Islip to Take Garbage Load Returns Home
Islip invited back its 3,100 ton barge of trash after a 5,000 mile seven week voyage that faced拒 rejection from six states and three nations. Town Supervisor Frank Jones announced the return at a news conference after securing an agreement with New York state to expand Islip’s landfill under strict water protection guidelines.
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Fire kills grandmother and child in Queens blaze
A two story wood frame house in Queens was consumed by flames and a grandmother was found sheltering her 4 year old grandchild as firefighters arrived. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the fire is being treated as suspicious by a fire department battalion chief.
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Sergeant earns top NY State Police Bravery Award
Sgt. Edward Van Kluyve of Tarrytown received the 1986 Bertram Brummer bravery award for risking his life to prevent a suicide on the Tappan Zee Bridge. The ceremony took place Tuesday at the State Police Academy in Albany.
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Deadline nears for victims of toxins exposure
Victims of past exposure to five toxic chemicals including asbestos chlordane PVC tungsten carbide and diethylstilbestrol DES face new deadlines for tort lawsuits under a state law that sets three years from illness discovery as the filing limit. Also notes NY lottery numbers.
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Senate forces Assembly to OK rent bill
The Republican Senate passed a two year extension of New York rent regulations forcing the Democratic Assembly to back the plan. The law covers 1.1 million apartments in New York City and 120,000 elsewhere and expires at midnight Thursday. An emergency two week extension was not approved. voorzieningen
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Man killed after bumping into woman in Brooklyn street
A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Fort Greene after a minor collision with a woman in a two person group. The assailant, her male companion, chased and fatally wounded him with a hunting knife on a Brooklyn street before police and hospital staff arrived.
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