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LI Vietnamese Restaurant Shuts Commack Location As Costs Boil Over LI Vietnamese Restaurant Shuts Commack Location As Costs Boil Over
LI Vietnamese Restaurant Shuts Commack Location As Costs Boil Over One of Long Island’s first Vietnamese restaurants is down to one location after shuttering its second spot in three years. Rolling Spring Roll has closed its Commack location, Newsday reported Tuesday, July 28. Started by Joe Bui as a food truck in 2012, Rolling Spring Roll eventually expanded to three locations by 2023, with one in Syosset, one in Commack, and one in Farmingdale. But one year later, Bui closed the Farmingdale location and has now followed suit in Commack. The Syosset location, always the largest, is now the only Rolling Spring Roll open on Long Island. Bui told Newsday t…
Drunk Glenville Driver Who Tried To Hide Open Drink After Deadly Crash Pleads Guilty: DA Drunk Glenville Driver Who Tried To Hide Open Drink After Deadly Crash Pleads Guilty: DA
Drunk Glenville Driver Who Tried To Hide Open Drink After Deadly Crash Pleads Guilty: DA A Capital Region woman pleaded guilty Monday, July 27 in a deadly drunken car crash last year, authorities said. Morgan Lange, 34, of Glenville, copped to second-degree vehicular manslaughter and evidence tampering in the death of Joshua Soden on Sept. 8, 2025, the Saratoga County District Attorney’s office said. Lange was driving with a 0.12 BAC outside Bentley’s Tavern in Ballston Spa when she struck Soden, 30, pinning him under her vehicle, investigators said. She then attempted to dispose of an open alcoholic beverage in the car, according to authorities. Soden was rushed to a local ho…
LI Girl, 17, Followed By Levittown Creep Who Stared At Her For 'Lewd Act': Police LI Girl, 17, Followed By Levittown Creep Who Stared At Her For 'Lewd Act': Police
LI Girl, 17, Followed By Levittown Creep Who Stared At Her For 'Lewd Act': Police A Long Island man followed a teen girl and committed a lewd act in front of her, police said. Justin Sullivan, 28, of Levittown, was following the 17-year-old girl while she was out for a run on Tuesday, July 21, the Nassau County Police Department said. The teen noticed Sullivan’s 2013 Nissan Rogue trailing her and spotted the car again when she returned to her home in Merrick, where it was parked out front, cops said. Inside, the girl saw Sullivan with his pants off “committing a lewd act” while looking at her, police said. Sullivan was arrested Thursday, July 23 at his job at Stop &…
Bribery Trial For Long Islanders Charged With Paying Off NYC Mayor Aide Delayed Bribery Trial For Long Islanders Charged With Paying Off NYC Mayor Aide Delayed
Bribery Trial For Long Islanders Charged With Paying Off NYC Mayor Aide Delayed The bribery trial for two Long Island hotel operators and former NYC mayor chief of staff Frank Carone has been delayed. Carone’s lawyers said Nassau County residents Yan Po Zhu and Crystal Chen requested the delay to allow themselves more time to prepare, AM New York reported. Judge Kiyo Matsumoto agreed and moved the date from Aug. 24 to May 3, 2026, at a hearing on Monday, July 27. Zhu, 51, of Glen Head, and Chen, 39, of East Williston, are accused of bribing Carone and his brother Anthony to influence former mayor Eric Adams. During New York’s 2022 migrant crisis, Zhu and Chen arranged…
LIRR Train Strikes, Kills Central Islip Man On Tracks: Officials LIRR Train Strikes, Kills Central Islip Man On Tracks: Officials
Lirr Train Strikes, Kills Central Islip Man On Tracks: Officials A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train on Sunday, July 26, officials said. The 27-year-old Central Islip man was walking about 150 feet east of where the Ronkonkoma Branch crosses Islip Avenue, Newsday reported. Train 9955 was traveling from Ronkonkoma to Hicksville around 2 p.m. when it struck the man, authorities told Newsday. “No criminality is suspected,” MTA spokeswoman Joana Flores said. Service on the Ronkonkoma Branch was partially suspended Sunday afternoon as the crash was investigated, but it returned to normal on Monday, July 27, according to MTA up…
