Nassau GOP Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is a sign seen in Massapequa using the colors the Nassau GOP has used for ages. It's the font and graphic used by the McCain campaign but local colors.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Nassau County is being sued over its DWI "Wall of Shame," which was instituted Memorial Day weekend after a cop was seriously injured by a DWI driver after pulling over another DWI suspect. Lawyer Brian Griffin says his client's mugshot and name should be removed from the Nassau County website , saying, "I don't think you need a law degree to understand that this fundamentally goes against a system...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Much to the delight of the crowd at Nassau Coliseum, the Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 in their home opener.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The Newsday poll found Obama holding a 15-point lead over McCain among registered voters in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Five people were hospitalized Saturday after their boats collided in Merrick, Nassau police said.
Queens Crap (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fake Realtor Rented Out Unknowing Owner's L.I. Home NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island family thought they got a good deal when they found a rental house for $1,000 a month -- until the owner showed up and asked what they were doing there. Nassau County police arrested Gregory Garvin on Wednesday for posing as a real estate agent and renting out the house in the hamlet of Roosevelt. Garvin was charged...
Overheard in New York (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thug #1 : Nigga, you all old-like 'n shit. You be like, sixteen goin' on sixty. Thug #2 : Me?! Nigga, you got that shit all backwards. Look at Jerome. He be sixteen goin' on dead. --Fulton & Nassau Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-10-10
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Oops : About 300 absentee ballots have been sent to voters in Brunswick, Nassau, Sand Lake, Schaghticoke and Schodack, New York listing the Democratic nominee as... "Barack Osama." You say Obama, I say Osama...let's call the whole thing off.
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, October 10, 2008. "A defendants on Nassau County, N.Y.'s drunken driving Wall of Shame has demanded that her name and photograph be removed from the online gallery of defendants because it's unconstitutional, Newsday reports. Attorney Brian Griffin says that by posting the names and mug shots of people who are arrested on drunken driving charges, County Executive Thomas...
The Real Estate (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Mid-market brokerage Massey Knakal has cut its team of brokers from 63 to 46, according to The Real Deal : "The latest round of cuts was last month. Compared to the start of the year, the number of agents in Brooklyn and Staten Island has dropped to 14 from 21; and Queens and Nassau has declined from 15 to eight, Massey said. Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester has fallen by three to 24 brokers."...
Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The lawyer for Alexandra Bursac, 27, says that by posting the names and mug shots of people who are arrested on drunken driving charges, Nassau County is punishing people who have not yet been found guilty of a crime. Bursac...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The postman didn't ring twice. But he did pay his cell phone bill with checks stolen from a woman on his Great Neck mail route, according to Nassau police.
Your Scrumhalf Connection (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
From International Rugby Board ( irb .com) : Sevens World Cup Qualifier Oct 23-27, 2008 - Nassau, Bahamas The USA and Canada will be favourites to take North America’s two places in the inaugural Rugby World Cup Sevens women’s competition, but they will not underestimate the threat posed by the likes of reigning Caribbean champions Jamaica along with Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. The Women’s Eagles...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A home health aide was arrested after he punched and then abandoned his patient, a quadriplegic man, in Garden City South, Nassau police said Thursday.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans in Long Island's Nassau County, once one of the country's foremost Republican strongholds. Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said yesterday the historic shift in voter registration "marks a watershed event in...
