Suffolk Bancorp News

“This kind of bill doesn't help unite workers and communities.”

The Suffolk Legislature Tuesday passed its much-debated worker status bill, marking the end of a months-long debate over whether the county should require its 17,000 licensed contractors to verify their ... via AMNY

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“Given the notoriety of the case, it's almost impossible to believe he didn't have some exposure to the case, and as a supervisor in that office, that he may have some allegiance to that office”

A judge has recused himself from considering two legal motions involving charges against a man who spent 17 years in prison for his parents' murder before his conviction was overturned.

Judge James Hudson was presiding over a grand jury considering evidence in the 1988 slaying of Martin Tankleff's parents, Seymour and Arlene Tankleff. He recused himself after defense attorneys argued he had a conflict of interest.

Prosecutors with the state attorney general's office, which took over the case from the Suffolk district attorney in January, have been presenting evidence to a grand jury in the slayings. Though Tankleff's conviction was overturned in December, he remains indicted. Read more

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“Neighbors have indicated that there has been constant battling.”

A couple with a history of fighting was found dead yesterday with a rifle near them in their Calverton trailer, in what police describe as a possible murder-suicide. The two had "a history of incidents of ... via Newsday.com

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“He was trying to catch up to him.”

A Riverhead man high on drugs who was fleeing from Suffolk police ran a red light Thursday and crashed into another vehicle, killing a father of three, authorities said. via Newsday.com

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“The price of copper is up, and it's quite lucrative for them to sell it to scrap dealers”

A pair of copper thieves used climbing gear and heavy-duty wire cutters to steal overhead utility wire -- part of a series of heists of nearly 5 miles of line from Enterprise Park at Calverton, police said ... via Newsday.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commack, Long Island, NY May 05, 2008 CONTACT: Gary Wojtas 631.493.3020 When the LIA says, "Meet the Town Supervisors," they mean it. via Business LI

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In a recent telephone survey, the percentage of pit bulls and pit mixes in the 12 town-operated shelters on Long Island ranged from 13 percent in East Hampton to 89 percent in Riverhead. via Newsday.com

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A wild police chase that lasted nearly an hour, beginning in Great River and ending in Southold, led to the arrest Thursday night of an alleged carjacker -- a Delaware man who police said had stolen the car ... via Newsday.com

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LI contractor pleads guilty to paying a bribe RIVERHEAD, N.Y. _ A Long Island contractor has pleaded guilty to paying bribes to the building inspector in Smithtown to speed up a construction project in ... via 1010Wins

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“In the end, I felt the evidence was pretty strong”

His fate in prison sealed by a Suffolk jury's guilty verdict for second-degree murder, Elton Gorham on Wednesday turned toward the family of the high school senior he was convicted of shooting and said he ... via Newsday.com

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