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Wilmington, NC
Islip, NY
Business
Breeze Airways Adds New Route From Long Island To This Coastal City
Long Islanders dreaming of warm Carolina beaches and a Southern escape can now fly there nonstop for less than the price of a dinner out. Breeze Airways is launching a brand-new nonstop route between Long Island MacArthur Airport and Wilmington, North Carolina. The new service launches Thursday, October 2, with flights running twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays, starting at $49 one-way. Known for serving overlooked airports and offering flexible fares, Breeze Airways is adding two new cities and 21 new routes to its nationwide network in response to “incredible demand” from customers, CE…
Islip, NY
News
New Airline Offering Flights At Islip's Airport: See Where You Can Go
A popular airline in New Haven, Connecticut, is crossing the Long Island Sound and offering flights from a new airport. Avelo Airlines will begin flying from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) in Islip, New York, the company said in a news release on Tuesday, Mar. 11. The carrier will begin service to three destinations in the late spring. Twice-weekly flights will be offered on Thursdays and Sundays. Avelo will fly to Lakeland, Florida, along with two North Carolina destinations: Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (USA) near Charlotte and Wilmington International Airport (ILM). This will b…
Windsor Locks, CT
News
Breeze Expanding At BDL With Nonstop Flights To Major North Carolina Region
Connecticut travelers will soon have a convenient way to get to the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. Breeze Airways is adding new nonstop flights from Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) near Greensboro, NC. The seasonal service will begin on Friday, June 6. The route will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. "Hartford is one of our largest bases and we continue to see growing demand for more service from Connecticut,” said Breeze CEO and founder David Neeleman. "With Breeze's great produc…
Windsor Locks, CT
Business
JetBlue Adds Flight Between BDL And JFK, Increasing Options From Major Northeast Hubs
A flight from Connecticut to New York City? It'll be possible soon through JetBlue. The airline is expanding its Northeast flight network for summer 2025, JetBlue said in a news release on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The new flights will take off from Boston and several New York City-area airports. John F. Kennedy International Airport will offer year-round flights to Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks, CT, and Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) in Warwick, RI. The once-daily trips will begin on Wednesday, Apr. 30. JetBlue said the two flights to …
Brentwood, NY
Business
Breeze Airways Adding Nonstop Service From Westchester County Airport To This Sunny Destination
You’ll soon have more options when it comes to booking that Florida vacation. Breeze Airways is expanding its service from New York and Connecticut to the Sunshine State, the airline announced Wednesday, Aug. 7. Starting this fall, customers can book nonstop flights from both Westchester County Airport and Long Island MacArthur Airport to Sarasota, Florida. The airline is also adding nonstop service from Westchester to Daytona Beach, Florida. The Westchester to Sarasota route will operate Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays starting Thursday, Oct. 31, while flights to Daytona Beach will be av…
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Attempted Fake Transaction At Darien Bank Lands Man In Jail, Police Say
A man who was wanted for allegedly attempting to make a fraudulent bank transaction in Fairfield County turned himself in to the police. Steven Guardindo, age 56, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was arrested on July 11 by Darien Police for the March 2023 incident. According to Darien Police Sgt. Mauricio Vigil, officers responded to the Fairfield Country Bank in Darien for a report of a man attempting to make a fraudulent transaction using a fake passport. By the time officers officers arrived, Guardino had already left. But bank employees told police he gave them the fake ID in t…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Fugitive Accused Of Choking Woman Unconscious
A Point Pleasant man is accused of nearly choking a woman to death and knocking her unconscious, authorities said. Juan Santiago-Rojas, 31, was charged with attempted murder on Monday, Jan. 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Santiago-Rojas was wanted in an incident in Point Pleasant on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Point Pleasant police responded to a report of an unconscious female at a home on Butler Avenue. When officers arrived, they found the woman also had serious injuries to her head and neck. The woman was rushed to Hackensack Meridian O…
Brentwood, NY
News
Gilgo Four: A Look At Women At Heart Of Serial Murder Case
They're known as the Gilgo Four. The women, all in their 20s, are at the heart of the Long Island serial murder case that has captured national and global attention following the arrest of suspect Rex Heuermann just over a week ago. The 59-year-old married father of two, an architect who worked on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and resided in Nassau County in the village of Massapequa Park just miles north of the site where their bodies were found -- in a grassy area of Gilgo Beach, a barrier island off Long Island's south shore in the Suffolk County town of Babylon. Heuermann was arraigned on…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Out-Of-State Driver Tases Owner Of Little Ferry Impound Lot, Police Charge
An out-of-state driver zapped the owner of a Little Ferry impound lot with a stun gun when he couldn't get his car back, authorities charged. Leon Henry, 29, of Wilmington, NC, had been stopped and issued summonses early Monday, Dec. 12, for, among other offenses, having fictitious plates and driving an unregistered vehicle, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. The license plate on the 2018 Dodge Challenger had a blacked-out frame over it, Walters said. Officer Joseph Convery also immediately spotted a long knife on the passenger seat after stopping Henry on westbound Route 46, th…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources
