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A single-engine prop plane was suspended a foot off the ground by power lines it crashed into in front of a Clarendon Drive home on Sunday. The pilot and passengers were unharmed.

Plane crash leaves pilot, passengers unscathed

The Cessna 172 likely plunged quietly in the night, with the fuel in its single, propeller-driven engine having run out after it made six attempts to land in Sunday’s deep fog. GPS placed the … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/18/19

A downed power line early on Nov. 23 in Valley Stream caused morning-commute service disruptions on four LIRR branches.

Downed V.S. power line snarls black Friday morning commute

A downed PSEG LI power line in Valley Stream early on Nov. 23 caused a Long Island Railroad transformer fire, disrupting signaling systems and snarling the morning commute on four separate train … more

11/23/18

PSEG Long Island files application to build 7.3-mile power line between Uniondale, Lynbrook

PSEG Long Island on Jan. 9 filed a state application proposing a new 7.3-mile, high-voltage power line that would run underground between substations in Uniondale and Lynbrook, and is aimed at reducing outages in the area. more

By Mike Smollins | 1/15/18

South shore is battered by heavy rain and big storms

Dangerous storms with very heavy downpours rolled through Nassau County July 25, flooding streets, downing trees and power lines. There were several fires caused by lightning. The Oceanside Fire … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/3/16

The ups and downs of storm response

Sun and warmer temperatures are making the Jan. 23 blizzard seem like a distant memory, but there’s still a month and a half to go until spring . . . more

2/4/16

Joel Grasman was sentenced to seven months in prison, time already served, five years of probation and a $1,000 fine, and is required to pay over $1 million in restitution.

Path of destruction leads to prison

Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Elmont man was sentenced last week for causing a mile-long path of destruction stretching from Elmont to Valley Stream when he … more

8/20/15

Time to move wires underground

We can see with our own eyes it is now long past time that we bury our power and phone lines instead of stringing them from vulnerable poles that are a relic of the 19th century telegraph system. more

11/22/12

A tree blocks the entrance to Berg Avenue.

Scenes from Sandy in East Meadow

Hurricane Sandy came and went, decimating homes, trees, roads and practically everything in its path. more

By David Weingrad | 11/2/12

THe worse signs of Irene’s presence was topppled trees and downed power lines.

Lynbrook files with FEMA

The village of Lynbrook is seeking money for expenses incurred by tropical storm Irene, leaving sizeable damages through the Tri-state area in August, according to Village Administrator John Giordano. more

By Clarissa Hamlin | 10/5/11

Members of the East Rockaway Fire Department waded through floodwaters in Bay Park on the way to a reported house fire.

Scenes from a storm

Some said it wasn’t so bad, that it could have been worse — even those residents who were sitting in the dark with flooded basements but no electricity, their food spoiling, feeling lucky to have made it through Hurricane Irene without injury. Others, whose houses and vehicles had fallen victim to toppling trees, counted their blessings that they weren’t nearby at the time. more

By Mary Malloy and Clarissa Hamlin | 8/31/11

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