Sam Kmack
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Islip Town denies Muslim group's boarding school plan over zoning issue (opens the original)
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Islip officials who said a Muslim group could not board students at a former Catholic boarding school said the property's history does not determine its future. Islip’s zoning board of appeals said late Tuesday the United American Muslim Association, a New Jersey-based group, could not board students at the proposed school because the proposal didn't conform to zoning rules. The vote was 3-1. Newsday obtained a copy of the panel's decision Friday. The organization had sought to open a boarding s
Islip Town Board bans large-scale battery energy storage facilities (opens the original)
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The Islip Town Board unanimously passed a ban on large-scale battery energy storage facilities in the town, a move at their Tuesday night meeting that follows years of efforts by the town to restrict battery systems over safety concerns. The ban imposed by the five-member board prohibits any new battery storage facility with a capacity of more than 600 kilowatts-per-hour from functioning in Islip Town, according to the town’s resolution. Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter summed up the new po
LI man runs onto field with Palestinian flag at Yankees-Mets 25th 9/11 anniversary game in the Bronx, NYPD says (opens the original)
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A Long Island man waving a Palestinian flag ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium on Friday night during the 9/11 25th anniversary game between the Yankees and the Mets, according to the NYPD. Kelly Marcucci, 38, of Bay Shore, jumped onto the field from the stands around 9:15 p.m. while carrying the flag in the middle of the seventh inning, a police spokesman confirmed to Newsday. Marcucci was arrested and charged with trespassing and interference with a professional sporting event. He was later
Meadowbrook Parkway, Loop Parkway lane closures for bridge work in Hempstead, officials say (opens the original)
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Parts of two major roadways in Hempstead will be shut down for months beginning on Tuesday, when their posted speed limits will also drop temporarily, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. The closures will impact bridges on both Loop Parkway and Meadowbrook State Parkway. The closures are meant to "facilitate rehabilitation" on the bridges, NYSDOT wrote in a news release. Loop Parkway’s left lanes will be shut down in both directions at the bridge over Reynolds Channel s
Daniel Escobar, of Bay Shore, allegedly stabbed man in neck in Amityville church basement, police say (opens the original)
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A man is in serious condition after he was stabbed in the neck at an Amityville church on Friday night, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The stabbing happened at the First United Methodist Church around 8:30 p.m. Bay Shore resident Daniel Escobar, 33, stabbed a 65-year-old man during a meeting in the church's basement, police said in a statement. Escobar took off after the stabbing and police found him about two hours later on Ackerson Boulevard in Bay Shore, where he was arres
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