The body of a missing Rockland County native was found at a Garden State Parkway rest stop in Montvale, New Jersey, just south of the state border, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, responders said. No foul play was suspected in the death of Brian Lenihan, they said. Lenihan, age 43, who most recently lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, was reported last seen on Friday, Nov. 18 in New Jersey. He reportedly still had ties to the Pearl River/Orangetown area. His body was found at the James Gandolfini Service Area in Montvale around noon Tuesday, sources told Daily Voice. New Jersey State Police are inv…
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Body Of Missing Man With Rockland Ties Found At Garden State Parkway Rest Stop: Sources
The body of a missing Rockland County native was found at a Garden State Parkway rest stop in Montvale, just south of the state border, on Tuesday, responders said. No foul play was suspected in the death of Brian Lenihan, they said. Lenihan, 43, who most recently lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, was reported last seen on Nov. 18 in New Jersey. He reportedly still had ties to the Pearl River/Orangetown area. His body was found at the James Gandolfini Service Area in Montvale around noon on Nov. 29, sources told Daily Voice. New Jersey State Police are investigating. ****** ALSO SEE:…
White Plains, NY
Obituaries
Family Mourns Beloved Mother Eileen Emerson, Formerly of White Plains
Eileen Wehinger Emerson, daughter of George and Frances Wingender of White Plains, died on Sunday, Sept.18, 2022. Eileen and her late husband Edwin Wehinger, Sr. are survived by children Janeen Crawford of Wilson, NC; Edana Davis of Bradenton, FL; Edwin Wehinger, Jr. of Wilmington, NC; Colleen Chapman of Wilmington, NC; and six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Their son George Wehinger predeceased them. The family remembers their mother with abiding love and cherished memories. A Memorial Graveside Service was held at Oleander Memorial Gardens located at 306 Bradley Dr. in Wilm…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Missing Hudson Valley Woman, Fiancée Found Dead Inside Wrecked Car, Police Say
Police have found a vehicle with the bodies inside of a Hudson Valley woman and her fiancée who have been missing since April. Stephanie Mayorga, 27, a Dutchess County native, and her fiancée, 25-year-old Paige Escalera, of Wilmington, South Carolina, were discovered in the vehicle crashed deep in a wooded area on Monday, May 4, said the Wilmington Police. Mayorga, of Beacon, moved to Wilmington in March to be with Escalera. The Daily News, reported the two moved into an apartment together and had only lived there about a week before they went missing. Police said at the time they wer…
Bergenfield, NJ
News
Bergen's Tap Water Ranks 4th For Toxins In U.S., But Read This Before You Panic
The toxins are ubiquitous. They could be harmful. But New Jersey isn't the only state flooded with them, experts say. A sample of Bergen County's tap water (taken from Bergenfield last August) contained the fourth highest concentration of an increasingly-common group of toxins in the U.S., according to a series of lab tests by the Environmental Working Group. The EWG for the first time found the chemicals known as "PFAS" in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities, confirming that the number of Americans exposed to the chemicals by way of their drinking water "has been dramatically unde…
Newark, NJ
Obituaries
Morris Thomas Of Belleville, 56, Owned Moey T's Hot Dogs
Morris E. "Moe" Thomas, a longtime Belleville resident who had recently moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, died July 21. He was 56. Born in Belleville to George Thomas and Janet Nau, who survives him, he is also survived by his stepfather, Jean; his children Deven Yates and his daughter, Mikaela and sons Elijah, and little Deven, Tareaa Surratt and her husband Steven and their daughters Mariah, Mashalyn, and Maliyah, Moe Thomas Jr. and his wife Kristin, Justin Pettit, and step-daughter Melissa Jones. He is also survived by his sister Cheryl Beverly and her husband T…
Norwalk, CT
Lifestyle
Far From Florence: Former Norwalk Hospital Nurse Evacuates Before Hurricane Makes Landfall
Judging by the number of OBX stickers spotted on cars, it’s fair to say that North Carolina’s Outer Banks are a popular escape destination for many in the area. That was certainly the case for Caron Balitsos who has been making the 10-hour drive to Hatteras Island every summer for decades. In fact, the former Norwalk Hospital ER nurse has moved to the Tar Heel state permanently, thanks to her love for the ocean and the slower pace of life down South. And now it is that very ocean that has Balitsos back in Connecticut. Heeding mandatory evacuation orders for her town located midway betwe…
White Plains, NY
Weather
Florence Now Likely To Soak Parts Of New York According To Latest Forecast Model
Click here for an updated story - Florence Hits East Coast: When Will It Affect The Area? The latest forecast models for Hurricane Florence indicate it is now likely to dump rain on parts of New York and Connecticut early next week. A powerful high-pressure ridge is expected to keep Florence south through the weekend after its expected landfall Friday morning in the Myrtle Beach/Wilmington areas of South and North Carolina. The latest forecast by the National Hurricane Center for rainfall from Florence predicts between 1 and 4 inches for New York and Connecticut. (See image above.) Any …
Ridgefield, CT
Weather
East Coast Braces For Massive Amounts Of Rain, Devastating Flooding From Florence
Click here for an updated story: Florence Now Likely To Soak Parts Of New York According To Latest Forecast Model With Hurricane Florence's outer bands now nearing the Carolina Coast, millions of people in several states are now bracing for a days-long stretch of massive amounts of rain, devastating flooding and 100-plus mile-per-hour winds that could knock out power to some for weeks. While the storm's winds have weakened since Wednesday, making it now a Category 2 storm, its range has grown and its damaging effects are now expected to be felt far inland and in several states beyond Nort…
