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 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/18/19
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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 …
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11/23/18
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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.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/15/18
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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 …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/3/16
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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 . . .
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2/4/16
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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 …
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8/20/15
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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.
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11/22/12
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Hurricane Sandy came and went, decimating homes, trees, roads and practically everything in its path.
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By David Weingrad
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11/2/12
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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.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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10/5/11
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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.
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By Mary Malloy and Clarissa Hamlin
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8/31/11
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