Freeport News

For more than 40 years, Johnny's Fruit Market near Crooked Creek State Park in Armstrong County was known for its quality produce and nursery.

A judge has sentenced a Long Island man - convicted of pointing a loaded handgun at officers during an early morning street confrontation - to a seven-year prison term.

A Freeport man was sentenced to seven years in prison for pointing a loaded handgun at police officers during an early-morning street confrontation, prosecutors said Friday.

A Freeport man faces a grand larceny charge after police said he fraudulently obtained nearly $10,000 from somebody else's bank account.

Fishing off of Captree State Park. Starting tomorrow and for the next 2 1/2 weeks, New York anglers won't be allowed to catch summer flounder, the popular fish also known as fluke that has long been a major engine of Long Island 's recreational fishing industry.

The IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights recently signed new sponsors for the 2009 season and beyond.

A standoff between New York State police troopers and a man in a car forced the closure of the Meadowbrook State Parkway south of Merrick Road for about three hours on Tuesday, police said.

A Freeport teen who shot a 15-year-old boy in the head with a BB gun was arrested Thursday and charged with assault, police said.

Doug Biviano, a City Council candidate in the 33rd district, met me for breakfast at Theresa's, a Polish coffee shop on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights.

Health officials on Long Island are reporting 13 new confirmed cases of swine flu in Nassau County.

Health officials on Long Island are reporting 13 new confirmed cases of swine flu in Nassau County, including a 4-year-old child who has been hospitalized.

Two 16-year-old boys and two juveniles from Freeport were arrested after they broke into a wireless store twice in a three-day period, stealing cell phones and cash, police said.

Forget about the NFL, say hello to the LFL: the Lingerie Football League. The LFL has actually been around for a while, but this year the New York Majesty is joining the league, as an expansion team.

Tryouts for the Lingerie Football League took place in Freeport, New York yesterday, with scouts and coaches evaluating prospective league participants based on the following criteria: 1) Boobs 2) Waist/Ass 3) Frequency Of Bending Over 5) Face 6) Size, Frame 7) Provocativeness of Ball Holding 8) 40 Time 9) Projectability 10) No Seriously Boobs ...

A passerby intervened to rescue a boy who was being beaten and robbed by three teens Wednesday afternoon in Freeport, police said.

In a bid to get guns off streets, a Freeport church will open its doors Saturday to accept illegal handguns in exchange for $200 in cash, law enforcement and elected officials announced Tuesday.

A man who assaulted a security guard who attempted to stop him from fleeing a Freeport Home Depot with a shopping cart filled with unpaid-for power tools was arrested Friday following a lengthy investigation, police said.

Police responding to a call of shots fired in Roosevelt early Wednesday evening saw seven males in the rear yard of a home - three of them in possession of four semi-automatic handguns and a revolver and another who had an open arrest warrant from South Carolina , authorities said.

Legislation to install red-light cameras at up to 50 high-risk intersections throughout Nassau County has passed both the New York State Senate and Assembly.

Detectives are investigating whether a band of gun-toting home invasion burglars are targeting fellow Hispanic people at South Shore Nassau homes occupied by victims who work in cash-heavy businesses, Nassau County police said Wednesday.