November 16, 2009 – 11:42 am
Incident last night at the Babylon Carriage House From Newsday: [Cops: Ex-worker starts fire inside Babylon Carriage House] He entered the restaurant through a rear door and, once inside, smashed office equipment and electronics and placed “combustible items” on top of lit stove burners, starting a fire, police said. … When firefighters and Suffolk County [...]
November 8, 2009 – 11:48 am
Come on Eli, give us the W. As for me, I think I’ll need a Xanax to properly enjoy the game today.
November 6, 2009 – 9:18 am
From Property Shark – Suffolk County foreclosures up 103% from Q3 2008 There were 454 new foreclosures in Suffolk County in Q3 2009, up 103% from Q3 2008, but down 8% from Q2 2009. … Brookhaven (148) and Islip (126) had the highest number of new foreclosures in Q3 2009. Babylon had the highest rate [...]
November 4, 2009 – 11:18 am
From the NY Times – Congress Poised to Keep Homebuyers’ Tax Credit The Senate might pass its version as early as Wednesday, and aides to Congressional leaders say the House could accept it this week, sending the bill to President Obama to sign into law. After weeks of partisan delay in the Senate, Democrats are [...]
October 14, 2009 – 8:17 pm
From the Babylon Beacon: The replica of the Fountain, originally located at the corner of Main Street and Deer Park Avenue in Babylon Village some 100 years ago, will be replaced thanks to the very hard work of committee chairman Dr. Chris Proto, committee co-chairman Judy Skillen and Leg. Wayne Horsley and other committee members. [...]
September 9, 2009 – 12:42 pm
I’m at work today, but I saw this on Newsday.com just a few minutes ago. Woman, 70, struck by car in Babylon Village A 70-year-old woman was struck by a car and seriously injured early Wednesday as she tried to cross Montauk Highway in Babylon Village, just down the block from her retirement home, Suffolk [...]
August 12, 2009 – 5:44 pm
I went up to Albany for a couple days to see the Giants in training camp. The above pic was taken by my friend Rob. It was an amazing thing to see in person. This new kid Ramses Barden is a beast. It’s always nice to get away for a while. Albany is a great [...]
I got a mention from Newsday on their Real LI blog. Danielle deBouver spoke with me last week about the blog and my ongoing search for a house. The post is dated 7/31, but I didn’t see it until today. Welcome Newsday visitors! Feel free to leave a little hello in the comments.
Witness describes seeing passenger drive rush-hour train The man in the suit, after spending nearly 45 minutes inside the engineer’s cab of a morning-rush hour Long Island Rail Road train, emerged and said jokingly to a fellow rider, “How’d I do?” said the MTA Police’s key witness in the ongoing investigation of charges that a [...]
5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island A 26-foot-long dying shark washed ashore Tuesday on a Long Island beach, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said. The male basking shark, which weighed an estimated 5,000 pounds and was measured at 26 feet, 6 inches, died shortly after authorities arrived on [...]