New Hyde Park

Plan In Place To Turn Downtown New Hyde Park Into Shopping Destination

It’s a historic Long Island village of 10,000, and like many suburban communities, many of its businesses are struggling and forgotten.

2013/06/05

LIRR Train (credit: purist_andrew/Flickr)

MTA: Person Struck, Killed By Empty Train In New Hyde Park

Long Island Rail Road service is back to normal after it was suspended Friday on several lines when a man was struck and killed on the tracks in New Hyde Park.

2013/04/12

Police: Alcohol May Have Played Role In L.I. College Student’s Death

Police said Wednesday that alcohol might have played a role in the death of a Long Island teen whose body washed up on Lake Michigan, after he went missing from a party at Northwestern University outside Chicago.

2013/02/27

Police: Alcohol A Factor In Death Of Northwestern Student From L.I.

Evanston police said tests showed 18-year-old Harsha Maddula’s blood-alcohol content was one and a half times the legal limit. They determined his death was accidental.

2013/02/27

Person Struck And Killed By LIRR Train In New Hyde Park

Service has been temporarily suspended on the main line in both directions between Penn Station and Hicksville. The accident also is affecting trains on the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma and Oyster Bay branches.

2013/01/01

Yola Dessables (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Elderly L.I. Couple Battles Town Over Permits For Wheelchair-Accessible Bathroom Door

John and Yola Dessables are facing $6,000 in fines after the Town of North Hempstead said the couple never got the proper permits to widen their bathroom door by a foot.

2012/10/12

Wake, Funeral Monday For L.I. College Student Harsha Maddula

A fisherman found the 18-year-old’s body Thursday night in Wilmette Harbor, a few miles north of Evanston, six days after he disappeared after leaving an off-campus party near Northwestern University in suburban Chicago.

2012/10/01

Family Offering $25,000 Reward In Case Of Missing College Student From L.I.

Northwestern University sophomore Harsha Maddula has been missing since Saturday. The 18-year-old was last seen around 12:30 a.m. following an off-campus party with friends.

2012/09/27

Search Widens For Harsha Maddula, Missing College Student From Long Island

Harsha Maddula vanished Saturday around 12:30 a.m. following an off-campus party with friends near Northwestern University outside Chicago.

2012/09/26

Michael Augugliaro, of Bellerose, holds a mosquito swatter and bug repellents during a rally demanding the city spray for West Nile virus in Eastern Queens. (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Some Queens Residents Call On City To Spray For West Nile Virus

Sen. Tony Avella said Nassau County has been conducting a series of treatments along the Queens and Nassau County border but the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has yet to spray along the Queens side of the border.

2012/09/06

Rudy Santana (credit: Nassau County Police Department)

Police: S.I. Man Held Woman Against Her Will, Extorted Money From Victim’s Mother

New Hyde Park neighbors of the 35-year-old victim and her 62-year-old mother were stunned that a stranger could pull off such a nightmarish crime — a crime allegedly committed by Rudy Santana.

2012/03/21

Couples Married Over 50 Years Share Their Stories Of Enduring Love

What are the keys to a successful marriage? “There’s gotta be great chemistry between people. You have to learn how to compromise within a relationship. You gotta be able to communicate appropriately,” said 85-year-old Grace Lewis.

2012/02/14

Good Samaritan Eric Minkoff (credit: CBS 2)

Good Samaritan Stops NYPD Officer Arrested For DUI On Long Island

Eric Minkoff, 32, said he never imagined he’d one day be responsible for saving the lives of countless drivers.

2011/12/08

Rainfall Record Broken At JFK Airport Sunday

Heavy rain and flooding Sunday has caused power outages, train service disruptions and has stranded motorists throughout the area. So much rain has fallen that New York City set a record for rainfall on Sunday.

2011/08/14

Yankee Stadium is seen from Chopper 880 - Bronx, NY - Apr 13, 2010 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

New Hyde Park Concrete Lab Charged With Faking Test Results Of NYC Projects

A concrete-testing laboratory faked results for a LaGuardia Airport control tower, the new Yankee Stadium, the Lincoln Tunnel, a hospital and more than a dozen other projects around New York City, according to an indictment.

2011/08/04

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