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Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing
Tragic Ending: Man Found Dead In Waters Off Long Island More Than Week After Going Missing The search for a Long Island man who disappeared more than a week ago has ended in tragedy. Search crews recovered the body of 45-year-old Pierre Morris, of Far Rockaway, Wednesday morning, Nov. 30, in the waters off the east end of Fire Island, according to Suffolk County Police. Marine Bureau officers found him at around 11:40 a.m. off Smith Point County Park near Shirley, police said. Morris, an employee of H&L Contracting of Hauppauge, was reported missing Friday, Nov. 18. Investigators said he was working on a boat at Smith Point Marina when he is believed to have fallen overboar…

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Deer Rescued From Icy Waters In Suffolk County Deer Rescued From Icy Waters In Suffolk County
Deer Rescued From Icy Waters In Suffolk County Using an ice sled and lines, police rescued a deer that had fallen through the ice on a Long Island bay.  The incident began around 4:18 p.m., when a Smith Point Park Ranger reported a deer stuck in the ice at Narrow Bay, off Smith Point County Park, in Shirley, said the Suffolk County Police. Police officers from the department's Marine Unit responded including Robert Daniels, Robert King, and Gary Quenzer responded.  The officer rescues the deer.Suffolk County Police Department King deployed an ice sled while officers Daniels and Quenzer tended the line on the sled. King approached …

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Open On Long Island COVID-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Open On Long Island
Covid-19: New Pop-Up Vaccination Sites To Open On Long Island Pop-up COVID vaccination sites are being set up on Long Island as New York looks to get shots in the arms of the areas with the state’s lowest vaccination rates. This week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that New York can lift most of its COVID-19 restrictions if 70 percent of the population is vaccinated, highlighting the ZIP codes with the lowest rates. Earlier story - COVID-19: These Hudson Valley ZIP Codes Have Lowest Vaccination Rates In an effort to bolster the vaccination numbers on Long Island, Cuomo announced that pop-up sites will be open at: Roosevelt Library on West Fulto…

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by Zak Failla