Covid-19: Medical Center On Long Island Begins Administering Vaccine To Kids 5 To 11
A medical center on Long Island has begun offering the newly-authorized lower dose COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11.
Cohen Children’s Medical Center, located in New Hyde Park, began administering the vaccine, made by Pfizer, on Thursday, Nov. 4, according to an announcement from Northwell Health.
“In New York, six in 10 kids who are 12-and-over are already vaccinated," said Dr. Charles Schleien, senior vice president and chair of pediatrics at Northwell Health and Cohen Children’s. "We need to get that number higher – and starting today, we need to chip away at vaccinating the newe…
Police Investigation String Of Burglaries At Long Island Businesses
Police detectives are investigating a string of overnight burglaries that occurred at Long Island businesses.
The burglaries happened from Thursday, Sept. 23 to Thursday, Oct. 7 in Suffolk County.
During the "smash-and-grab" burglaries, a man breaks a window or glass door, enters the business, and steals cash, said police.
Suffolk County Police say they occurred at the following locations:
Lemon Tree, located at 411 Furrows Road in Holbrook, on Sept. 23 between 3:30 a.m. and 7:20 a.m.
Cafe Timboo, located at 905 West Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown, on Sept. 29 between 1:55 a.m.…
Long Island Woman Rescued By Good Samaritans After Car Crashes Into Tree, Bursts Into Flames
A woman who was trapped in her burning car after it crashed into a tree was rescued by good Samaritans on Long Island.
Becky Boeckmann, age 35, of Bohemia, was driving a 2009 Pontiac G6 eastbound in Islandia on Express Drive South, near Enter Lane, when she lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree at approximately 6:45 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3, Suffolk County Police said.
The vehicle then caught fire, according to police.
The three good Samaritans, including two off-duty members of the Central Islip Fire Department, were passing by and stopped to help Boeckmann, said police.
Eric …
Man, Woman Nabbed For Stealing Pocketbooks At Long Island Supermarkets, Police Say
A Long Island man and woman have been arrested after a vehicle crash when it was discovered they allegedly stole multiple pocketbooks from women at area supermarkets.
Suffolk County Police said Tariasha Smith, age 25, of West Babylon, was driving a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta at the Lidl supermarket parking lot, in Oakdale, on Wednesday, Julyy 28, when she noticed a woman left her pocketbook in a shopping cart, while she was putting her groceries in her car.
Smith’s front-seat passenger, Robert Hengeveld, age 50, grabbed the pocketbook from Smith’s vehicle, according to police.
The p…
Missing 15-Year-Old Long Island Boy Found
Update:
A 15-year-old Long Island boy who went missing has been found.
Michael Tyler Peterson, who goes by Tyler, had last been seen leaving his Sayville residence at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29, Suffolk County Police said, in issuing a Silver Alert.
Earlier Wednesday morning, June 30, police announced he has been located, unharmed.
Original report:
A 15-year-old Long Island boy has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating him.
Michael Tyler Peterson, who goes by Tyler and is Autistic, left his Sayville residence at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29, …
Two Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash
Two people were killed in an overnight crash on a busy Long Island roadway.
It happened around 9 p.m. Friday, May 21 in Bohemia.
Kazimierz Wiszowaty, age 61, of Holtsville, left his disabled 2005 Toyota sedan on the right shoulder of eastbound Sunrise Highway (Route 27), Suffolk County Police said.
When he was walking back to his disabled vehicle under the Smithtown Boulevard overpass, he was struck by a 2018 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle being operated by Robert Pappas, age 23, of Patchogue, in the right lane, according to police.
Wiszowaty and Pappas were both …
