King Kullen Plans Two More Store Closures Before Stop & Shop Takeover
As Stop & Shop continues its takeover of King Kullen on Long Island, two more stores are set to be shuttered due to “underperformance.”
King Kullen closed its Mount Sinai store on Thursday, June 20, and is scheduled to close its Lake Ronkonkoma store on Thursday, Aug. 22, and its North Babylon store on Thursday, Sept. 26, a spokesperson for the company said. Employees are being reassigned and no layoffs are planned.
Earlier this year, Stop & Shop announced its plans to buy the King Kullen, including 32 locations, five Wild by Nature organic supermarkets and the King Kullen corporat…
Delivery Man Charged After Woman Dragged To Death In North Babylon Hit-Run
A driver for AutoZone has been charged after he allegedly struck a woman with his van and dragged her hundreds of yards to her death in Suffolk County.
The incident happened at around 1 p.m. Monday, July 29 in North Babylon. A second victim, a man, was also struck and suffered injuries.
The 26-year-old driver was behind the wheel of a 2017 Dodge Ram work van when he struck Ann Marie Christina, 38, of East Quogue, and Eric Krems, 40, in front of AutoZone, located at 1295 Deer Park Ave., Suffolk County Police said.
The driver, identified as Donnell Hicks, did no…
