The drunk driver who killed East Rockaway resident Tim Motherway in a car accident last March pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and one count of misdemeanor DWI on Tuesday at Nassau County Criminal Court in Mineola. The drunk driver, Patricia Bregel, 33, will receive 16 months to 4 years in jail. She will begin to serve her sentence in six weeks.
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Anthony Bottan
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4/1/10
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East Rockaway Village Trustee Irene V. Villacci was one of 19 women who were awarded with the Nassau County Legislature’s “Trailblazer/Women of Distinction” award by Legislator Francis X. Becker on Mar. 22 at the offices in Mineola.
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Mary Malloy
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4/1/10
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Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Wednesday that her office will conduct an investigation into possible criminal activity by members of the Long Beach Civil Service Commission …
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Joseph Kellard
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3/31/10
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To the Editor: Legislator Howard Kopel recently stated that the county should start a “slush fund” to make sure the county does not have to borrow money for cases that are lost. I thought we had a budget deficit.
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3/31/10
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Nassau County Search and Recovery police, along with a county ambulance, helicopter and the Marine water rescue squad — as well as the Coast Guard — answered a call this morning of a car that went into the water via the boat ramp at Bay Park.
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Mary Malloy
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3/31/10
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Exhibits and more...Arcadia/Suburbia: Architecture on Long Island, 1930-2010The exhibit examines the impressive architectural history of Long Island, especially on the North Shore. It underscores the …
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3/31/10
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A Rockville Centre attorney who jumped to his death last week is being investigated by the Nassau County district attorney in connection with a Ponzi scheme that is alleged to have defrauded his …
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Annmarie Fertoli
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3/30/10
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Police are seeking a man who robbed the Nassau Educator's Federal Credit Union branch in Valley Stream on Monday.
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3/29/10
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East Meadow residents braced for another storm as the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Nassau County and other areas of the New York metropolitan area on Monday.
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Mike Caputo
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3/29/10
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Only a year ago, the New York State Legislature was wrangling behind closed doors over a deal to bail out the fiscally troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The agreement, which imposed a commuter payroll tax on counties served by the MTA, including Nassau County, was supposed to put the authority on a sound financial footing.
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3/26/10
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