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Thursday | Times Beacon Record

$2.4M would make town roads safer for responders

Congressman Tim Bishop and members of the Brookhaven Town Board announced Monday a $3 million program to deploy a GPS preemption system throughout the town to assist emergency services to respond to calls more quickly and safely.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Newsday.com

Suffolk plans more mosquito spraying

Suffolk County plans to spray pesticide Thursday night on parts of Fire Island and southern Brookhaven Town in an effort to control mosquitoes, which spread West Nile virus.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

WALK 97.5

Fund-Raisers Trek 35-miles in 6th Annual Effort

Shirley It's one of Long Island's most successful, and moving, efforts against breast cancer.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Newsday.com

2 teens charged in robbery try at Shirley restaurant

Two teenagers found hiding under a storage container were charged with attempting to rob a Shirley restaurant, Suffolk police said Thursday.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

The Huffington Post

Mohammad Sohail: Benevolent New York Merchant Cited In Drug Sweep

A New York convenience store owner who made headlines after showing mercy on a would-be robber has been accused of selling drug paraphernalia.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

CBS2

Foiled Robber Begs For Mercy, Asks To Join Islam

Jun 2, 2009 7:19 pm US/Central SHIRLEY, N.Y. Shirley, N.Y. deli owner Mohammed Sohail, top, turns tide on would-be crook during bizarre attemped robbery that you have to see to believe.

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Mon May 25, 2009

7Online.com

Police say a couple was arrested after they took their 5-year-old son along on a drug buy.

Police in Suffolk County say a couple was arrested after they took their 5-year-old son along on a drug buy.

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Fri May 22, 2009

New York Times

Artist With His Signature on the City

"To Inform & Delight: The World of Milton Glaser" may leave you with the impression that the spirit of modern New York was conjured out of thin air by its subject, the celebrated graphic designer who is about to turn 80.

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Wed May 20, 2009

Newsday.com

Trio sought in Shirley home invasion

Three gunmen stormed into a Shirley home early Wednesday, threatened residents and fled with undisclosed items, police said.

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Fri May 08, 2009

Long Island Business News

VHB tackles Floyd flooding

The county isn'tA standing down on standing water, especially on its roads. The Suffolk County Department of Public Works has hired Hauppauge-based VHB Engineering , Surveying and Landscape Architecture for the design of sidewalks and drainage improvement along William Floyd Parkway in Mastic and Shirley.

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Wed May 06, 2009

Newsday.com

Tree cutting around Calabro Airport angers residents

Brookhaven Town officials say the clear-cutting of more than 20 acres of trees around Calabro Airport was intended to make the facility's runways safer, but the work has sparked anger - and demands for new trees - from residents who live near the airport.

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Mon Apr 13, 2009

State Journal

Former distillery owner dies in plane crash

Robert Baranaskas, a former owner of Ancient Age distillery - which became Buffalo Trace Distillery in 1992 - was killed Sunday when his World War II-era fighter plane crashed off Long Island.

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Sat Apr 11, 2009

The Southampton Press

Pilot dies after historic plane crashes off Smith Point

Robert Baranaskas, 61, of Northport died when his single-engine plane crashed into waters off the coast of Mastic Beach on Sunday.

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Thu Apr 09, 2009

Empire State News

Work on Montauk Highway in Mastic-Shirley to begin

MASTIC A project to enhance traffic flow, reduce gridlock and improve safety along a nearly two-mile stretch of Montauk Highway in Shirley and Mastic has begun.

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Wed Apr 08, 2009

New York Daily News

Pilot of WWII-era plane dies in crash off L.I. beach

Suffolk County police say the pilot of a World War II-era airplane has died in a crash in the water off Long Island 's Smith Point Beach in the town of Shirley.

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Mon Apr 06, 2009

Middletown Times Herald Record

Pilot dies in plane crash in suburban NYC

Suffolk County police say the pilot of a World War II-era airplane has died in a crash in the water off Long Island's Smith Point Beach in the town of Shirley.

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Sun Apr 05, 2009

New York Post

WW2 Plane Crashes in Li

A single-engine plane went down today in the water off Long Island's Smith Point carrying a pilot who was performing an aerial exhibition, officials said.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

Newsday.com

Call for independent probe into teen's death at group home

Advocates for disabled children and a Suffolk legislator called Thursday for an independent probe and the public release of more information in the death of a teenaged autistic foster child at a Sea Cliff residential treatment center.

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Mon Mar 23, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - LEE : MONTOYA : RODRIGUEZ

Johnny Montoya was born on 12/27/70 in Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn. He is looking for his five siblings.

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Sat Mar 21, 2009

Empire State News

Suffolk gets federal money to restore foreclosed properties then sell to new homebuyers

HAUPPAUGE Suffolk Executive Steven Levy has announced that the county and its towns have secured $11,572,744 in federal funding to acquire and re-develop foreclosed and abandoned properties, then sell the majority of properties to first-time homebuyers.

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