The Medicaid Penalty Period Explained

... monthly cost of a nursing home in your area. (Every state and even every county uses different figures.) In Suffolk County in New York, the figure used is just over $12,000 - that's the assumed average monthly cost of a nursing home. Since the ...

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Suffolk Police Seeking Public ID Woman With White SUV Who Stole Lobsters from Shop Rite in Hauppauge

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public's help to identify a woman who stole merchandise from the Shop Rite in Hauppauge.

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Suffolk Detectives Seeking Public to ID Man, White Four-Door Sedan,...

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Third Precinct Squad detectives are seeking the public's assistance to find and identify the man responsible for stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from a Central Islip Target.

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Long Island news, weather, traffic, schools and LIRR updates for Friday, Aug. 8, 2014

... Island today. Check back often for the latest breaking news, traffic and weather alerts and train delays. The Suffolk County Police Department is attempting to identify a man who allegedly stole $2,500 in merchandise from Target in Central Islip. On ...

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Debt Collectors in Memphis and New York State Settle with FTC...

... course of its investigation of this matter. In the second case announced today, the complaint, which names Suffolk County-based Credit Smart, LLC and several associated companies and individuals, charges that Credit Smart used unfair and deceptive ...

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Brush fire rages in Fire Island Pines, 15 fire departments respond

... The wildfire appears to be confined to an undeveloped area and was reported just after 5:40 p.m., said a Suffolk County official from the Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services. Ken Osman, chairman of the Cherry Grove EMS committee, said ...

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Suffolk man played role in largest mortgage scheme ever, say prosecutors

A Suffolk County man was charged with being one of three principals in an $18.5 million illegal mortgage modification scheme that officials described as the largest ever prosecuted, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan.

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Huntington planning board recommends rezoning change for East Northport senior housing

... a traffic signal at the entrance to the development, as well as any other related traffic improvements that Suffolk County might request. The setbacks for building and parking must be no less than what is shown in a supplemental expanded ...

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Letters: Rezone land for senior housing

... and help alleviate the lack of senior housing in Huntington. A recent analysis by Newsday showed that Suffolk County's 65-and-over population increased 10.8 percent between 2010 and 2013. Twenty-eight percent of Huntington is over 55, and only 3.8 ...

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Town Charges Montauk Homeowners With Excessive Rental Turnover

... building code violations, such as changing the house's use and converting rooms to bedrooms that exceed the Suffolk County Department of Health Services regulations. Both men were given appearance tickets and will have to answer the charges in East ...

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Junior Soccer League Awards Scholarships

The Plainview-based Long Island Junior Soccer League recently honored 22 student-athletes at their annual LIJSL Scholarship Awards Brunch at the Hilton Huntington Hotel.

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Homeless man pleads not guilty in beating death

Thomas Lamartina, 30, has been arrested and charged with killing a homeless man outside a church soup kitchen last month in Patchogue, Suffolk County police said, Monday, July 21, 2014.

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Scant Turnout on Sunday For Barcelona Boat Party

... Harbor on Sunday. Enforcement personnel from Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, East Hampton Town Marine Patrol, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, and the Coast Guard were among those on hand Sunday to monitor the party. One arrest was made for ...

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Need New Landing Spot

A radio communications tower, a wind turbine, high-tension wires, and trees behind the Amagansett Firehouse make it difficult to safely land the medevac helicopter there, the Suffolk County Police Department says.

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Dog Bites Boy, Owner Flees

... a precaution, since there was no information about the dog. "I don't think there's been a case of rabies in Suffolk County for a long time . . . unfortunately, human rabies is fatal," Dr. Siska said. "It was a bad decision to have to make . . . If ...

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Golf Club One Of Six Eyeing Gansett Acres

... Montauk while growing up, ran a horse breeding operation for 23 years, and has served as a consultant to the Suffolk County Parks Department on an equestrian facility. "It's my dream," she said of what she envisions on the Amagansett site. Also ...

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Man Wanted for Using Fake Traveler's Check at Lake Grove Store

August 7th, 2014 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Fourth Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the man who used a counterfeit travelers cheque in Lake Grove .

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Man Wanted for Using Stolen Credit Card at Mastic Gas Station

August 7th, 2014 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the man who is believed to have used a stolen credit card at a gas station in Mastic in June.

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Multiple arrests and tickets on blotter

... Helen J. Rosenblum presiding. Bail was set at $1,000; Mr. Walsh was unable to make bail and was remanded to Suffolk County jail. On July 31 at about 1:10 a.m., Joseph W. Basquill, 19, of Wilmington, North Carolina was stopped by police on Manwaring ...

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Say Cheese: Suffolk Police Release Surveillance Images of Man Caught...

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the man who is believed to have used a stolen credit card at a gas station in Mastic in June.

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Suffolk Detectives Seeking Public to ID Man Who Used Counterfeit...

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Fourth Squad detectives are seeking the public's help to identify and locate the man who used a counterfeit travelers cheque in Lake Grove.

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Family members criticize police response to domestic violence ahead of Santia Williams murder

Family members of a slain Bay Shore mother are blasting Suffolk County police for what they say was indifference and an inability to follow proper procedures.

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Investigation: Protective-order system failed mother, with deadly results

... with the girl, Jenkins threatened to kill the 2-month-old and himself. Williams made at least four calls to Suffolk County police over the next week. Recordings of the July 2011 calls capture Williams' voice, scared and confused about why police ...

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Murtha v. Town of Huntington

... damages for personal injuries, the defendant County of Suffolk appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Molia, J.), dated October 22, 2013, which granted the plaintiff's motion for leave to serve an amended notice of claim. ...

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Fire Island Mosquito Spraying Scheduled for August 6, 7

August 6, 2014 - Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes .

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Cherry Grove upgrades emergency medical services, an 'asset' to Fire Island hamlet

... corps has drastically reduced response times, community leaders said. In previous summers, it was up to Suffolk County police to respond to emergency calls. But police did not have a full-time presence in the Grove and often had to respond from ...

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Southampton Town Helps Keep Farmers Farming

... learned as county executive is that there are so many Halseys around here, I run into them all the time," Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone joked on Tuesday morning. Tom Halsey, John L. Halsey's brother, was also at the event on Tuesday with ...

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Tick Control Committee Formed

Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman has announced the creation of a tick control advisory committee, which will advise the county's Division of Vector Control on developing a plan to reduce tick-borne illnesses in Suffolk County.

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North Fork Helicopter Panel

South Fork residents aren't the only people complaining about helicopter noise. Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski, who represents the North Fork, and the Southold Town Board will discuss that very topic at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 11. Speakers will include Adam Santiago, the district director for U.S. Representative Tim Bishop's office, Kyle ... (more)

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Police: Pedestrian hit by vehicle on Route 231

... after being struck by a vehicle on Route 231 south of Sunrise Highway on the North Babylon-West Islip line. Suffolk County police said the accident occurred about a quarter-mile south of Sunrise at 4:11 a.m. Police said the crash closed the ...

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