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Torres Faces Allegations; Town Faces Questions

Week in Review; May 6-12: The case involving the former Yankee dominated the news this week.

A major story broke this past week involving former Yankee Rusty Torres who, while employed as a youth baseball instructor by the Town of Oyster Bay, is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl in Plainview.

Week in Review:

The former major leaguer was charged in

As the week progressed, new facts emerged, notably that the 63-year-old North Massapequa man was by the town at a salary of . He has been on the town payroll for 10 years in that position, despite the fact that Torres earlier served 5-years probation for a 1985 felony drug conviction.

A two car collision Saturday ignited a fully involved car fire on Sunnyside Boulevard in Plainview.

Plainview's water has been named tops in Nassau County.

Max Nelkens grew his hair long so it could be donated to a special Plainview teacher who died last year of cancer.

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Kevin May 12, 2013 at 08:23 am
Richard, I agree. This road has so many potholes that were fixed, it dips and the county trees haveRead More lifted it up in areas that now hold water. I have ben living here for over 30 years, and I cannot recall it ever being done. It needs to be done soon, I so agree with you. Maybe Mangano will see this and do something, then again if we lived in Bethpage, it would of been done already.