Wyandanch News

The president of Wyandanch's embattled school board adjourned a meeting convened to oust interim Superintendent Mary Jones - before any decision could be made on Jones' fate.

Some lessons just don't stick. Each week, it seems, the news brings a fresh report about a drunken driver who took a life or came recklessly close.

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Suffolk cops today arrested a Wyandanch man and accused him of driving while intoxicated-with his children in the car.

A Wyandanch driver with kids in his car and a drunken driving conviction on his record faces a felony charge after a traffic stop late Friday, according to officials.

The cement is cracking around some long-standing problems with public education in New York.

Long Island , the state's former education commissioner, Richard Mills, would typically stop off at a struggling school district with a mostly black and Hispanic enrollment to publicly promote his campaign for higher test scores and lower dropout rates.

In Wyandanch's long process of rising above its daunting economic challenges, any step forward has to be reckoned a landmark, especially in the face of rude reminders that it remains a difficult journey.

Amber Edey, 16, is accused of imprisoning, beating and robbing a Chinese food delivery man of $100 and food at 11:30 p.m. on Nov.

The gunmen were waiting at 5:12 a.m. when employees showed up at the 1569 Straight Path post office, police said.

Testifying Thursday in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead , McKoy, of Wyandanch , said he was one of three men kidnapped July 16, 2008, by Darren Lynch, 29, of Middle Village, and James Wall, 30, of Coram .

Long Island needs proactive, innovative officials if it's to prosper. Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone fills the bill.

Police are investigating a vicious triple stabbing that left a mother and son dead, and a father badly wounded Monday morning.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 4:13 pm US/Eastern Reporting Lou Young WYANDANCH, N.Y. A gentle double-amputee who sang in her church choir and visited the public library every day was apparently murderedA Monday morning by her mentally ill son in a bloody, brutal assault that left another son dead and her husband seriously injured.

The stabbing took place on Jackson Street. [ GET EYEWITNESS NEWS DELIVERED : Click here to sign up ] Story continues below Police say three people were rushed to area hospitals after an apparent attack on a family.

It seems indisputable now that there's a gang violence problem in Huntington Station.

High school graduates celebrate. In a policy switch on high school graduation rates that some analysts consider a step backward, state Regents last night gave formal recognition to the fact that increasing numbers of teens take five years to earn their diplomas.

Margaret former employee of the Wyandanch UFSD and GARDNER Samuel of Atlanta . Memorial services Tuesday, Oct.

Farmingdale-based Metro Realty ServicesA has recently brokered a bunch of deals in the under 10,000-square-foot market.

In Wyandanch, N.Y. two dogs escaped their yard and were shot and killed by the police.