Of Four Killed, Several Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash
State Police have identified the four people killed in a horrific wrong-way Long Island crash that happened just before daybreak on a busy stretch of the Southern State Parkway, according to state police.
It involved several vehicles and happened on the eastbound side at around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the area of Exit 29, in the town of Oyster Bay, said state police.
A Toyota Camry, with the driver as the sole occupant, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes when it struck a Nissan Rogue traveling eastbound, with four occupants, head on, state police said.
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Covid-19: Long Island Sees Slight Uptick In Cases, Here's Breakdown By Towns
Long Island has seen a slight uptick in positive COVID-19 cases though statewide numbers continue trending in the right direction.
There have now been 44,924 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nassau, and 45,006 in Suffolk as each county saw less than 100 new cases in the latest numbers provided by the state Department of Health.
There have been 2,198 COVID-19 fatalities in Nassau and 2,005 in Suffolk.
On Long Island, the positive infection rate over the past three days:
Monday, Aug. 31: 1.0 percent;
Tuesday, Sept. 1: 0.8 percent;
Wednesday, Sept. 2: 1.1 percent.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo not…
Storms Knock Out Power On Long Island: Here's Latest Breakdown
Some on Long Island are still without power after a storm rolled through the region, bringing hail, rain, and wind gusts approaching 70 mph that sent tree limbs flying and downing power lines.
PSEG Long Island crews worked around the clock to make repairs following Thursday’s storms, with 26 outages still reported as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, impacting nearly 200 customers.
In Suffolk County, outages were still reported in Brookhaven (45), Islip (42), Southampton (15), Babylon, East Hampton, and Southold (less than five).
In Nassau County, outages were still being reported in Hempste…
