Scientists offer green ways to clean pollution at Gabreski Airport
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on Sep 23, 2009
Lee Newman has proposed a cheaper and greener way to remove PCBs from the groundwater at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton: plant pumpkin and zucchini seeds over the contaminated... more
A Mastic man who stabbed two people in Riverhead on May 5, apparently unprovoked and random attacks, has been indicted on felony assault charges. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney’s office, Rene Alexander Elias Chaj, 23, was in the Time to Eat deli in Riverhead at about 3:15 p.m. when he suddenly brandished a knife and stabbed a man sitting next to him. Chaj then fled the diner and boarded a Suffolk County Transit bus headed eastbound into Flanders. About 3 minutes after boarding the bus, investigators say, Chaj again attacked a person near him with a knife, ...
17 May 2025 by Staff Writer
Dora Lillian Williams of Hampton Bays died on May 13 on Quiogue. She was 89. A viewing was held Tuesday, May 20, from 10-11 a.m., with a home-going service at 11 a.m. at the Southampton Full Gospel Church. Interment followed at Southampton Cemetery.
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Due to inclement weather, the final paving work for the Snake Hollow railroad crossing originally scheduled for Friday, May 16, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 20, when Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton will be closed to all except local traffic. Work will take place during the daytime hours, from 7 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m., according to the Long Island Rail Road, which states that this paving marks the final step in the grade crossing renewal project at Snake Hollow Road intended to enhance safety and service quality. MTA Police will be onsite to support the closure. The LIRR ...
16 May 2025 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Village Police officer spotted a commercial pickup truck traveling on North Sea Road with flames leaping up out of the rear of the vehicle on May 7. The officer stopped the truck, whose driver had not noticed the flames, and extinguished the fire before it caused serious damage to the vehicle. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A caller told Southampton Village Police that they had seen a suspicious person “hiding in the bushes” outside a Windmill Lane bank on May 7. An officer responded to the scene and reported back that there was an employee washing the building’s ...
14 May 2025 by Staff Writer
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on Sep 23, 2009