Amityville

Amityville At Odds With Stop & Shop Over New Logo

Some town fathers are said to be concerned over, of all things, the new sign and logo being displayed at Stop & Shops nationwide and coming soon to a location in Amityville.

2011/07/05

Beetle The Kitten (credit: North Shore Animal League America)

Reward Offered After Someone Tosses Kitten From Car On Long Island

It’s a shocking case of animal cruelty, and now authorities are offering $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. It involves “Beetle,” a black kitten who at just 9 weeks old has already used up one of his nine lives.

2011/06/29

FILE -- A man holds a cremation urn in the showroom of a funeral parlor (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

L.I. Woman Finds Glass, Staples Mixed In With Late Father’s Ashes

When a woman picked up her father’s remains from the funeral home in Amityville, her lawyer says she was shocked and felt sick at what she saw in the urn.

2011/06/16

Packard Convertible for Sale in Amityville, NY (credit: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880)

Amityville Officials Selling Vintage Packard To Trim Budget Gap

Officials will part with the historic 1929 Packard convertible to close a looming budget gap. The car was reportedly used by NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker before he resigned in a corruption scandal in 1932.

2011/04/19

Long Island Railroad station - Freeport, NY (file / credit: MTA)

Disruptions This Weekend On LIRR’s Busiest Branch

Shuttle buses will be replacing trains between Freeport and Babylon as the LIRR completes work on a $23 million signal and switching upgrade.

2011/04/08

Tynielle Silvera, right, shown here in a personal photo from October 23, 2010/family handout

Cops: Amityville Teen Killed By Drunken Driver

A heartbroken Long Island mother had an angry message for the accused drunken driver who police say killed her teen daughter as she walked home from volunteering.

2010/12/02

L.I. School Bus Driver Dies Days After Tanker Crash

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) – A school bus driver has died of his injuries two days after an early morning crash involving a tanker truck on a Long Island highway.

2010/10/27

School Bus, Tanker Collide On Sunrise Highway

AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – A school bus driver was hospitalized in critical condition after an early morning crash involving a tanker truck on a Long Island highway.

2010/10/25