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Nobody beats the Biz. The late great Biz Markie will be getting a street named after him in his hometown of Patchogue, Long Island. The hip-hop pioneer’s widow Tara Davis announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday. “HONORARY STREET NAMING DEDICATION! In honor of the contributions Biz has achieved as an actor, beatboxed, DJ and philanthropist, his […]
A Long Island dentist has been accused of conducting a multi-year scheme in which he distributed painkillers in exchange for sexual acts. According to the Associated Press, 70-year-old Barry Arnold was arrested Wednesday and charged with 28 counts of distribution of controlled substances. Authorities say the Williston Park resident had written illegal prescriptions of drugs—including oxycodone, Percocet and Xanax—to women […]
A Long Island man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly stabbed and killed his elderly father during a Zoom video chat, police told The New York Times. Prosecutors said 72-year-old Dwight Powers was on a Zoom call with more than 20 people at his home in Amityville, New York when he was attacked by his son, Thomas Scully-Powers. The 32-year-old […]
On Thursday, people took to the streets of Commack in Long Island to protest the lockdown orders that have been instituted in New York to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Protestors today in #Commack calling for @NYGovCuomo to reopen non-essential businesses. Some are seen wearing face masks or coverings, while others are not. pic.twitter.com/emyLEMNaGD […]
On early Saturday afternoon, customers at Long Island’s Be.you.tiful Hair Salon were thoroughly scared shitless when a hopped up and confused deer dead sprinted through their front window, clopped around the shop for a minute, and then ran out the front door instead of going back through the giant hole it just made. Footage of the […]
A Long Island Rail Road conductor prevented a heart attack when he returned $9,000 in forgotten cash to a commuter. Jerry Savino recovered the left-behind stacks of bills in a folder that had been abandoned on a rack inside the train. After opening the folder and finding 90 $100 bills as well as a bunch […]
