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Seven children, two adults injured in Lynbrook accident

Seven children and two adults who were riding in a Ford Explorer were sent to area hospitals with injuries — some serious — after colliding with a black pickup at Peninsula Boulevard and Lyon … more

By Mary Malloy | 7/18/16

Firefighters swiftly douse car fire on Merrick Road

The Lynbrook and Rockville Centre Fire Departments teamed up on June 26 to extinguish a car fire on Merrick Road on Lynbrook, on the border of Rockville Centre. more

By Steve Grogan | 6/29/16

Lynbrook firefighters cut off a car door to rescue an injured passenger after a two-car collision at the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue.

Lynbrook Fire Department rescues passenger after cars collide

Lynbrook firefighters used the Jaws of Life to get an injured passenger out of their vehicle after a two-car crash on June 19 at the intersection of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue in Lynbrook. more

By Nick Ciccone | 6/22/16

The Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association and lawmakers unveiled the new monument.

Junior firefighter monument erected in East Meadow

In honor of their 10th anniversary, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association unveiled a new monument dedicated to the region’s youngest volunteers in Eisenhower Park on May 15. A … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/19/16

Firefighters battled a second-floor blaze on Ocean Avenue in East Rockaway on April 12.

Dramatic rescue saves man from East Rockaway house fire

East Rockaway firefighters extinguished a blaze and rescued a 54-year-old man from his second-floor Ocean Avenue apartment on April 12. Nassau County Police Department arson/bomb detectives said … more

By Mary Malloy | 4/21/16

Red Cross offers free smoke alarms

On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 3/30/16

Make Red Cross’s month: get involved

March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . . more

3/3/16

NYPD Officer Reddin, left the hospital on Tuesday to cheers to continue recovering after being shot in Brooklyn on Sunday, Feb. 21.

Local cops shot after chase

Two NYPD officers from Nassau County were shot while in pursuit of a suspect in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early last Saturday morning. Andrew Yurkiw, 29, a Wantagh resident and … more

By Steve Smirti and Mary Malloy | 2/25/16

NYPD officers found this .357 revolver in the front seat of Jamal Funes's car following the car crash.

Local cops shot after chase

Two NYPD officers from Nassau County were shot while in pursuit of a suspect in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn early last Saturday morning. Andrew Yurkiw, 29, a Wantagh resident and … more

By Steve Smirti | 2/21/16

The Scranton Avenue fire destroyed the house's roof

Valentine's Day blaze in Lynbrook

The Strife family was just sitting down to a nice Valentine’s Day meal on Sunday in their Scranton Avenue home in Lynbrook when they heard a frantic pounding on their front door. “We had no … more

By Mary Malloy (Steve Grogan and Brian Grogan contributed to this story) | 2/15/16