Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Three Killed As SUV Catches Fires After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Mount Sinai Three Killed As SUV Catches Fires After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Mount Sinai
Three Killed As SUV Catches Fires After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Mount Sinai Click here for an updated story: Victims Of Triple-Fatal Mount Sinai SUV Crash ID'd As Women In Their 20's Three people were killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash involving an SUV on Long Island overnight. It happened at about 11 p.m. Monday, July 8 in Mount Sinai. The SUV was traveling northbound on Mount Sinai-Coram Road, north of Hamlet Drive, when it left the roadway, crashed into a utility pole and caught on fire, Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives determined. The driver and two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The identitie…

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
News
Lightning Strikes Man In Northport, Home In Mount Sinai As Storms Sweep Across Long Island Lightning Strikes Man In Northport, Home In Mount Sinai As Storms Sweep Across Long Island
Lightning Strikes Man In Northport, Home In Mount Sinai As Storms Sweep Across Long Island A Long Island man was struck by lightning as storms swept through the area, causing havoc, toppling trees and power lines in the area. Fire officials confirmed that the man was struck while watching the storm under a tree near his home in Northport. There were also reports of downed trees in Copiague, Islip and Deer Park. No injuries were reported during the storm, and the man struck by lightning was described as “conscious and alert.” The 33-year-old man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital in Huntington as a precaution.  A tree that was felled in Copiague reportedly…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Lifestyle
'We Are All Sad And In Shock': With 17 Stores On Long Island, DressBarn Closure Hits Hard Here 'We Are All Sad And In Shock': With 17 Stores On Long Island, DressBarn Closure Hits Hard Here
'We Are All Sad And In Shock': With 17 Stores On Long Island, DressBarn Closure Hits Hard Here Reaction to news of DressBarn going out of business from readers was mostly sad.  Some remembered their mothers shopping at one of the 650 DressBarn stores affected. The news hit Long Islanders especially hard. DressBarn has 17 stores on the Island. Comments Tuesday, May 21 to the Daily Voice article posted on the Suffolk County Daily Voice Facebook Page included: "I think we are all sad and in shock! Very sad," said Suzann Bouchard Doczy. Theena Good Spencer said, "My favorite store to shop at. Breaks my heart all these women are going to lose their jobs. Don’t know where …

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by Donna Christopher
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Charged With DWI After Car Crashes Into Senior Center In Mount Sinai Man Charged With DWI After Car Crashes Into Senior Center In Mount Sinai
Man Charged With DWI After Car Crashes Into Senior Center In Mount Sinai An out-of-state man was arrested for DWI after he crashed his vehicle into a senior center in Mount Sinai, police said. The incident took place around 12:25 a.m., Tuesday, April 30, when Bruce Brant, 25, of Pennsylvania, driving a 2012 Mazda3 northbound on North Ocean Avenue failed to stop at the end of the roadway and crashed the vehicle into the Rose Caracappa Senior Center, located at 739 Route 25A, said the Suffolk County Police. The vehicle came to a stop inside the building. Mount Sinai Fire Department Heavy Rescue extricated Brant from the Mazda. He was transported to John T. Mather …

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by Kathy Reakes