Muttontown News

Over a year ago, I did a post about an Indo-American couple, immigrants to the United States, who were keeping their two Indonesian maids in horrible conditions of slavery and torturing them.

Varsha Sabhnani was sentenced today to 132 months in prison based on her conviction after trial of forced labor, peonage, harboring aliens, document servitude and related conspiracy charges, U.S. Attorney for ...

On Friday, word came that Mahender Sabhnani had been sentenced to 3 and one-third years in prison for enslaving two housekeepers, a significantly lighter punishment than his wife received only the day before.

Members of Domestic Workers United stage a protest outside Federal Court in Central Islip before the sentencing of Varshna Sabhnani with her husband, Mahender.

As production companies continue to seek permits to film in the Village of Upper Brookville, the board is looking to establish guidelines to control the activity.

State Sen. Dean Skelos, the Rockville Centre Republican, was chosen Senate majority leader last night, entrusted with preserving his party's slim hold on its only power base in state government.

E dward Renehan, Jr., the former director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, has pleaded guilty to stealing a letter written by the former president from the Association's Muttontown office, according to ...

A former director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association pleaded guilty Friday to stealing a historic letter written by the 26th president from the organization and trying to sell it.

Two top officials with the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums have recently suffered serious accidents while bicycling, and helmets are credited with saving them from even greater ...

May 27, 2008 Women "just aren't interested" in science, yet continue to win top honors Here's some baffling news.

The federal investigation into thefts of Theodore Roosevelt Association artifacts that led to a guilty plea this week by former director Edward Renehan Jr.

Scholarships awarded to top three winners The Intel Foundation has announced top winners of the the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, selected from more than 1,550 young scientists from 51 ...

There appears to be a penchant for damaging local signs and while the crime is listed as "criminal mischief" there really is no "little" crime.

A Jericho High School senior won a top $50,000 prize Friday in the world's largest precollege science fair, featuring more than 1,550 teenage competitors from 51 countries.

ScienceWoman is a first-year assistant professor in -ology. She blogs about the intersection of science and real life - primarily based on her first-hand experiences. via ScienceBlogs

Indicted for MySpace bullying Natalie Saranga Omattage of Cleveland, Miss., won for developing a quick and efficient method to screen food for additives and contaminants. via Joannejacobs.com

Michael Smith makes a point as TR in The Bully Pulpit. TR is the subject of a two-act play, The Bully Pulpit, to be performed by the South Ark Stage in a limited engagement. via Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot

Mehender Sabhnani and his wife Varsha Sabhnani, who were arrested in May 2007 on charges of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their Muttontown home, were found guilty on all 12 counts in December ... via Syosset Jericho Tribune

“Improving and then maintaining local roadways is a necessity to preserve a quality-of-life concern for local residents”

Assemblyman Rob Walker announced that the 2008-09 New York State Budget will provide more state highway aid for town and local villages within the 15th Assembly District. via Hicksville Illustrated News

“And the Theodore Roosevelt Association has my congratulations on regaining something irreplaceable.”

Until now, Edward Renehan Jr. has been known as the author of six highly regarded history books and former head of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. via Newsday.com