Seaford News

With heroin-related arrests in the Massapequa area among the highest in all of Nassau County, local residents are banding together to raise community awareness of the growing problem.

Juan C. Martinez-Torres, 24, of Tennessee Avenue, fired the shots as Alexander Ponce, 46, of Jackson Avenue, drove the Acura RL northbound on the expressway at 12:44 a.m., Nassau police said.

Eric Holder 's Friday announcement that five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks will stand trial in a lower Manhattan federal courthouse, many questions remain about how the government will try its case.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 6:15 pm US/Eastern SEAFORD, N.Y. 1 of 3 CBS 2 of 3 An image of a courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash attending a pre-trial session on Dec.

The 15th Legislative District encompasses the communities of Island Trees, Levittown, Wantagh and portions of Seaford.

The Seventh Squad reports the details of a robbery that occurred in Massapequa on Tuesday, Oct.

But local residents and park activists aren't convinced. More than 100 of them attended a save-our-park rally yesterday morning - a month after the county issued a statement saying it had pulled the project.

The man, 56, was driving a 1992 BMW westbound on Sunrise Highway just west of Washington Avenue in Seaford shortly before 1 a.m. when he rear-ended a 2000 Nissan that was also headed west, Nassau police said.

Philip Allegretti took his concerns about his clunker's junkyard value to court.

Lawyer duped 13 couples into paying thousands of dollars for non-existent babies.

Three people died on this speedboat after driver George Canni, 65, crashed into a marsh near Seaford on Oct.

On Nov. 3, voters in the 12th district will select their representative to the Nassau County Legislature.

Written by Christopher Twarowski on Oct 22nd, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Police on Long Island have arrested a man accused of spray painting swastikas on public property.

Police said Michael Nielsen spray-painted five orange traffic cones on Ocean Avenue with swastikas using a can of purple paint.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Oct 21st, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

Swipe tests performed inside the St. Paula s Main Building have revealed high levels of lead dust, forcing village officials to immediately stop any groups interested in touring the former boys school and requiring any village staff that must enter the building to use proper breathing apparatus.

Ware said she got the idea while preparing for the start of the school year in September.

Rescue workers transfer a victim of the boat crash to an ambulance on Sunday night.

The fourth survivor, a woman who suffered head trauma, according to Suffolk police, is also expected to be moved to a surgical floor at Nassau University Medical Center on Tuesday and her condition upgraded as well, the spokeswoman said.