Armed Trespassing In Albany Leads To Three Arrests, Including Two Teens: Police Armed Trespassing In Albany Leads To Three Arrests, Including Two Teens: Police
Armed Trespassing In Albany Leads To Three Arrests, Including Two Teens: Police Two teenagers were among three people busted for trespassing and gun possession in the Capital Region, police said. Antonio Hudson, 23, a 15-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl were arrested around 9 p.m. Sunday, July 26 following a trespassing report, the Albany Police Department said. As cops were investigating the trespassing at a private residence on the 300 block of Second Street near Judson Street, they determined one of the suspects had a gun, police said. Hudson, of Schenectady, was holding a loaded handgun and charged with second- and third-degree weapons possession and first-deg…
Jones Beach Pool Makes A Splashy Comeback After 17 Years, $100M Makeover Jones Beach Pool Makes A Splashy Comeback After 17 Years, $100M Makeover
Jones Beach Pool Makes A Splashy Comeback After 17 Years, $100M Makeover After 17 years of closure and $100 million of investment, a historic outdoor swimming pool on Long Island has reopened. The East Bathhouse at Jones Beach welcomed swimmers on Friday, July 24 for the first time since 2009, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. “I know the recession came along, there was not enough money to fix it,” Hochul said. “So literally a generation of kids did not have a chance to use this facility.” While the West Bathhouse remained open, its partner on the east side fell into disrepair until two years ago, when Hochul announced the $100 million investment to fix the pool, wh…
$9M Settlement In Center Moriches Boy’s Freezing Death Approved After Judge Reverses Course $9M Settlement In Center Moriches Boy’s Freezing Death Approved After Judge Reverses Course
$9M Settlement In Center Moriches Boy’s Freezing Death Approved After Judge Reverses Course A $9 million settlement is back on for the mother of a Long Island boy who died locked in a freezing garage. Justyna Zubko-Valva, of Valley Stream, had lost custody of 8-year-old Thomas Valva to his father and the man’s fiancée when Thomas died in January 2020. Now, after six years of legal wrangling, a judge has again approved a $9 million settlement between Zubko-Valva and Suffolk County on Monday, July 27, Newsday reported. Judge Brian Cogan had previously criticized Zubko-Valva and her attorneys for lackluster response to the settlement talks, declaring on Thursday, June 25 that “THIS …
29-Year-Old Woman Killed In Water Mill Car Crash Was Young NYC Real Estate Broker 29-Year-Old Woman Killed In Water Mill Car Crash Was Young NYC Real Estate Broker
29-Year-Old Woman Killed In Water Mill Car Crash Was Young NYC Real Estate Broker The 29-year-old woman killed while running on Long Island last weekend was a corporate real estate broker building her career in New York City. Stefanie Rock, of Manhattan, began working at JLL Capital Markets in April 2024 as an associate, according to her LinkedIn page. She landed one of her first big deals just a few months later, when fintech company GlossGenius bought out the entire third floor of 838 Broadway, according to a JLL press release from the time. Rock was running northbound on Deerfield Road near the intersection with Head of Pond Road in Water Mill when she was struck by…
Montauk Getaway Turns Violent, Woodbury Man Chokes Woman And Runs From Cops: Police Montauk Getaway Turns Violent, Woodbury Man Chokes Woman And Runs From Cops: Police
Montauk Getaway Turns Violent, Woodbury Man Chokes Woman And Runs From Cops: Police A Nassau County man’s weekend trip to Montauk ended with his arrest on domestic violence charges, according to police. Spencer Adler, 34, of Woodbury, choked a woman and tore off her necklace around 4 a.m. Saturday, July 11, the East Hampton Police Department announced Monday, July 27. Adler attacked the woman on a boat slip on Star Island Road, and when cops arrived about two hours later, he ran inside the boat and slammed a door in an attempt to barricade himself inside, authorities said. Three officers eventually wrestled Adler into handcuffs on a bed inside the boat, according to polic…
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