North Bellmore News

Two bank robbers on the loose who led to the lockdown of the Nassau University Medical Center and all schools in the East Meadow School District have been captured, CBS 2HD has learned.

Two suspects were in custody Friday morning after Nassau police chased the pair to an East Meadow hospital following the heist of a North Bellmore bank, police and hospital officials said.

Last Saturday night as severe thunderheads roiled over Long Island, lightning struck the Central Communications for Nassau County's dispatch headquarters for fire, ambulance and police services.

A noisy late-night party in North Bellmore -- attended by underage drinkers -- led to a Nassau police crackdown and the arrest of the homeowner's son under the county's social host law, a Sunday police report ...

Parenting experts have long urged moms and dads to celebrate and respect the uniqueness of twins, while also cautioning against always treating them as an indistinguishable and inseparable pair.

Breathing easy with interlock devices When state Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. was first elected in 1998, he met with two distraught but determined women, Marge Lee and Deena Cohen.

The Arson Bomb Squad reports the details of a fire that occurred in Levittown on Thursday, May 15 at 8:35 p.m. Firefighters work to extinguish flames on the first floor of the home.

Hours after a Levittown house fire was put out, it flared up again early Friday, sending firefighters back to the home, police and fire officials said. via Newsday.com

VOTING 1 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at Newbridge Road Elementary School. THE BUDGET The district is proposing a $44,128,406 school budget for 2008-09. That is a 4.97 percent increase over the current ... via Newsday.com

Former New York City police officer Hubertus Vannes is expected to plead guilty for selling guns and possessing painkillers illegally obtained. via WCBS Newsradio 880

“I think he wants to be a runner, too.”

With overcast skies holding back the rain that had drizzled down in the early morning, nearly 5,500 runners took to the pavement yesterday in the 36th annual running of the Long Island Marathon. via Newsday.com

Can a chef with a proven track record transform a resolutely retro Huntington bar-restaurant into a hip gastropub serving serious food? Given the prior history of Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Green St., ... via Newsday.com

“I guess you can say it's bittersweet”

It's been 76 years since her father, Fordham Odell, died in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter, and Alyce Odell Brown still remembers the doctor saying her dad only had a sprained back.

Odell, 50, died three days after he suffered a heart attack while fighting a fire in 1932 on Cleveland Street in North Bellmore for the Smithville South Hook, Ladder and Engine Company. But it took some research from active firefighters and an in-law, whose hobby is genealogy, to find Odell's family members. Read more

Sick, sick. What is WRONG with people? Can you even begin to see the pain and suffering this monster's child will be going through? I truly feel for the innocent baby and hope the baby is placed in an adoptive ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“I said get out and I push him...And he fell down and he run.”

Police on Long Island are hunting for the man behind a string of gas station and convenience store robberies. via WABC

“At my age, I am happy that 50 is the new 30”

Q. We live in a school-choice district, and my sister and her daughter are visiting schools to choose a kindergarten for fall. via LancasterOnline

“Many of my colleagues think I read everything. The truth is that the people editing Religion Watch read most of it for me. RW is the most valuable of all my subscriptions.”

Contact: Richard Cimino Religion Watch 781-0835 E-mail: relwatch1@msn.com North Bellmore, NY, March 10, 2008 -- Religion Watch , a newsletter reporting on trends in contemporary religion is now being published ... via Religion News Service

“The check found itself deposited in John Carbone's personal account and the proceeds were misappropriated”

The North Bellmore Fire District's office manager has been suspended without pay after he was accused of stealing $38,000 in district funds, officials said. via Newsday.com

“Never mind, it's all part of a vast right-wing conspiracy.”

A matter of fact ... Levittown , L.I.: To Voicer J. Montana , who says John McCain "sat out the war in a prison camp" and "didn't do any fighting": Are you kidding? He fought every day for over five years while ... via NY Daily News

“You can do miracles from a small place”

Assistant Pastor Russell Sacco emerged from the kitchen that doubles as a Christian gift shop and stepped into the North Bellmore living room that has become the sanctuary of the Walk in Love for Jesus Church. via Newsday.com